Crossword Cybersecurity Consulting Division Helps Digital Healthcare Start-up Vital Signs Solutions Achieve Cyber Essentials Plus Media Links 16 March 2021 – London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS, “Crossword”, the “Company” or the “Group”), the technology commercialisation company focused on cyber security and risk management, is today announcing that its consulting division has helped Vital Signs Solutions, an early-stage, digital healthcare company, achieve the stringent standards of the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials Plus certification, giving confidence to its patients, partners and regulators over its data security processes and protection of sensitive patient data. Vital Signs Solutions’ PocDoc® digital platform, was borne out of a vision of allowing anyone with a smartphone or tablet to test themselves for a range of major diseases and conditions. The end-to-end platform facilitates testing for health conditions via a fingerprick, and provides users with a full health assessment in minutes, offering solutions to address any health-related issues that arise. Most recently the PocDoc platform has been providing an end-to-end Covid-19 rapid testing solution for workplaces across the UK, allowing employers to enable a workforce to return to work in a Covid-safe way.