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CurrentWare’s Controls For Cyber Essentials Compliance

Seeking to become certified to the Cyber Essentials standard? CurrentWare’s solutions help you safeguard your business with advanced awareness and control over computer activity.

Essential Cybersecurity Controls
Address critical cybersecurity gaps to strengthen your security posture
Advanced Awareness & Control
Monitor and restrict user activity to protect your business against malicious and negligent insider threats
Software Usage Monitoring
Ensure no unauthorized apps are being used with granular insights into application usage

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How CurrentWare’s Security Solutions Align With Cyber Essentials Compliance Goals

Monitor Activity on Privileged Accounts

Prevent administrator accounts from being used to carry out every day tasks with CurrentWare’s user activity monitoring and restriction capabilities

Audit privileged account activity for excessive use
Get automated user activity reports in your inbox
Proactively restrict access to unnecessary websites to limit exposure to the internet

“Use separate accounts to perform administrative activities only (no emailing, web browsing or other standard user activities that may expose administrative privileges to avoidable risks)”

— Cyber Essentials v3.1 (Montpellier)

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Enforce the Principle of Least Privilege

Leverage CurrentWare’s understanding of user activities to design granular RBAC policies

Restrict access to applications, websites, peripheral devices, and more to further enforce user access restrictions
Monitor user activity to see who is accessing sensitive applications and websites
Assign specific access permissions to user groups based on their job functions

“Provide access to only those applications, computers and networks the user needs to carry out their role”

“Remove or disable special access privileges when no longer required (when a member of staff changes role, for example)”

— Cyber Essentials v3.1 (Montpellier)

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Restrict Access to High-Risk Sites

Enforce internet use policies and improve internet security with granular internet access control policies

Block websites based on URLs and content categories
Effortlessly block millions of websites across 100+ URL categories
Limit internet use to an Allow List for optimal endpoint security

Screenshot of category filtering window from BrowseControl web filter. Porn and social media categories blocked.

Monitor & Control Software Usage

CurrentWare monitors software usage, helping you identify unauthorized applications running on devices.

Audit user activity to identify the use of unauthorized software
Proactively block the launching of specific applications
Prevent the downloading of executable files such as .msi and .exe

“Have you removed any software installed on your devices that is no longer supported and no longer receives regular updates for security problems?”

“Where you are able to do so, have you removed or disabled all the software and services that you do not use”

“Do you ensure that users only install applications that have been approved by your organisation?”

— Cyber Essentials Question Set (Montpellier)

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Ensure the Integrity of Airgapped Devices

While airgapped computers are protected from internet-based threats, there are still threats such as infected peripherals that need to be mitigated to truly keep them secure.

Prevent the use of unauthorized USB storage devices to mitigate the risk of introducing malware to air-gapped systems
Restrict network ports, WiFi, and internet access to further enforce airgaps
Evaluate user behavior on airgapped systems for potential security threats

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“Software that is not removed from devices when it becomes un-supported will need to be placed onto its own sub-set with no internet access.

If the out-of-scope subset remains connected to the internet, you will not be able to achieve whole company certification”

— Cyber Essentials Question Set (Montpellier)

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The Benefits of Cyber Essentials Certification

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Cybersecurity Threats Are on the Rise

74% of large and 70% of medium businesses in a 2024 DSIT survey reported experiencing a recent cyber attack

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Ensure Business Continuity

59% of buyers in an Arcserve report said they are likely to avoid companies that suffered from a recent cyberattack

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Build Trust

70% of consumers believe that businesses aren’t doing enough to keep their personal information secure

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How to Improve Data Security With CurrentWare

Go beyond the minimum Cyber Essentials compliance requirements with all of the security controls available in the CurrentWare Suite

Control Storage Devices

Control Storage Devices

Device Blocking window Screenshot of CurrentWare's USB device control software AccessPatrol

Block & Audit Storage Devices

Control who can use portable storage devices and set security policies to limit what devices are allowed. Monitor data transfers to removable media and network storage devices to ensure that your data security policies are being followed.

Cloud DLP

Data loss prevention cloud storage DLP security tips

Prevent Data Loss to Cloud Platforms

Protect sensitive data against the risks of cloud file sharing sites. Block cloud storage sites/apps, restrict uploads/downloads, and monitor file transfers for high-risk or anomalous activity.

Insider Threats

AccessPatrol sensitive file transfers alert

Audit User Activity for Insider Threat Risks

Monitor employee computer usage for signs of insider threats. Track file transfers, web browsing, app use, and login/logout times for high-risk, anomalous, or inappropriate activity. Receive automated alerts straight to your inbox when specific events occur.

Block Data Transfers

Screenshot of AccessPatrol's USB file transfer blocking feature

Block Data Transfers to Portable Storage & Uploads/Downloads

Go beyond simply blocking unauthorized devices; ensure optimal data protection with your trusted devices, too. Block file transfers to portable storage devices based on file extension and file name.

Use the File Filter to prevent the uploading and downloading of specific files such as EXEs.

Port Filtering

Screenshot of BrowseControl's Port Filter for blocking TCP/UDP ports

Block High-Risk Network Ports

Block unused TCP/UDP ports to reduce the attack surface of your network. Improve data protection by mitigating the threat of data leakage over FTP, SFTP, IRC, and other high-risk network ports.

Block Risky Sites

BrowseControl’s web content category filtering database provides you with a convenient way to block millions of websites across over 100 URL categories. Easily block users from accessing social media, porn, games, known virus-infected websites, and more!

CASE STUDY

Boston Centerless Scales Production & Secures Their Remote Workforce

CurrentWare has been nothing but supportive of us since we started. This is probably one of the best systems that we’ve ever invested in.

Once we got CurrentWare installed it opened the door for remote work for us; we could control the equipment and make sure our people were being productive and safe.

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