Preparing for a Successful Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Certification

The Cyber Essentials (CE) scheme is a simple, yet effective Government-backed framework that helps protect organisations against a range of the most common Internet-based cyber threats.  It provides a cyber security certification scheme that was developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ.  The CE scheme focuses on 5 basic control areas (access control, secure configuration, software updates, malware protection and firewall and routers) that all organisations should address in order to mitigate the risk from common cyber threats.  By achieving certification to CE, organisations can demonstrate to internal and external stakeholders a clear commitment to improving their approach to cyber security.  The scheme offers two levels of certification, namely ‘Cyber Essentials’ (CE) and ‘Cyber Essentials Plus’ (CE+).

As both an accredited certification body for the Cyber Essentials Scheme and an assured service provider under the NCSC Cyber Advisor Scheme, URM is delivering a webinar on how to prepare most effectively to achieve certification to both CE and CE+.

By attending this webinar, you will learn:

• What are the differences between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus  
• How to define an effective and accurate certification scope
• What are the key issues many organisations face
• What are the common challenges
• What are the pitfalls to avoid
• How long it will realistically take

This webinar will help you not only decide whether Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification are right for your organisation, but will provide you with practical guidance on preparing for and achieving a seamless and successful certification.

As with all URM webinars, you will also have the opportunity to ask any questions around Cyber Essentials at the end of the webinar.

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