Established in 1985, Astro Communications have a reputation for being dependable, reliable and trustworthy. Many of our engineers have over 30 years experience in the industry. We have many years experience working in Local Authorities providing, maintaining, and managing local and wide area networks, virtual private networks and security solutions. References are available on request.For more information please contact: Dalida Möger 01322 610169 dalida.moger@astro.co.uk www.astro.co.uk

BeCrypt Limited was formed in 2001 to meet the growing demand for high-level encryption products in the personal computer and PDA marketplace. BeCrypt's core technology team has decades of experience of encryption security and software development, having previously worked with companies like Dr.Solomon's, Sophos, and RSA. Prior to founding BeCrypt, the team worked for Topsoft Limited, where they successfully obtained CAPS product certification for a range of products from the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the UK Government's Information Assurance group within GCHQ. Since formation, BeCrypt has built a management team with a wide range of experiences in the international software security and encryption market, as well as in global business development, international marketing, and sales.

The CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM) scheme provides a government quality mark for the public and private sectors based on accredited independent testing, designed to prove the validity of security functionality claims made by vendors. In more colloquial terms, the CCTM is designed to assure public bodies that a product or service does ‘what it says on the box’.

Established in 2004, First Cyber Security's(FCS) foundation product uses patent pending, UK Government endorced technology to validate the authenticity of web sites being visited with zero user intervention.For more information about the First Cyber Security product, contact: david.holman@firstcybersecurity.com www.firstcybersecurity.com

StealthWatch, Lancopes market leading Network Behaviour Analysis (NBA) solution provides network flow based solutions for security and network operations teams in an integrated, unified platform. NBA will provide Authorities with real time visibility of all IP host communication for asset purposes and to build and maintain an automated profile of hosts’ normal operating behaviour within their environment. The baseline of normalised behaviour enables Authorities to define services, identify trusted 3rd parties, detect and alert on behavioural changes and create policies to determine who should access what and how. StealthWatch is an EAL certified product and is proven to reduce cost, complexity and operational overhead in supporting on going adherence to compliance and initiatives such as Government Connect and PCI DSS. For more information about the products and services provided by Lancope,contact: Tim Wansbrough international@lancope.com +44 796 023 5944 www.lancope.com

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organisations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's technology, business and industry solutions - coupled with professional services and dozens of strategic third-party partnerships - help organisations bring trust to millions of user identities, the activities that they perform and the data that is generated.RSA offers industry-leading solutions in authentication and access control, data loss prevention, encryption and key management, compliance and security information management, and fraud prevention.

Sapphire is an Information Assurance Specialist encouraging business resilience through the effective use of Information Security. We understand the needs driving Local Government Authorities and public sector bodies alike. Sapphire has built an excellent pedigree and has some of the best people in the industry. Its business consultancy team provides a number of solutions and services to help Local Government authorities achieve their code of connection Our core competencies include CESG CLAS and CHECK, ISO 27001 Consultancy, Security Audits, Secure Awareness Training, Secure Remote Working solutions, Two Factor Authentication and End Point Control. For more information about the products and services provided by Sapphire contact:Tina Deighton 01642 702100 tina.deighton@sapphire.net www.sapphire.net