Cyber Risk & Security Platform
Government & public sector
Protect the systems, services, people and partners that communities depend on.
Public sector organisations deliver services people rely on every day. Central government departments, councils, housing providers and other public bodies hold sensitive information, operate important digital services and depend on complex networks of employees, technology partners, contractors and suppliers.
That creates a security challenge with a very human consequence. A cyber incident is not only an IT problem when it can interrupt services, delay support, restrict access to information or affect the people and communities your organisation serves.
ConnectProtect brings cyber risk visibility and managed security together, helping public sector organisations understand what is exposed, monitor selected third parties, protect endpoints, detect suspicious activity and prioritise vulnerabilities.
Your public sector environment
extends beyond the network
Depending on the organisation, the technology and risk landscape can include:
- Corporate IT and employee endpoints
- Citizen, tenant and customer-facing digital services
- Case management, housing and line-of-business systems
- Cloud applications and hosted infrastructure
- Websites, domains, portals and internet-facing services
- Remote access and privileged administration
- Legacy and business-critical systems
- Technology suppliers, contractors and outsourced services
- Partner organisations and shared-service arrangements
- Software and infrastructure vulnerabilities
Know how you're exposed
The public sector cyber security challenges we help you address
Public services often combine large technology estates, sensitive information, constrained resources and systems that cannot simply be switched off. Security needs to improve visibility and resilience without losing sight of service delivery.
Protect services people depend on
Councils, departments, housing providers and public bodies can operate services where availability matters directly to citizens, tenants, staff and partner organisations. Security monitoring and vulnerability management help teams identify issues earlier and focus effort on the technology that matters.
Protect sensitive public and tenant information
Public sector organisations may hold personal, financial, safeguarding, housing, employee and operational information. Protecting the systems and endpoints used to access that information is fundamental to maintaining trust and reducing avoidable exposure.
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Know what is visible
from the internet
Public sector estates evolve over time. Websites, domains, cloud services, portals, applications and remote-access infrastructure can create an external footprint that is difficult to understand from inside the organisation.
ConnectProtect® Horizon
Horizon provides Managed External Attack Surface Management (EASM), giving your organisation an outside-in view of what is visible from the internet.
- Identify externally visible assets
- Track changes to the external attack surface
- Surface potential security issues
- Prioritise findings for investigation
- Understand what an external observer can see
Your suppliers and partners are part of public sector cyber risk
Public services rarely operate in isolation. Organisations may rely on software vendors, cloud providers, outsourced service providers, maintenance contractors, technology partners, development companies, MSPs and other organisations that support service delivery.
For housing associations, that ecosystem can also include housing management platforms, repairs and maintenance providers, payment services, resident portals and specialist contractors. Some third parties may hold data or connect to systems; others may provide services whose disruption would be felt quickly by tenants and operational teams.
ConnectProtect® Realm
Realm provides continuous third-party cyber risk monitoring for selected suppliers and thirdparties, helping maintain visibility between formal reviews.
- Monitor selected critical suppliers
- Identify changes in external security posture
- Prioritise third parties that need attention
- Support supplier and procurement conversations
- Add ongoing visibility between periodic assessments
- Focus monitoring on dependencies that matter most
Protect a distributed public sector workforce
Public sector employees can work across offices, community locations, housing estates, depots, home environments and other operational settings. Their endpoints can provide access to sensitive systems and information.
ConnectProtect® Core
Core is a combination of security technology and people watching for threats – without your charity having to build its own security operations centre.
Core is managed endpoint security with:
- Antivirus
- EDR
- anti-ransomware protection
- 24x7x365 human SOC monitoring
Identify vulnerabilities, prioritise them and track progress.
Get more from the security technology you already have
Public sector organisations can already have substantial security estates. The challenge is often the volume of alerts, the number of systems involved and the difficulty of maintaining round-the-clock visibility with limited internal resources.
ConnectProtect® Unity
Unity is Managed Detection and Response (MDR) that connects supported security
technologies and adds 24x7x365 managed monitoring, investigation and response.
Where supported, Unity can work with technology already in place rather than forcing unnecessary replacement.
Your people focus on the cause. Security specialists help watch the signals.
Four connected questions for charity cyber security
Good cyber security does not have to mean dozens of disconnected tools. ConnectProtect
brings five complementary capabilities together around questions trustees, leaders and IT
teams should be able to answer.
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ConnectProtect® Horizon
What can an attacker see?
Understand your external attack surface.
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ConnectProtect® Realm
Which suppliers could introduce risk?
Monitor selected third parties.
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ConnectProtect® Core
Are your endpoints protected and watched?
Add managed endpoint protection and 24x7x365 human monitoring.
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ConnectProtect® Unity
Would we detect suspicious security activity?
Connect supported security technologies and add managed detection and response
Security capability aligned to public sector resilience
The NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework is designed around the cyber resilience of essential functions. Its objectives include managing security risk, protecting against cyber attack, detecting cyber security events, and minimising the impact of incidents. The framework also explicitly addresses asset management, supply-chain risk and security monitoring.
The NCSC states that the CAF is used across government through GovAssure and has also been adopted for local government. Public sector organisations should determine which frameworks, assurance schemes and sector-specific requirements apply to them.
ConnectProtect does not replace CAF, GovAssure, governance, compliance or an organisation’s own assurance responsibilities. Its services can support practical security capabilities around visibility, protection, monitoring, third-party risk and vulnerability management.
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ConnectProtect® HorizonWhat can an attacker see?
Understand your external attack surface.
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ConnectProtect® Core
Are your endpoints protected and watched?
Add managed endpoint protection and 24x7x365 human monitoring.
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ConnectProtect® Unity
Would we detect suspicious security activity?
Connect supported security technologies and add managed detection and response
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ConnectProtect® Realm
Which suppliers could introduce risk?
Monitor selected third parties.
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ConnectProtect® Insight
Which vulnerabilities need attention?
Identify, prioritise and track vulnerabilities.
Security capability aligned to public sector resilience
The NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework is designed around the cyber resilience of essential functions. Its objectives include managing security risk, protecting against cyber attack, detecting cyber security events, and minimising the impact of incidents. The framework also explicitly addresses asset management, supply-chain risk and security monitoring.
The NCSC states that the CAF is used across government through GovAssure and has also been adopted for local government. Public sector organisations should determine which frameworks, assurance schemes and sector-specific requirements apply to them.
ConnectProtect does not replace CAF, GovAssure, governance, compliance or an organisation’s own assurance responsibilities. Its services can support practical security capabilities around visibility, protection, monitoring, third-party risk and vulnerability management.
Read the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework and its guidance on GovAssure and local government use.
For housing associations: protect the digital services behind homes and communities
Housing providers are technology-dependent organisations. Tenant records, housing management systems, repairs, payments, communications, mobile working and resident portals can all depend on digital services and third parties.
A security incident can therefore create operational pressure at the same time as it affects information and systems. ConnectProtect helps housing organisations strengthen visibility across external exposure, selected suppliers, endpoints, security activity and vulnerabilities.
Cyber security without unnecessary complexity
Public sector teams do not necessarily need more disconnected tools. They need useful visibility, clearer priorities and people who can help interpret security activity.
ConnectProtect combines technology with managed security services so internal teams can retain ownership of their environment while adding specialist capability where it is needed
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Pick the right product for your business. With the help of ConnectProtect, we can make cyber security simple and protect you from the threats of today and tomrrow.
