Awards

June 2023

Information Services achieves Cyber Essentials certification following assessment in June 2023

Cyber Essentials (CE) is a UK Government information assurance scheme operated by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It encourages organisations to adopt good practice in information security and includes both assurance frameworks and a simple set of security controls to protect against online threats. This certification demonstrates Information Services' dedication to ensuring the highest level of security for its systems and networks it manages.

The accreditation is important to the University. CE is an essential requirement for most Government contracts including research and other services provided by the University and supports research funding applications.

The scope of the current certification is the University’s Information Services department. All staff within the department are now accredited for compliance with Cyber Essentials as of 29th June 2023. The hard work and commitment of all IT support staff to achieve this is very much appreciated.

The Information Services Cyber Essentials certificate is available to download here and our status can be found via the IASME Cyber Essentials Certificate Search We are actively working towards wider compliance across the University as well as continual improvements to be able to re-certify for CE for Information Services in June 2024.

April 2016

Information Services have won a Gold Award in the Green Impact programme.

Information Services has participated in the Green Impact programme since the University started participating in 2013. It won a silver award in 2014 and a gold award in 2015 and was awarded a special award for the introduction of an organic veg box scheme in 2014. Information Services is one of the largest departments at the University actively involved in the Green Impact programme. This aims to reduce the carbon footprint of the University and other environmental impacts by encouraging, rewarding and celebrating environmental best practices.