Expert Cyber Consultancy for UK Policing

Navigate complex NCSC frameworks, meet NIS Directive requirements, and secure your critical police systems.

From NCSC CAF assessments for critical OES systems to National Policing Cybercrime Framework (NCF) strategy, we are the trusted partner for UK police forces

NIS Directive OES Compliant
NCSC CAF Critical Systems Assessment
Supply Chain Cyber Essentials Secured

NCSC cyber assessment framework (CAF) for Police

As Operators of Essential Services (OES) under the NIS Directive, police forces must protect their critical systems. Our experts provide end-to-end CAF consultancy, from gap analysis to implementation. We help you secure 999 call handling, command and control, and intelligence systems, ensuring you meet regulatory requirements and can prove your resilience to the NCSC and Home Office.

Achieve NIS Directive Compliance

National Policing cybercrime framework (NCF) strategy

We align you with the National Policing Cybercrime Framework and then double down on capability building: our Black Hat-delivered cyber security and offensive hacking training equips your teams to investigate cybercrime and apply the 4 P’s—Pursue, Prevent, Protect, Prepare—against digital-age offending.

Enhance Your Cybercrime Capability

Cyber essentials & plus for Police & supply chain for Policing

Cyber Essentials is the fundamental baseline for security. We guide your force through certification to protect your own IT estate. Critically, we help you build a program to manage your third-party risk by ensuring your entire supply chain—from bodycam providers to software vendors—is Cyber Essentials certified, protecting you from data breaches.

Secure Your Supply Chain

Cyber Consultancy Faqs for Policing

  • The CAF is the NCSC's framework for assessing the cyber resilience of Operators of Essential Services (OES). As OES, police forces use CAF to measure their security against a detailed set of principles, ensuring critical systems (like 999, Command and Control, and intelligence databases) are protected from sophisticated cyber attacks.

  • Yes. Under the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive, UK police forces are designated as Operators of Essential Services (OES). This legally requires them to take appropriate measures to manage risks to their network and information systems and to report significant incidents. The CAF is the NCSC's methodology for OES to demonstrate this compliance.

  • Cyber Essentials is a foundational, baseline certification that protects against the most common cyber threats. The CAF is a much more in-depth, risk-based framework specifically for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), which includes essential police services. CAF is designed to protect against higher-level threats and is a regulatory requirement under the NIS Directive.

  • Our consultancy on the National Policing Cybercrime Framework (or Strategy) focuses on the investigative side of policing. We help your force build the strategic plan and capabilities to meet the "4 P's" (Pursue, Prevent, Protect, Prepare) and enhance your ability to respond to and investigate cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crime.

  • Police forces rely on hundreds of third-party technology suppliers (e.g., for bodycams, forensic tools, or case management software). A cyber attack on one of these suppliers could compromise sensitive police data or critical systems. Mandating Cyber Essentials for your supply chain is a key control to manage this third-party risk.