Cipher, cybersecurity division of Prosegur Group, has sealed a strategic alliance with ECIJA, one of the largest law firms in the Spanish market, with a consolidated leadership in the field of digital economy, to jointly provide comprehensive Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and cybersecurity services and solutions in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. The agreement reached will allow customers and users to advance in compliance with the cybersecurity regulations applicable in each country, from an organisational, technical and legal approach.
Within the framework of this strategic collaboration, both companies will jointly develop innovative cybersecurity solutions, with a very practical Governance, Risk, Regulatory and Technical Compliance approach. This will enable companies to obtain a complete analysis of their security status and a technical and compliance action plan that enables the comprehensive implementation of the applicable regulations in each country (DORA Regulation, NIS2 Directive, National Security Scheme or the General Data Protection Regulation).
"This new agreement represents a further step in our goal to lead the transformation of the cybersecurity sector. The combination of knowledge of secure architectures applied to business processes and compliance measures, applied to our industry and the legal field, will improve the way we operate and the service we provide to organisations," explains David Fernández, CEO of Cipher.
In the words of Alonso Hurtado and Jesús Yáñez, IT, Risk & Compliance Partners at ECIJA, "this alliance reinforces our commitment to Cybersecurity and Compliance, developing again a comprehensive and global solution that allows us to respond to the great demand for specialised Risk, Cybersecurity and Compliance services that our clients demand in most of the 18 jurisdictions from where we currently provide services. Cybersecurity is not only a technical issue, but also a legal and organisational challenge that requires a holistic approach to achieve it".
In this regard, Cipher's cyber intelligence unit has a specialised solution, xMDR (Extended Managed Detection and Response), designed to detect and respond to advanced threats with 92.86% coverage of MITRE ATT&CK tactics and 66.32% coverage of MITRE techniques, the tactics, techniques and procedures of cyber criminals. The platform is comprised of more than 400 automated processes for detection, response and prevention, protecting the industry from potential attacks and breaches in their systems. This, together with Cipher's continuous improvement cyber security posture improvement service (SPIP) enables organisations to minimise the risk of being impacted by a cyber security incident.
A successful partnership
Cipher and ECIJA combine decades of experience in their respective industries by applying the latest technological advances. In addition to the xMDR platform, the cybersecurity unit of the Prosegur Group has SPIP (Security Posture Improvement Plan), a cybersecurity solution that combines cybersecurity architects with hackers to detect vulnerabilities and misconfigurations or not suitable to best practices in the technological ecosystem of organisations, generating security plans that facilitate the process of implementing compliance, reducing time and associated costs. The result is a tailored, business-focused strategy with remediation plans and cybersecurity initiatives necessary to protect the business and ensure full compliance.
ECIJA will be in charge of the implementation process of the organisational and legal measures derived from the security master plan, assisting the entities to achieve full compliance with the applicable regulations, such as the DORA Regulation, the NIS2 Directive, the National Security Scheme or the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as the various international information security standards applicable in this field, such as ISO 27.001, 27.701, 23.301, among others.
