CFC Response earns CREST accreditation and NCSC Assured Provider status

CFC Response, the in-house cyber incident response team at CFC - the specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber - has earned accreditation by CREST for the supply of cyber security incident response services, and also been named as a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Assured Service Provider for the NCSC Cyber Incident Response Level 2 scheme.

Cyber News 2 min 1 Nov, 2023

To achieve this recognition, CFC Response underwent a series of rigorous accreditation processes covering the policies, procedures and competencies in place for delivery of their cyber security incident response services. In achieving these accreditations, CFC Response has demonstrated that it offers industry-leading levels of quality assurance.

Our global team of over 130 cyber security engineers, incident responders and forensic specialists successfully prevent and remediate thousands of cyber events for businesses around the world each year Roger Francis, CEO at CFC Response

“The accreditation from CREST and assured service provider status from the NCSC is demonstrable proof of their technical expertise, customer-first approach and drive to minimise the impact of cyber events on businesses, no matter their size, industry or location.”

With the largest in-house cyber security and incident response team in the insurance market globally, CFC Response delivers next generation cyber response service to match the ever-evolving nature of cyber risk through a holistic blend of proactive intervention, immediate response and expert claims management.

“We are delighted to congratulate CFC Response for gaining both CREST Accreditation and NCSC Cyber Incident Response (Level 2) scheme Assured Service Provider status for its incident response services,” said Rowland Johnson, President of CREST. “This means CFC Response has been assessed as capable of supporting most organisations with common cyberattacks, such as ransomware. It provides valuable assurance to buyers of the high quality of CFC Response’s incident response services.”

Francis adds: “As a UK government assured provider of cyber security incident response services, our brokers can now present an even stronger case to their clients when discussing cyber insurance. These accreditations provide further peace of mind that they will have the best possible team supporting them should the worse happen.”

CFC Response’s expertise and service was recently recognised at the 2023 Insurance Insider Honours Awards in September, where it won the Claims Service Award.


Learn more about CFC Response here.