# Development and Maintenance of the TBEST Scheme To address Technical Security assurance within the Telecommunications Industry

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Department For Culture Media & Sport](/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: CREST
- Award value: £96,000
- Tender value: £96,000
- Award date: 31 July 2016
- Published: 26 January 2017
- Contract start: 1 August 2016
- Contract end: 31 July 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: 6b00d5e9-6875-4976-bd90-c00282ceaadd-127236
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-23956f05-90ab-4726-ad54-5775accb977b

## Description

The TBEST accreditation scheme supports controlled, bespoke and intelligence-led security testing for and improves resilience against cyber-attacks\. The TBEST test mimics behaviours of threat actors assessed by Government and commercial intelligence providers as posing a threat to Communication Service Providers\. TBEST focuses on sophisticated and persistent attacks on critical systems and essential services, with priority given to the systems identified by DCMS as systematically important\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b00d5e9-6875-4976-bd90-c00282ceaadd-127236)