Dozens of IT firms win place on mammoth cybersecurity framework

Certified Cyber Security Services 2 framework to be worth £110m

Dozens of cybersecurity specialists - including NTT Security, Pentest and Vodafone - have popped up on a massive IT cybersecurity framework which will be worth more than £100m over its lifetime.

The Certified Cyber Security Services 2 framework is the second iteration of the framework and will run for a minimum of one year, with the option to extend it to a maximum of three years, according to a recently published contract award notice.

The framework spans the whole of the government and was designed to help the public sector stay safe online by preventing, mitigating and managing cybersecurity risks and attacks.

A total of 124 tenders - 88 from SMEs - were received, and 37 companies made the cut, across multiple Lots.

Lot 1.1 - Risk Management

Actica Consulting

C3IA Solutions

Entserv

EVOLVE Secure Solutions

Hex Security

Info-Assure

NCC Group Security Services (trading as NCC Group)

OCF IT Security Consultancy

Securestorm

Stratia Consulting

Lot 1.2 - Risk Management

2t Security

Actica Consulting

C3IA Solutions

Entserv

EVOLVE Secure Solutions

Info-Assure

NCC Group Security Services (Trading as NCC Group)

OCF IT Security Consultancy

Securestorm

Stratia Consulting

Lot 1.3 - Security Architecture

2t Security

Actica Consulting

Better Network Solutions

Celidor

Info-Assure

VODAFONE

Lot 1.4 - Audit and Review

Bridewell Consulting

C3IA Solutions

Securestorm

Lot 2 - Penetration Testing

Aristi

CGI IT UK

Context Information Security

Convergent Network Solutions

Cyberis

Deloitte

Digital Assurance Consulting

Gotham Digital Science

Info-Assure

Information Risk Management

IT Guarded

KPMG

Modux

MWR InfoSecurity

NCC Group Security Services (trading as NCC Group)

Nettitude

NTA Monitor

NTT Security (UK)

Pentest

Pentest Partners Consulting (PTP Consulting)

Perspective Risk

PwC

QinetiQ

Lot 3 - Incident Response

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

Context Information Security

MWR InfoSecurity

NCC Group Security Services (trading as NCC Group)

PwC

Lot 4 - Tailored Evaluations

GI IT UK

Context Information Security

Info-Assure

Information Risk Management Limited

KPMG LLP

NCC Group Security Services Ltd Trading as NCC Group