National Security Scheme Certification

ENS

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 We don't know you, but we definitely know two things about you.

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You are seeking certification for your company in the National Security Scheme, Spanish law establishing the conditions necessary for confidence in the use of electronic services.

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You have discovered that, in fact, one of the indispensable requirements for receiving such certification from the certification bodies of the National Accreditation Body is to have a procedure for the processing of metadata for all office, audio, video and image files.

MetaClean

An application recommended by the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE).

MetaClean is part of the catalogue of products offered by INCIBE that aim to strengthen cybersecurity, trust and protection of information and privacy in companies in different areas in Spain.

Get the best tool on the market for metadata management

Complete the form and find out how to automate the processing and protection of metadata in your organisation.

But what is metadata?

We, who make our living from them, could spend hours describing them in detail. But we value your time too much. So all you need to know is that metadata is data that not only informs about the characteristics of electronic files but also provides information about the people who have processed them, i.e. it confesses hidden information. So do you understand why the ENS certification need to control them?

After all, if your company has an application that makes it possible to edit and delete metadata of all the digital files it handles means that it is able to guarantee maximum security. After all, systems, communications, institutions and citizens could be compromised if sensitive information in documents, images, audio and video were to fall into the wrong hands. Luckily for you, we can provide you with the best metadata management application: MetaClean.

Accredited certification bodies

Only a handful of companies are accredited by the National Accreditation Body (ENAC) to carry out audits on the National Security Scheme (ENS). Specifically, and for the moment, there are nine national auditing companies. Any one of them could issue you with the ENS certificate you are looking for. However, each and every one of them will require the same conditions. Among them, the obligation to have a tool designed for the voluntary processing of the metadata included in the electronic files.

As we have explained above, this is not a whim of the public administration. All the files we use and share in the digital world contain their own explanatory metadata. Including all those photographs we upload to the web. In particular, images have such highly compromising metadata as geolocation metadata. Data that informs about the exact geographical position where the photograph was taken. In this and many other ways, being able to delete metadata is unequivocally synonymous with security.

ENAC, Entidad Nacional de Acreditación (National Accreditation Entity)

This requirement of the National Accreditation Body, the requirement to have a metadata management application, is only necessary when we intend to obtaining the certificate ENS for medium and high levels of security. That is, the levels most vulnerable to external threats given the relevance of communications and data. To such an extent that the ENAC establishes minimum quality requirements to accept an application as a suitable application for metadata processing. In other words: not just any tool will do.

With MetaClean you will never have this problem, it is a powerful tool for the automatic processing of metadata contained in digital files. It also supports all kinds of file formats. From Microsoft Office formats to the most unusual image formats, through OpenOffice's own formats, the usual video formats or PDF formats.

Obtain national security scheme certification

Like so many other companies, you are looking for the National Security Scheme certificate. The question then is: Do you intend to take a gamble with applications of dubious quality? In the eyes of accredited certification bodies, the quality of the metadata management tool is directly related to the quality of the company itself. Especially with regard to its security guidelines for electronic connections, electronic communications and the transmission of information.

On the other hand, passing the various quality tests carried out by INCIBE on MetaClean is not the only advantage it provides. We do not want a tool as powerful as MetaClean just to pass an audit and get ENS certification, We want to implement it and use it to protect our system. MetaClean is such a simple and intuitive tool that no special knowledge is required for installation and administration. Both server and workstation versions are available and can be used without an internet connection. Absolute convenience.

ENS Certification

We have no doubt: MetaClean is the best tool for automatic metadata processing currently available on the market and we hope that, by now, you have no doubts about it either. Do you still want to use the National Security Scheme certification? In that case, you have no choice but to contact us. Because you will definitely need a top-quality metadata processing tool. Fortunately, we take care of the installation as quickly as possible. We are committed to your goal.

After all, we know how important it is for you to obtain the ENS certificate. Without MetaClean it is difficult to obtain it, and without the National Security Scheme certificate it is impossible to provide specialised e-services to any public administration body. This is stated in the Information Society Services Act of 11 July 2002. The administration takes the protection of citizens' information very seriously and metadata, as we have seen, can compromise it.

Removing metadata to achieve ENS certification

In a sense, having a tool for editing and deleting metadata like MetaClean has two different functions for the administration. On the one hand, it shows the capacity of the company that seeks the ENS certification to effectively control metadata, i.e. their ability to erase metadata that endangers the whole communication system, several actors involved in it or an individual citizen. Accredited certification authorities need to be absolutely sure of this.

On the other hand, it is also a total display of commitment. Having the number 1 application in metadata processing means that your company is doing everything possible to maintain security. That you are truly responsible with the protection measures, not the minimum measures, but the maximum measures. protection of information within its reach. That no document, no image, no audio, no video will leave the System with the most compromising metadata inside.

MetaClean was developed to be implemented in the highest security professional environments, we are focused on meeting the metadata needs of the most demanding public and private institutions. The service we provide is immediate, personal, confidential and efficient.