Blackthorn Accreditor
Public sector organisations have always had a need to handle sensitive and protectively marked information assets, but never has the security of those assets been more vital than it is today.
Whilst the process for assessing various systems and associated processes for compliance with security standards and good practice, is generally understood and is in keeping with risk-aligned best practice, the dynamics and sheer effort in achieving and maintaining compliance is immense.
The Accreditor activity pack turns Blackthorn into an ideal system for managing the accreditation of systems to a required standard. It enables all activities in the accreditation scheme to be managed effectively in a central database and for all the relevant staff in your organisation to have visibility and clarity over the compliance position.
The following activities are supported:
- RMADS Reviews
- Annual IAS6 Audits for the Protection of Personal Data
- Security Infrastructure Design
- Codes of Connection Reviews
- Production and tracking of Risk Management and Accreditation Document Sets (RMADS)
- Risk Assessment & Treatment Planning following standards such as IS1 Parts 1&2
- CAPS Product Evaluation Advice & Guidance
- Security Policy Framework (SPF) Compliance Reviews
The default terms and workflows in Blackthorn Accreditor are configured by our subject matter experts to deliver out-of-the-box support to the activities described above. We constantly review and update these activities as the recognised accreditation processes change and it is simple to download and apply new settings and workflows from the Blackthorn support website.
The Accreditor activity pack will enable you to integrate your assessment programme across your organisation and to directly link this with the risk modelling function in the Blackthorn RITA module to enable government standard risk assessment and treatment processes to be followed.
Dashboards enable all players in the accreditation process to be joined into a coherent function with drill-down metrics displayed using a range of charts enabling high level strategy to be directly linked with coal-face findings and the tracking of recommended corrective actions
