A Comprehensive Guide to the UK GCSS &
NCSC’s CAF
How prepared is your organisation when it comes to GCSS/CAF?
This guide provides an overview of the UK Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS) and the NCSC’s Cyber Assurance Framework (CAF), focusing on their requirements relating to supply chain cyber risk management in the UK public sector.
With its increasing emphasis on supply chain security, the GCSS sets clear guidelines for organisations to bolster their resilience against cyber risks. By aligning with the GCSS and CAF, organisations can bolster their defences, ensure compliance, and better manage third-party risks, all while contributing to a more collaborative and secure supply chain ecosystem in the public sector.
Don’t just learn what the GCSS and CAF mean, but how to put them into action. This guide will help you take practical steps to implement their supply chain security requirements, so you can stay ahead of the curve and strengthen your resilience.
The GCSS recognises that in order to achieve greater resilience, “visibility is the foundation from which an accurate assessment of risk can be derived”. This guide will demonstrate how you can gain this enhanced visibility into your extended supply chain to uncover previously hidden concentration risks.
Our framework is aligned to all leading international frameworks & regulations. In the white paper, we demonstrate how the framework maps against the UK GCSS/CAF, making it easy to identify & ensure compliance while strengthening your supply chain security.
What you will learn:
Chapter 1: Overview
Understand the core pillars of the GCSS, the role they play in the government's wider cyber security strategy, how the adapted CAF profiles affect different public sector bodies & what the objectives behind these pillars are.
Chapter 2: Supply Chain Security in the GCSS & CAF
Take a deep dive into the supply chain security aspects of the GCSS, learn why securing the supply chain is both essential & difficult, and what this means for your organisation.
Chapter 3: Key challenges with complying with the requirements
Understand and get actionable advice on overcoming challenges such as: restricted budgets & limited resource; lack of supplier engagement; breaking down silos in TPRM; and on how to obtain supplier information quickly and at scale when emerging threats appear.
This guide explores the supply chain security aspects of the UK Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS), which places strong emphasis on managing third-party risks to protect key public services. While securing supply chains is essential to improving the overall cyber resilience of the UK public sector, it remains one of the most complex challenges due to the size and diversity of public sector supplier networks.
By acknowledging these difficulties, the GCSS lays the groundwork for a more structured and comprehensive approach to supply chain cyber security across the UK public sector. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
