Texecom attains cyber security accreditation courtesy of the BSIA

Established back in 2017, the CySPAG is operated by the BSIA to address the issue of cyber security in the professional security industry with the objective of ensuring that Best-in-Class digital security products enter the market.

Following a strict assessment procedure to meet a set level of criteria, Texecom Cloud Services, Texecom Connect (application), Texecom Monitor and Texecom SmartCom all successfully received the CySPAG accreditation, which is valid for 12 months before being re-tested to the latest cyber requirements.

Covering all aspects of cyber security, the assessment follows a secure development lifecycle and, as a result, cyber security features are considered and tested alongside other product functions throughout the product development process. This reduces the number and severity of any potential security flaws in a given product prior to it entering the market.

Cyber security Best Practice processes are also assessed, including ensuring that all default passwords are fully unique and multi-factor authentication is used such that the number of potential attack surfaces is minimised.

Communication policies

Further requirements of the CySPAG accreditation required Texecom to successfully demonstrate effective and efficient communication policies for security updates along with a proactive vulnerability disclosure policy allowing customers to report any unlikely security vulnerabilities they may encounter.

Steve Lampett, technical manager at the BSIA, said: “We are delighted that Texecom has joined the CySPAG registration scheme. By registering on the platform, it sends out a message of confidence throughout the supply chain that cyber security has been addressed not only at a product level during the design and manufacturing process, but also in relation to ongoing support to ensure that installed products maintain their resilience to cyber attack.”

Alex Toohie, compliance manager for Texecom, responded: “Our digital services platforms realise a large number of benefits for both professional security installers and their end user customers. Receiving this accreditation not only underpins our focus on cyber security across all of these platforms, but also affords peace of mind for our system end users as we strive to constantly improve the performance and security of our digital services.”

*Further information is available online at www.texe.com

**Additional detail on the CySPAG can be accessed at www.bsia.co.uk/cyspag