What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is an effective, UK Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.
What is required for Cyber Essentials?
In order to be eligible for Cyber Essentials certification, you need these five security controls in place.
1. Use a firewall to secure your internet connection
2. Choose the most secure settings for your devices and software
3. Control who has access to your data and services
4. Protect yourself from viruses and other malware
5. Keep your devices and software up to date
How can we help?
We’ve been accredited in Cyber Essentials ourselves – we know the process and what’s required.
Our team of technicians are up to speed on the latest cyber security recommendations.
NCSC Cyber Essentials
This is the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) self-assessment option that gives you protection against a wide variety of the most common cyber attacks. This is important because vulnerability to basic attacks can mark you out as a target for more in-depth unwanted attention from cyber criminals and others.
Certification gives you peace of mind that your defences will protect against the vast majority of common cyber attacks simply because these attacks are looking for targets which do not have the Cyber Essentials technical controls in place.
Cyber Essentials shows you how to address those basics and prevent the most common attacks.
What are the benefits of Cyber Essentials?
By achieving the Cyber Essentials accreditation, you benefit from Preventing around 80% of cyber threats thanks to the security controls in place.
A boosted company reputation as it gives your customers and prospects peace of mind that their data is protected in your hands.
Permission to bid for central government contracts (UK government and MOD) which involve handling sensitive and personal information or the provision of certain technical products and services.
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