What does Cyber Essentials cover?
Cyber Essentials is an annually renewable UK certification scheme. Its five technical controls cover firewalls, secure configuration, security update management, user access control and malware protection.
Certification
Cyber Essentials certification support
Prepare for the UK Cyber Essentials verified self-assessment with practical help scoping systems, fixing gaps and documenting your answers.
Agree the scope
Start with the legal entity, sites, cloud services, devices and remote workers to include. We help record where your responsibilities end and a supplier’s begin, including for Microsoft 365 and externally managed equipment.
Put the controls into practice
Our engineers review the environment against the current assessment requirements, explain each gap and agree an owner and timescale for the work. You can use your own IT team, Genius or a combination of both.
Prepare and submit the answers
We work through the questions with your team and check that each response matches the implementation. A senior person in your organisation confirms the answers. A qualified assessor reviews the submission and the certification body decides the outcome.
Renewing your certificate
Keep the inventory and action plan current as users, cloud services and devices change. Start the next annual review early enough to resolve gaps before the certificate expires.
Common questions
Does Cyber Essentials apply to cloud services?
Yes. Agree the scope and document the controls your business and its cloud providers each manage.
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