What is Cyber Essentials?

Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed scheme aimed at helping organisations protect themselves against common Internet-based cyber attacks. Certification to Cyber Essentials provides reassurance that your security controls will protect against the vast majority of common cyber attacks, and will act as a significant deterrent to cyber criminals.

The process involved in achieving Cyber Essentials Certification is simple and involves your organisation completing an online self-assessment questionnaire.

You will need to assess your organisation against 5 basic security controls and then get a board member from your organisation to sign a declaration to confirm that all the answers are true.

A qualified assessor will verify the information provided. There are no checks on your IT systems at this level, as such the assessment questionnaire can be accessed and answered quickly and easily.