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Hayes Associates Limited was founded in 1988 to provide flexible and tailored solutions to businesses to
address problems and provide improvements to the processing, storage and management of data.
Data has been described by The Economist magazine as the most valuable resource on earth - even more so
than oil. Ensuring that your data is protected is therefore an extremely important part of any organisation's
objectives. This is especially so for any business that handles sensitive personal, or financial data. For a small
company that does not have a lot of resources to invest in sophisticated IT infrastructure and cyber defences,
this problem of protection is a significant one.
Inefficient processing of data not only is more costly, but it also may lead to falling foul of data protection
legislation in the form of GDPR. This may be inadvertently caused by a lack of awareness and/or weaknesses
in cyber security defences leading to breaches. This in turn, will result in possibly large fines, law suits from
customers and a potential irreversible loss of business reputation.
It is now becoming the norm when trying to win business to be asked for evidence of compliance with GDPR
and for controls that are in place as defence against cyber attacks. This may be in the form of policies and
procedures for GDPR or formal accreditation for Cyber Security - Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.
We have helped companies won bids for business, achieve cyber security accreditation and ensure that they
are GDPR compliant. We have industry qualified and accredited consultants.
Ifyou spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hocked. Whot's more you deserve to be hacked
- Richard Clarke, author andformer Special Advisorfor Cyberspace to the US President
We can provide the following services on a competitive basis;
© Data Protection & GDPR Advice
© Data Protection & GDPR Audits
© Cyber Security Audits & Advice
© Data Breach Management
© Subject Access Request Management Information Management Consultancy
Cyber Essentials Accreditation
© ISO 27001 Accreditation
© Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation
© Data Protection Officer (DPO) as a Service
© Data Protection and Cyber Security Training & Awareness - all staff levels
Please contact for further information
Email: thayes@hayesltd.com | Website: www.hayesltd.com
Telephone: 07834 039328