Ask any IT provider for their current accreditation list.
The length of the answer, and how quickly it arrives, tells you most of what you need to know. Here are the vendors we work with, and below that the things we are asked about and do not claim.
The vendors we work with.
We have worked alongside Microsoft and Cisco for the better part of two decades, and with Fortinet, ESET, Acronis, Dell, Lenovo, Veeam and HP besides. None of it is a badge anybody handed us. Accreditation with a global vendor is assessed, and then assessed again. Engineers sit examinations and have to keep sitting them. Capability is measured against work actually delivered rather than intentions stated. A partner that stops meeting the standard quietly stops being one, which is the only reason a list like this is worth reading. Staying on it is harder than getting on it.
What that means for you is less abstract than it sounds. The person configuring your Microsoft 365 tenant has been examined on it by Microsoft, rather than having read about it. When something breaks at eleven at night and the answer is not in any manual, we have a route into vendor engineering instead of a support queue. Licensing comes to you directly rather than through a chain of resellers. And we will tell you plainly what we are accredited for and what we are not, because the second half of that answer is usually the more useful one.
What we do not claim
A list of accreditations is only worth anything if the gaps are stated too.
Do you hold ISO 9001 or ISO 27001?
No. LANTEK Computers is on the journey to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification and does not hold either today. We say so plainly, because a provider that blurs the difference between working toward a certification and holding one is showing you how it will describe your compliance position later.
Are you CREST accredited for penetration testing?
No. LANTEK does not claim CREST accreditation. Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are delivered in house by a team led by a CISSP certified security specialist. CISSP is an independent certification requiring documented professional experience, a passed examination and ongoing maintenance.
Are you NIST certified?
No, and no such certification exists for a service provider. LANTEK structures its security services around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, which is the internationally recognised yardstick for the reasonable measures POPIA requires. Any provider claiming to be NIST certified is describing something that cannot be held.
What about cloud platform certifications beyond Microsoft?
LANTEK holds Microsoft Solutions Partner status and does not claim accreditation with other hyperscale cloud providers. Where a client runs workloads on a platform we are not accredited for, we say so and work alongside a specialist rather than overstating our position.
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