GAMBLING, GAMING AND CASINO CYBER SECURITY
Whether it’s gambling commission technical security audits, or wider in-depth cyber security services for the gambling industry – we have the skill-set depth to serve your security concerns.
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Gambling & Online gaming cyber security
The UK has the largest regulated online gambling market in the world. In 2018-19, online gambling sector yielded £5.3 Billion gross indicating the strong growth with increased mobile devices usage.
Increase in digital usage is directly linked to opportunities for cyber criminals. This market is an attractive target for threat actors to steal money or personally identifiable information (PII) from operators. It is important that betting and gambling operators whether its online casinos, online gaming make cyber risk a priority, and ensure a safe and secure platform for their users. GDPR has played an important role in ensuring data privacy of consumers is taken seriously by gambling and betting service providers.
Gambling Commission Security Audits Requirement
What are the key security challenges ?
- Safeguarding publicly exposed assets such as terminals, kiosks, devices, applications
- Reducing growing risk with modern IT infrastructure
- Prevent identity thefts such as customer impersonation, strong KYC verifications
- Protecting communication channels and electronic systems in corporate areas
- Ensuring GDPR, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS compliance
- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
Security Audits for Remote Gambling Operators (RTS Audits)
Gambling Commission requires all remote operator licensees to complete an annual audit (RTS Audit) conducted by third party. This is scoped against certain clauses of ISO 27001 as set set out in Section 4.3 of Remote gambling and software standards document.
- electronic systems that record, store, process, share, transmit or retrieve sensitive customer information, eg credit/debit card details, authentication information, customer account balances
- electronic systems that generate, transmit, or process random numbers used to
- determine the outcome of games or virtual events
- electronic systems that store results or the current state of a customer’s gamble points of entry to and exit from the above systems (other systems that are able to communicate directly with core critical systems)
- communication networks that transmit sensitive customer information.
This report is then submitted as evidence to the commission.
Casinos or Cyber Security - All bets are off.
What are your key security questions?
- What controls are in place to mitigate Insider Threats?
- Are you doing 'tick in the box' or taking proactive approach to cyber security?
- Are you performing independent technical evaluation before deployment at scale?
- Have you deployed sufficient controls in securing your supply chain?
- Have you assessed internal systems and controls to handle insider threats?
- Is your business utilising defence in depth approach?
Betting and Gambling Sector Experience
Key Projects
- Merger & Acquisition projects in Betting sector
- Sports betting application security reviews (Major UK and Malta based sports and casino games providers)
- Professional Certification Requirement Regulatory Audits
- Application security assessments on gambling portals
- Product security reviews for a gambling software development company
An independent advice without any product pitches.
Our Cyber Security Assessment Services
Network & Infrastructure Penetration Testing
- Protect your business against evolving network & infrastructure threats
- Check services, patching, passwords, configurations & hardening issues
- Internal, external, network segregation & device reviews
- PCI DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR Compliance support
- Helps shape IT strategy & investments
Web Application & API Pen Testing
- Assess real-world threats to web applications
- Validate secure design best practices against OWASP Top 10
- Timely check to avoid common pitfalls during development
- Ensure strong authentication, authorisation, encryption mechanisms
- Find loopholes to avoid data leakage or theft
Mobile Penetration Testing
- Assess real-world mobile app security vulnerabilities
- Validate secure design & configuration best practices
- Increased flexibility and productivity of users through secure mobile offerings
- Ensure strong mobile app authentication, authorisation, encryption mechanisms
- Find mobile app or device loopholes to avoid data leakage or theft
- PCI DSS, ISO 27001, Compliance Support
Cloud Penetration Testing
- Better visibility on cloud process aligning
- Secure validation of internal and third party integrations
- Support ever changing regulatory/compliance requirements
- Ensure strong authentication, authorisation, encryption mechanisms
- Demonstrate data security commitment
- Less is more – reduced costs, servers and staff
Digital Attack Surface Analysis
- Attack surface analysis to identify high risk areas and blind spots
- Improve your security team’s efficiency
- Streamline your IT spends
- Lower Risks and Likelihood of Data Breaches