Technical security services for architectural practices
We understand the importance of protecting your business from the growing cybercrime industry, so we’ve done the due diligence to provide members with a trustworthy cybersecurity solution to protect you professionally and affordably. RIBA has partnered with Mitigo to offer our members technical and cyber security services with exclusive discounts. Find out more about Lindsay Hill, Chief Executive Officer at Mitigo in our RIBA Business Supplier Spotlight series.
The importance of protecting your practice
Organisations in the UK are targeted by cyber criminals thousands of times per day and protecting your business is a big and fast-growing issue. Without adequate protection in place, victims could face theft of information, data, financial and intellectual property, reputational damage, and even potential for regulator action and fines.
Architecture is heavily dependent on technology and cyber-attacks can seriously disrupt how your practice operates. With a staggering 86% of victims already having firewall security in place, there is a need for a more robust solution.
Service summary
Focusing on three key pillars of your practice - technology, people and your processes - the team will work with you to assess exposure to dangers of any kind.
The service includes:
Technology
- on and off site assessments of your technical security arrangements, followed by a report with recommendations and advice on how to close the identified gaps
- on and off site vulnerability scanning of your network and devices, followed by cyber risk ratings and a detailed "get well plan"
- direct liaising with your team or outsourced IT providers if wished
Cyber people training and competence
- an eLearning platform for your staff, offering cyber training, awareness modules and competence training
- periodic simulated cyber-attacks agreed with you to promote continuous learning, vigilance against cyber threats and to assess people vulnerabilities
Governance - cyber security policies
- on and off site review of your cybersecurity control framework, preparation of tailored policies for your organization to deal with cyber and data security effectively
- preparation of a tailored regime of maintenance and management tasks for continued cyber protection
- annual review of control framework and updated policies and maintenance
Digital dashboard
All the services will be combined into a simple online dashboard to enable you to view and access all your services.
