17 028 Provision of ICT Health Check services

Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester BC have a commitment to protect confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data and systems it manages for itself and on behalf of its clients. It is also required to meet obligations for the Government's Code of Connection and PCI compliance. It now invites interested parties to tender for ICT Security Vulnerability and Penetration testing work specified below and to assist the councils' achieve cyber essentials plus accreditation. Testing will cover the external and internal network infrastructure utilising both vulnerability scanning and manual penetration testing as required to provide an accurate picture of the organisational security across the councils' architecture.