Is there a Cyber Essentials checklist?

The following checklist applies to both Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus requirements, the difference being that with the latter a technical expert conducts a vulnerability scan and remote audit of your IT systems, including a representative set of user devices, all Internet gateways and all servers with services accessible to unauthenticated Internet users.

The questions that will need to be answered include:

  • Are all of your operating systems supported including phones, tablets, servers, workstations etc…?
  • Have all the security patches been applied to the operating systems?
  • Is your Office suite up to date? Is your anti-malware up to date?
  • Are your browsers up to date with security patches?
  • Have you disabled auto-run?
  • Have you disabled remote scripts from being run?
  • Are all of your applications up to date with security patches?
  • Are all the applications used in the organisation supported?
It is the calibre of its consultants, be they risk managers, penetration testers, GDPR specialists, Cyber Essentials assessors, ISO 27001 implementers and auditors, combined with its Abriska risk management software, that sets URM apart from its competitors.
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