Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a UK government backed accreditation

Do you want to ensure your company remains secure?

Do you demonstrate your commitment to security to your clients? Demonstrate compliance with Article 32 of the GDPR? Do you implement and operate basic, yet critical, best practises in your business? Cyber Essentials is a UK government backed accreditation that focuses on the five most important technical security controls. These controls were identified by the government as those, if they had been in place, would have stopped the majority of the successful cyber-attacks over the last few years. Cyber Essentials helps you to guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate your commitment to security.

64 leading questions help you to ensure and demonstrate compliance with best practises across five key cyber security areas. First Stop IT offers a DIY assessment process and a guided assessment option including 2 hours of telephone consultancy to help you with your compliance. If you require additional assistance, we can arrange for one of our consultants to visit your premises to guide you through the process.

You can download the self-assessment questions here

Cyber Essentials DIY  £300+VAT

• We set you up with a login to our assessment portal

• You complete and submit your self-assessment questionnaire

• We assess your answers and issue you with feedback

• If your answers are compliant we issue you with your Cyber Essentials certificate

• If you are not yet compliant, we issue feedback and you have 48 hours to remediate and resubmit (you have one re-test included within the fee)

Cyber Essentials Assisted £500+VAT

• We set you up with a login to our assessment portal

• We provide 2 hours of telephone consultancy to assist you

• You complete and submit your self-assessment questionnaire

• We assess your answers and issue you with feedback

• If your answers are compliant we issue you with your Cyber Essentials certificate

• If you are not yet compliant, we issue feedback and you have 48 hours to remediate and resubmit (you have one re-test included within the fee)

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