Cyber Essentials Plus Certification
There are 65,000 attacks on small to medium businesses each day in the UK, with 4,500 of these hitting their target. Avoid financial and reputational loses by gaining your Cyber Essentials Plus Certification today.
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What is Cyber Essentials Plus Certification?
Cyber Essentials is a UK Government scheme that aims to help businesses protect themselves from common cyber security threats.
However, a basic Cyber Essentials self-assessment will not verify the actual integrity of your security perimeter. For this, you’ll need Cyber Essentials Plus Certification.
- Cyber Essentials Plus requirements state that a technical audit must be performed within 3-months of your initial Cyber Essentials self-assessment.
- As part of the current Cyber Essentials Plus requirements, it will be necessary for an assessor to visit your office or physical workplace to perform a security audit.
- Certification lasts for 1 year. This being the case, businesses will need to schedule annual security audits for certification to remain valid.
Defensity is an Authorised IASME Cyber Essentials Certification Body
Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Benefits
Reduce 80% of Cyber Attacks
Having cyber security is vital for any modern business, gain peace of mind knowing that your organisation is protected
Cheaper Cyber Insurance Premiums
Brokers offer reduced premiums for organisations that have achieved Cyber Essentials certification.
Win new business
Gain a competitive edge and win new business by demonstrating your commitment to cyber security. Achieving Cyber Essentials certification enables you to work with the Government
Help towards GDPR Compliance
With data breach fines reaching 4% of global turnover, it is imperative to address cyber security concerns before it becomes too late
Demonstrate Security. Gain Trust
Show your customers, suppliers and partners that you are proactively addressing cyber security – you value their data and your relationship
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” I was struggling to get someone to complete our Cyber Essentials certificate, website after website, phone call after phone call and nobody seemed to know what was going on, then I met Rob at Defensity. From start to finish of the process it was simple. I would 100% recommended this company to other people. “
Curt Blunt Managing Director | Midland IT Specialists
Why Do I Need Cyber Essentials Plus?
The purpose of the UK’s Cyber Essentials scheme is simple. Certification in the form of a self-assessment demonstrates to your consumers that you are security-aware. Fulfilling extra Cyber Essentials Plus requirements builds on this, by demonstrating that you have proven resilience to common cyber security threats.
- Satisfying all Cyber Essentials Plus requirements helps you establish a higher degree of trust with consumers.
- Other UK businesses will feel safer working with you when they know that you have independently verifiable cyber security controls in place.
- Satisfying all Cyber Essentials Plus requirements is a prerequisite for bidding on many UK government contracts.
How do I get Cyber Essentials Plus Certification?
To satisfy basic Cyber Essentials Plus requirements, you will first need to complete a basic Cyber Essentials self-assessment. Once you already have Cyber Essentials Certification, you may then apply for Cyber Essentials Plus.
When you apply for Cyber Essentials Plus here at Defensity, we will schedule a time to independently assess what cyber security controls you currently have in place. Typically, we aim to validate the presence of controls in five key areas:
External Vulnerability Assessments
Internal Patch Audits
Software and physical device firmware vendors regularly release patches for critical, product-specific security threats. During an internal patch audit, we will verify that you have up-to-date patches installed on all your critical business IT systems.
Malware Protection Audits
Malware and viruses can pose a critical threat to your business continuity. Worse, malware like ransomware can result in catastrophic data breaches. Our team at Defensity will, therefore, verify the integrity (and efficacy) of any anti-malware solution you are currently using.
Email Threat Assessments
Is the anti-malware solution you are currently using capable of automatically detecting malicious email attachments?
During email threat assessments, our team at Defensity will test to see whether malicious files can penetrate your email defenses. To do this, we will send test files to different email accounts associated with your organization.
Web-based Malware Assessments
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Why get Cyber Essentials Plus Certification with Defensity?
- Defensity, is a fully accredited NCSC Cyber Essentials Certification Body. As a result, we can help businesses achieve Basic and Plus Cyber Essentials certification quickly.
- In every case, assessments with us are performed by senior cyber security consultants with several years of combined industry experience.
- To maximise your chances of gaining Cyber Essentials Certification first time, call now to speak to one of our security advisers.
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Work with Cyber Security Experts
Defensity is an Authorised Cyber Essentials & IASME Certification Body, you will only consult with qualified (CISSP) Security Professionals.
Faqs
Frequently asked questions and answers
Cyber Essentials can cost as little as £300 if you complete the assessement yourself. We offer consultancy hours to go with this.
If your business fails, we will give some guidance on how to address the problem – our guidance and advice is completely free.
Cyber Essentials Certification is valid for a 1 year period. Every year, your organisation will need to recertify.
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