Preparing For DORA – CJC Achieves Cyber Essentials Certification

Preparing For DORA – CJC Achieves Cyber Essentials Certification

 

CJC Bolsters Cyber Security With Cyber Essentials Certification

London, 25 March 2024 – Crown Jewels Consultants (CJC), the leading market data consultancy and professional services provider, is glad to announce it has achieved the “Cyber Essentials” certification. CJC was assessed to have met the Cyber Essentials implementation profile, with ICT defences deemed satisfactory against a commodity-based cyber-attack.

The Cyber Essentials certification is a UK government-backed scheme to help organisations protect themselves against cyber-attacks. The certification process covers a range of technical controls, including secure configuration, access control, malware protection, patch management, and incident response.

See CJC’s ICT Security Standards at: https://cjcit.com/standards/ict-security-standards/?utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=CyberEssentialsPR

The Cyber Essentials certification is also relevant to the EU’s DORA regulation (Digital Operational Resilience Act), which aims to improve the digital operational resilience of financial institutions and their critical infrastructure providers. DORA requires relevant organisations to implement robust cyber security measures to safeguard and protect against cyber threats and attacks.

Peter Price, Global Head of Internal Services & Cloud Operations, said, “As part of our continual efforts to strengthen our cyber security measures, we have implemented rigorous controls and procedures to ensure that we meet the highest data protection standards. A directive at CJC is to ensure our security is frequently tested against various national and international benchmarks. The Cyber Essentials certification was selected to ensure and demonstrate that CJC met and exceeded the demands of ISO 27001.

Gina Wee, Chief Information Officer at CJC, commented, “CJC understands the importance of cyber security. Cyber threats and attacks are increasingly common, and it is essential to proactively protect all data and systems. The Cyber Essentials certification is a valuable milestone that demonstrates how CJC is doing everything possible to keep our client’s data safe.”

Pete Williams, Chief Technology Officer at CJC, added “We are committed to ensuring CJC is DORA compliant. The Cyber Essentials certification is a great step forward that transparently informs our clients of our intent to bolster confidence in our priorities.”

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For More Information Contact:

The Communications Team

Tel: +44 (0) 203 328 7600 | Emailmarketing@cjcit.com

About Crown Jewel Consultants (CJC)

CJC is the leading market data technology consultancy and service provider for global financial markets. CJC provides multi-award-winning consultancy, operations support (OaaS), cloud solutions, and professional services for mission-critical market data systems. CJC is vendor-neutral and ISO 27001 certified, enabling CJC’s partners the freedom to focus on their core business.

About Cyber Essentials – National Cyber Security Centre

Cyber Essentials is an effective, Government-backed scheme that will help you protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks come in many shapes and sizes, but the vast majority are very basic in nature, and carried out by relatively unskilled individuals. They’re the digital equivalent of a thief trying your front door to see if it’s unlocked. Our advice is designed to prevent these attacks.

Telefónica goes live with Alveo’s market data management solution for its corporate treasury and financial division

Telefónica goes live with Alveo’s market data management solution for its corporate treasury and financial division

London, UK, 14th March 2024Alveo, a leading provider of cloud-based market data management services, announced today that Telefónica, one of the leading global telecommunications companies, has gone live on Alveo’s Prime market data solution for its corporate treasury and financial division data management.

Telefónica’s sophisticated corporate treasury function, financial transactions and processes requires accurate and timely market data for a wide range of purposes including hedge accounting, funding needs, financial reporting, validation and valuation of financial instruments. Opting for Alveo’s solution helps Telefónica meets these complex requirements.

Manuel Carreras Ferrer, Transformation and Change Management Manager at Telefónica, said: “We needed a new financial data repository for the firm. We use commercial data providers and different complex spreadsheets and needed to streamline the supply of market data into different business application. Alveo’s market data solution helped us with a centralised data repository for all treasury-required FX and interest rate data, improved our operational efficiency and lowered our total cost of ownership.”

Mark Hepsworth, CEO, Alveo, said: “We are delighted to welcome Telefónica to the growing set of Alveo customers. The market provider landscape for corporates is broad and includes reference websites, central bank portals and different commercial data feeds. It has been a pleasure working with Manuel and his team on the change management to review and improve on existing market data workflows.”

The process of collecting, aggregating and verifying this market data and ensuring it is anchored in treasury workflows needs to be robust, driven by regulatory scrutiny, accounting rules, product complexity and the need to limit operational risk. Easy management of all instruments of interest and any integration required, whether to Excel, BI solutions or treasury systems automates workflows and improves operational efficiency. Other than the data itself, documenting the data lineage as well as any business rules such as proxies used is a key requirement to achieve transparency into the data preparation workflows.

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About Telefónica
Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications service providers in the world. The company offers fixed and mobile connectivity as well as a wide range of digital services for residential and business customers.
The company operates in 12 countries Europe and Latin America. Telefónica has 383.1 million accesses and offers telco services and digital solutions in more than 170 countries via strategic partner agreements.
Our mission: we want to make our world more human by connecting people’s lives.

About Alveo
Alveo is the leader in market data integration and analytics solutions for financial services. Focused on optimising data flows for business user self-service, we provide cloud-native data aggregation and data quality management that enables clients to easily access trusted data while maximising their data ROI.
Through our managed services, we ensure that clients can smoothly onboard, prepare, and validate data for use in operations, trading, investment management, pricing, risk, reporting, and machine learning.
We service a global client base and our award-winning technology provides easy integration into business user workflows and a proven platform for advanced analytics. Through combining deep domain expertise with the latest open-source technologies, we help financial institutions ensure high-quality data, optimise market data cost, and maximise productivity. For more information, please visit www.alveotech.com

Waters Technology Names Kirti Katiyar “Consultant of The Year 2024”

CJC’s Kirti Katiyar Named ‘Consultant of the Year’ at Women in Technology and Data Awards

LONDON, MARCH 12, 2024 – Crown Jewels Consultant Ltd (CJC), the award-winning and leading market data technology consultancy and service provider, is proud to announce that Kirti Katiyar, Engineer at CJC, has been awarded ‘Consultant of the Year’ at the prestigious 2024 Waters Women in Technology and Data Awards by Waters Technology.

It follows a complex cloud-based market data architecture project at a large multi-national investment bank, highlighting Kirti’s exceptional expertise, excellence, and contributions to the wider technology and data industry.

See Winners List: https://www.waterstechnology.com/awards-rankings/7951688/women-in-technology-data-awards-2024-all-the-winners

The Women in Technology and Data Awards by Waters Technology aims to celebrate and promote the remarkable achievements of women in technology and data roles within the capital markets. It honoured the winners across 36 categories, announced at a sit-down lunch in London on International Women’s Day on March 8.

Responding to the win, Kirti Katiyar said, “Receiving this recognition is truly humbling. I am incredibly grateful for this acknowledgement and proud of the effort and dedication that went into achieving the goals we set in the past year. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the management and team at CJC for all their support.

She continued, “To the Waters Women in Technology and Data Awards, I extend my sincere appreciation for this prestigious honour. It serves as a powerful reminder of the significance of women’s contributions to the tech and data community, motivating me and others to continue striving for excellence and making a positive impact.”

Brian Daly, CJC’s Global Head of Engineering, commented, “A fantastic achievement for an exceptional engineer. I wish to thank Waters Technology for recognizing Kirti; and thank Kirti for her impact on Cloud technology and driving innovation at CJC.”

Peter Williams, Chief Technology Officer at CJC, said, “We are delighted that Kirti has been recognised by Waters Technology and can now be celebrated by the wider community. Since her promotion to our Global Engineering and Architecture group, Kirti has consistently delivered the highest possible levels of service to our customers. Her exceptional contributions extend beyond her commitment to excellence in service – she has played a pivotal role in shaping and driving CJC’s cutting-edge cloud solutions forward.

Peter continued, “Her ability to leverage the latest cloud technologies in ways that work harmoniously with traditional market data systems such as RTDS/DACS and enhance their operation from both a functional and operational standpoint is exceptional. Beyond her technical acumen, Kirti is an exemplary member of the team. Her dedication, attention to detail and friendly, helpful, collegiate manner make her a great example of CJC’s core values.

Paul GowCJC’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer said, “Kirti’s outstanding performance and dedication have set her apart in a competitive industry. This award not only recognises her accomplishments but also serves as a testament to CJC’s commitment to fostering talent and promoting diversity within the technology sector.”

All at CJC congratulate Kirti on this well-deserved achievement and look forward to her continued success in shaping the future of technology and data.

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For more information, contact:

The Communications Team

Tel: +44 (0) 203 328 7600 | Emailmarketing@cjcit.com

About Crown Jewel Consultants (CJC)

CJC is the leading market data technology consultancy and service provider for global financial markets. CJC provides multi-award-winning consultancy, operations support (OaaS), cloud solutions, and professional services for mission-critical market data systems. CJC is ISO 27001 certified, enabling CJC’s partners the freedom to focus on their core business.

About WatersTechnology

WatersTechnology is a leading publisher that focuses on data & technology challenges facing the capital markets; incorporating Inside Market Data, Inside Reference Data, Buy-Side Technology, and Sell-Side Technology.

 

Kaiko Announces Authorized Redistribution of CME Group Crypto Futures and Options Data.

Kaiko is pleased to announce that we are now authorized to distribute crypto futures and options market data from CME Group!

Access real-time Bitcoin and Ether futures, options, and spread contracts directly through Kaiko’s REST API and streaming service. The integration of CME Group data into Kaiko’s offerings marks a significant step forward in providing high-quality data solutions that increase efficiency and precision for a large range of use cases. Learn more here.

Wallet Data User Guide

Kaiko is pleased to announce a major update to their Wallet Data User Guide with new use cases for Regulators and Financial Institutions. Learn how Wallet Data can complement and enhance your blockchain transaction analysis.

In our updated guide, we cover a range of use cases for this powerful data:

  • Due Diligence: Source of Funds and Source of Wealth [New]
  • Monitoring ETF Flows [New]
  • Address and Transaction Screening [New]
  • Proof of Reserves
  • Fraud and Manipulation Detection

You can find the full Wallet Data User Guide here.