The IT security product company Intel Security and Socitm, the Society of Information Technology Management, the Information Technology body covering local government and the public sector, are behind the Socitm Cyber Guide, which provides research, guidance and content on the cyber security issues impacting the public sector.
Intel Security’s sponsorship of the Socitm Cyber Guide, which is only available to organisations that use the Socitm Insight service, will make the resource available to Socitm’s 1,749 members across Local Government and the public sector.
Gordon Morrison, Director of Government Relations at Intel Security, said: “Intel Security is delighted to support this very important cyber awareness guide. Anything that can assist in combatting the ongoing cyber threats to local authorities and the public sector, through placing best practice information in an easy to find accessible guide is a great development.”
Intel Security has won Socitm’s ‘Supplier of the Year award’. The award is given in recognition of contributions made by a private sector partner for the benefit of its public sector membership. Nigel Bragg, Commercial Partnerships Manager, Socitm, said: “Socitm’s prestigious Supplier of the Year award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions made by a private sector partner for the benefit of our public sector membership. This year’s recipient has provided immense value to the Socitm membership through its collaboration on the Insight Cyber Guide resource, through its sponsorship of the upcoming IT Trends Survey on Data Security and through its ongoing support for both the Local CIO Council and Socitm North West groups. We’re delighted to announce the Supplier of the Year for 2016 is Intel Security.”
