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• UPDATE: Covid-19 (Coronavirus) & CREST examinations

  1st July 2020 In the face of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, please be assured that we are fully committed to making your examination environment as safe as possible. The health and wellbeing of all concerned is paramount United Kingdom CREST is very pleased to announce that the examination centre in Slough is re-opening for examinations from 11 August 2020 and ...

• CREST report highlights actions to improve gender diversity in the cyber security industry

  10th June 2020 Report says schools, industry and recruiters should do more A report published by CREST highlights progress made in gender diversity across the cyber security industry, in the past few years and points to the next steps needed to further address the gender gap. CREST – the not-for-profit body that represents the technical security industry including vulnerability ...

• CREST report highlights challenges of cyber security pros with physical disabilities

  18th May 2020 Report makes recommendations to attract more physically disabled people into the industry to help fill skills gap A report published by CREST highlights the issues faced by physically disabled people wanting to work in cyber security.  CREST – the not-for-profit body that represents the technical security industry including vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, threat intelligence ...

• CREST receives $1.4M grant to help build cyber security capacity in Africa and Asia to help increase safe access to digital financial services for the poor

  9th March 2020 CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation and certification body for the technical security industry, has received a grant of $1.4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help increase cyber security capacity in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Robust growth, adoption and usage of digital financial services by the poor can ...

• Inaugural CRESTCon Australia puts spotlight on technical cyber security

  27th February 2020 The first CRESTCon Australia takes place on 18 March at Hotel Realm in Canberra, organised by CREST, the international not-for-profit body that accredits companies and certifies individuals working in cyber security – including vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response threat intelligence and Security Operations Centres (SOCs). Sponsored by Triskele Labs, the conference will feature leading industry ...

• CREST report highlights problems of stress and burnout among cyber security professionals

  29th January 2020 A new report published by CREST looks for solutions to the increasing problems of stress and burnout among many cyber security professionals, often working remotely in high-pressure and under-resourced environments. CREST – the not-for-profit body that represents the technical security industry including vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, threat intelligence and SOC (Security Operations Centre) ...

• CREST and CAA accredit first companies under new ASSURE scheme, supporting the CAA’s Cyber Security Oversight Process for Aviation

  17th January 2020 17 January 2020: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced its new ASSURE scheme developed in partnership with CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation and certification body for the technical security industry.  ASSURE will play a key role in the CAA’s Cyber Security Oversight strategy to enable the aviation industry – including airlines, airports and air navigation ...

• CREST technical information security briefing in South Africa

  19th December 2019 CREST is holding special briefing from 8:30am on 5th March at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is being held as part of CREST’s commitment to help increase capacity, capability and  consistency in information security across Africa. There will be short presentations from CREST and technical presentations on the importance of threat intelligence and ...

• CTIPs Conference – Call for papers

  17th December 2019 On 25th February from 14:00 to 19:00, in London, the CTIPs (CREST Threat Intelligence Professionals) group is holding a half-day conference. The event will focus on key themes relating to the professionalisation of cyber threat intelligence and will bring threat intelligence providers and the buying community together to explore how they can collaborate more effectively to ...

• The Call for Papers for CRESTCon Australia 2020 is now open

  4th October 2019 CRESTCon Australia 2020 is on 18th March at Hotel Realm, Canberra – For more information and booking go to https://crestconaustralia.eventbrite.co.uk   The inaugural CRESTCon Australia is brought to you by CREST, the international not-for-profit accreditation and certification body that represents and supports the technical information security market We are looking for presentations on a wide variety of ...