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Civil Information Assurance Products and Services Co–ordination Group (CIPCOG)
Civil Information Assurance Products and Services Co-ordination Group (CIPCOG) is a public sector forum that is chaired by CSIA and works to deliver the Information Assurance (IA) requirements of the civil public sector.

The responsibilities of CIPCOG include:

• Defining and promoting the low information assurance requirements for products and services for the civil public sector;
• Managing the introduction and operation of a scheme to provide a basic level of assurance for information security products and services available to the civil public sector. This scheme is known as the CESG Claims Tested Mark(CCTM) scheme.
• Sharing information and liasing with the Defence INFOSEC Product Co–Operation Group (DIPCOG) and the Scottish Information Assurance Forum (SIAF).
• Promoting and facilitating events for civil public sector users and vendors to meet and discuss information assurance requirements for products and services.

CIPCOG have been running events on a regular basis since September 2004. They use these events to promote Information Assurance awareness. Sapphire is a regular supporter of CIPCOG

www.cesg.gov.uk

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