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Good digital work depends on more than creativity and technology. It also depends on the safeguards behind them.
Mackman, as part of Mackman Group, is now covered by Cyber Essentials Plus certification, providing independent technical verification of important cyber security controls supporting the work we deliver.
The certification follows the successful renewal of Mackman Group’s Cyber Essentials certification and an additional independent technical assessment to test whether the required controls are working effectively in practice.
For our clients, that matters because modern marketing and digital delivery increasingly involve access to information, technology, websites and digital platforms that need to be managed responsibly.
Why Cyber Security Matters To A Marketing and Digital Agency
Marketing agencies are increasingly technology businesses as well as creative and strategic partners.
Our work can involve website development and management, digital platforms, analytics, marketing systems, client accounts and commercially sensitive information.
That creates responsibilities.
Clients should be able to expect the partners they work with to consider not only the quality of what they deliver, but also the systems, processes and safeguards sitting behind that delivery.
Cyber Essentials Plus provides additional independent assurance around an important part of those safeguards.
What is Cyber Essentials Plus?
Cyber Essentials is a UK Government backed certification scheme designed to help organisations protect themselves against common cyber threats.
It focuses on five areas of technical protection: firewalls, secure configuration, security updates, user access control and malware protection.
Cyber Essentials Plus uses the same underlying requirements but adds independent technical testing to verify that those controls have been implemented effectively and are working in practice.
That additional scrutiny is why Mackman Group chose to progress beyond Cyber Essentials to Cyber Essentials Plus.
Supporting Responsible Digital Delivery
Good digital governance is not something that can simply be added at the end of a project.
It depends on the way people, processes and technology work together.
As part of Mackman Group, our approach sits within a wider framework of policies, safeguards, responsibilities and governance designed to help us manage information, technology and risk responsibly.
Cyber Essentials Plus independently tests an important technical element of that framework.
It complements the human and organisational safeguards behind our work, including appropriate access, defined responsibilities and continuing scrutiny of the systems we use.
For us, this reflects a broader principle: evidence before assumption.
What Does This Mean For Our Clients?
For clients working with Mackman, Cyber Essentials Plus provides:
Independent technical testing of key cyber security controls
Additional assurance around the systems supporting our digital work
Evidence that recognised technical safeguards have been implemented and tested
Greater confidence when entrusting us with access to information, websites and digital platforms
Evidence of our continuing investment in responsible and professional digital practice
Cyber Essentials Plus does not mean cyber risk disappears.
No responsible organisation should make that claim.
Instead, certification provides an independently assessed framework through which important technical controls can be tested and continually considered as technology and risks evolve.
Standards Behind The Work
Our clients see the strategies, brands, campaigns, websites and digital services we create.
Behind that work sits another layer that is less visible but equally important: the systems, processes, responsibilities and safeguards that support how the work is delivered.
Cyber Essentials Plus is part of our continuing investment in strengthening that foundation.
Because responsible digital delivery is not simply about what we create.
It is also about how we work.