The security vendor FireEye has won Cyber Essentials accreditation, bringing itself in line with basic best practices set out by the British government.
To qualify for the scheme FireEye were obliged to pass five basic areas of security, including firewalls, systems configuration, access control, malware protection and patch management.
Greg Day, EMEA CTO at FireEye, said: "The existence of this accreditation by the UK Government shows just how much the cyber threat landscape for all companies has drastically changed within the last year.
"By receiving this accreditation for FireEye, UK businesses can be further assured that we are aligning the controls of critical systems and business operations with the growing appetite for independent security validation."
The scheme was introduced last June as part of growing government interest in improving the state of the nation’s cybersecurity, and is now mandatory for all companies bidding on public sector contracts that involve sensitive data.
It is intended as a broad scheme for all industries, with the guidelines warning that organisations using advanced IT services such as web apps will require more specific controls.
"We are very pleased that FireEye, one of the foremost cybersecurity companies, has attained the Cyber Essentials Scheme certification for its global operations through IASME," said David Booth, MD of Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprise (IASME).
"Although FireEye’s information security goes well beyond the Cyber Essentials Scheme controls, the company is leading by example in this important area."
