Cyber Essentials certification
Show customers that you take cybersecurity seriously
Gain business by complying to the government standard
Keep ahead of emerging cyber threats
Free Cyber Insurance (if turnover is below £20m)
What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a UK certification scheme designed to show an organisation has a minimum level of protection in cyber security through an annual assessment
Cyber Essentials is backed by the UK government and overseen by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It encourages organisations to adopt good practices in information security.
Cyber Essentials also includes an assurance framework and a simple set of security controls to protect information from threats coming from the internet.
What are the Cyber Essential controls?
To achieve Cyber Essentials certification, organisations are required to fulfull the Cyber Essentials Requirements
The requirements are organised around the five controls themes. This may help some organisations project manage their journey to Cyber Essentials certification
Firewalls and routers
Only necessary access from the internet
Secure configuration
Change default passwords & remove the uneccessary
Security update management
Minimise your attack surface by keeping up to date
User Access Control
Follow the principle of least privilege
Malware protection
Configure anti-malware & allow only approved software
How to get Cyber Essentials
1) Purchase the appropriately sized Cyber Essentials certification (number of employees)
2) Download the self-assessment. Prepare the answers for your organisation in a spreadsheet or booklet
3) [Optional] Upload your prepared answers to cybersafeguru for a free pre-submission review. Make any adjustments accordingly.
4) Receive the portal login details. Complete the online assessment.
5) You will receive your Cyber Essentials result.
Cyber Essentials Downloads
Cyber Essentials Questions and Requirements standard
PDF Booklet
Handy for printing and reading
Excel Spreadsheet
Handy for data entry and pre-submission checks
The technical standard
Handy for getting in down in to the weeds
Cyber Essentials cost
Cyber Essentials certification is based on the information that you provide during the self-assessment.
This information is then verified and assessed by an official certification body such as Cyber Attack Ltd.
Cyber Essentials cost depends on the number of employees.
Cyber Essentials operates through a self-assessment questionnaire.
Organisations respond to a set of questions that cover the assessment’s scope.
Answers are judged on five key controls: user access management, secure configuration, security updates, firewalls and routers, and malware protection.
A board member or equivalent must approve the responses, before submitting to Cyber Attack for marking the assessment.
0-9 Employees
£320 ex VAT
50-249 Employees
£500 + VAT
10-49 Employees
£420 + VAT
250+ Employees
£600 + VAT
Cyber Essentials cost depends on the number of employees.
Cyber Essentials operates through a self-assessment questionnaire.
Organisations respond to a set of questions that cover the assessment’s scope.
Answers are judged on five key controls: user access management, secure configuration, security updates, firewalls and routers, and malware protection.
A board member or equivalent must approve the responses, before submitting to Cyber Attack for marking the assessment.