Viking Arms are proud to be Cyber Essentials Plus assured. Cyber Essentials Plus is the highest level of security certification within the Cyber Essentials program that is endorsed by the United Kingdom Government to demonstrate an organisation has appropriate protections against the most common cyber threats.

Following the security breach at guntrader.uk in which thousands of names and addresses belonging to UK customers of the leading website for buying and selling shotguns and rifles were published to the dark web we would like to take this opportunity to reassure our customers that we take cyber security and data protection extremely seriously.

Viking Arms achieved Cyber Essentials Plus Certification after completing a rigorous technical audit of the company’s internal and external IT systems.

Cyber Essentials evaluates five technical security controls that organisations should implement to defend against the majority of internet-borne threats. The certification standard verifies secure configuration, boundary firewalls and internet gateways, access control, patch management and malware protection.

“We are committed to protecting our client base, partners and employees,” said Sam MacArthur, Managing Director of Viking Arms. “Earning the Cyber Essentials Plus Certification underscores our focus on the highest levels of security and service." 

If you are concerned about the guntrader.uk security breach BASC has released some advice fo those who may have been affected.