โWe needed to find solutions to a variety of issues whilst being a complex business, operating in a 24/7 environment. Stripe OLT listened and understood immediately the challenges we faced.โ
Over the last few months, weโve been busy here at Stripe OLT; not only have we received our Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation, but weโve also become a Microsoft Gold Partner! We are extremely proud of these achievements, so we thought weโd tell you a little about what they mean and why they are so important to usโฆ
Cyber Essentials Plus
As a company that takes cyber security very seriously, we are proud to be part of the Cyber Essentials community, and in June we gained ourย Cyber Essentials Plusย practitioner status, which ultimately means the work we do to protect ourselves and our clients is recognised by the UK government. Itโs an accreditation thatโs now deemed essential if you want to apply for government contracts and provide tender proposals to many UK organisations, so itโs an absolute must in todayโs digital business landscape!
To get this certification, we had to go through a full system audit, which included rigorous penetration testing of our security configuration, firewalls, user access control tools, malware protection and patch management (to name a few). We like to think this isnโt just peace of mind for us, but it also gives our clients the confidence they need, to know we are doing everything we can to protect their systems!
Microsoft Gold Partner
The next cause for celebration this month is brought by our certification as a Microsoft Gold Partner! Theย Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform Competencyย is an elite level in the Microsoft Partner Programme, attained by only a small percentage of the most capable and engaged Microsoft partners. We had to meet a range of criteria to attain this accreditation, from installing live customer systems in Azure to passing exams โ it wasnโt an easy process!
Our Technical Director, Alex Eley, says
โFor us being a Microsoft Gold Partner is something weโve all aspired to for some time. There is a huge jump from a silver to gold partnership, so this is a massive achievement for the Stripe team and we canโt wait to get our next one!โ
We like to think itโs onwards and upwards here at Stripe OLT, but while we work our next accreditation, we better get those certificates up on the wall.