Cyber Essentials Certification
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Cyber Essentials certification demonstrates that your organisation complies with a UK government-backed cyber security standard.
Cyber Essentials certification demonstrates a base-level appreciation of cyber security within your organisation.
The assessment process comprises of an online questionnaire being completed by the organisation, which captures information that supports the five controls being in place. Once the questionnaire has been submitted, an accredited Cyber Essentials assessor examines the responses to ensure that these are inline with the list of requirements produced by the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre). If successful, the organisation will be awarded Cyber Essentials certification
What does Cyber Essentials cover?
Within the Cyber Essentials scheme, there are five control categories which cover the five most-prominent cyber risks that affect organisations. These controls include the following:
Firewall Security
To make sure that only secure and necessary network services can be accessed from the Internet.
Secure Configuration
Ensure that computers and network devices are properly configured to reduce vulnerabilities.
Patch Management
Ensure that devices and software are not vulnerable to known security issues.
User Access Control
Ensure that user accounts are assigned to authorised individuals only and have a minimal level of access granted.
Malware Protection
To restrict execution of known malware and untrusted software, from causing damage or accessing data.
How much does Cyber Essentials Certification cost?
We take a simple and transparent approach to pricing our Cyber Essentials assessments, which we align to the tiered pricing model outlined by IASME. The total assessment cost that you’ll pay depends on the number of employees that you have in your organisation.
The features and costs for our Cyber Essentials Certification are as follows:
Micro
For organisations with 0-9 employees and less than £2m annual turnover-
0-9 Employees
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Less than £2m Turnover
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24hr Assessment Turnaround
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Digital Certificate
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"CE Certified" Marketing Logo
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Annual Certification Reminder
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£25,000 Cyber Insurance
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Free 14-day Resubmission
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Assessment Portal Support
Small
For organisations with 10-49 employees and less than £10m annual turnover-
10-49 Employees
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Less than £10m Turnover
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24hr Assessment Turnaround
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Digital Certificate
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"CE Certified" Marketing Logo
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Annual Certification Reminder
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£25,000 Cyber Insurance
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Free 14-day Resubmission
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Assessment Portal Support
Medium
For organisations with 50-249 employees and less than £50m annual turnover-
50-249 Employees
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Less than £50m Turnover
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24hr Assessment Turnaround
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Digital Certificate
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"CE Certified" Marketing Logo
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Annual Certification Reminder
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£25,000 Cyber Insurance
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Free 14-day Resubmission
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Assessment Portal Support
Large
For organisations with 250+ employees and more than £50m annual turnover-
250+ Employees
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More than £50m Turnover
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24hr Assessment Turnaround
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Digital Certificate
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"CE Certified" Marketing Logo
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Annual Certification Reminder
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£25,000 Cyber Insurance
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Free 14-day Resubmission
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Assessment Portal Support
Why choose SecureTeam for your Cyber Essentials certification?
SecureTeam are an accredited Certification Body with the ability to perform both Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus assessments on your organisation.
All of our Cyber Essentials assessments are conducted by our senior cybersecurity consultants, who have a strong technical background and are trained directly by our Accreditation Body.
We pride ourselves in partnering with our customers to provide guidance and support throughout the certification process. We want to ensure you are fully equipped before we perform your assessment, so that we can maximise your chances of passing first time.
Our online booking system allows us to provide a quick turnaround on your assessment, while our dedicated consultancy team are on hand to answer any questions you may have before, during and after the certification process.
We have hundreds of satisfied Cyber Essentials customers who welcome our professional & pragmatic approach. Partnering with SecureTeam for your Cyber Essentials certification gives you the following benefits:
24 Hour Turnaround
From the time that you submit your CE self-assessment questionnaire, our assessment team will mark your assessment and let you know if you've passed or failed within 24 hours.
14-Day Resubmission
If you submit your Cyber Essentials questionnaire and your assessor identifies that you need to provide more information or it looks like a failed assessment, we'll give you 14 calendar days to put things right and try your assessment again free of charge.
Cyber Insurance
IASME offer all CE Certified customers Cyber Insurance up to the value of £25,000 - covering most cyber breaches (with the exception of money that is stolen by electronic means or cyber fraud).
Certification Reminder
Your Cyber Essentials certificate is valid for 12 months. When your Cyber Essentials certification is due to expire, we'll pop you a quick email to let you know.
Digital Certificate
If you're awarded Cyber Essentials certification, you'll receive a digitally-signed certificate which your customers can use to verify your certification.
Marketing Logo
If you're awarded Cyber Essentials certification, you'll receive a digitally-watermarked logo that you can use on your website or email signature to let your customers know that you're CE Certified.
Do you need some assistance?
Our Cyber Essentials Consultancy service gives you one of our experienced IASME-accredited consultants on your journey to Cyber Essentials. We’ll make sure you have everything you need to help you on your way.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Some frequently asked questions about our assessment process and the Cyber Essentials scheme in general have been answered as follows:
The Cyber Essentials process requires you to complete an online questionnaire which asks a number of questions and requires appropriate evidence to be added. Once this questionnaire has been completed, one of our assessors will review the answers to determine if your organisations cybersecurity is adequate.
We aim to issue our questionnaires to customers on the same day that we receive the online booking and then review the answers on the same day that we receive a completed questionnaire. With this being the case, you could be certified within a single day; however, this is dependant on you filling the questionnaire out correctly and providing all of the information required.
For Cyber Essentials Plus assessments, this depends on our consultants availability to perform the onsite assessment; however, we are normally able to deliver a Cyber Essentials Plus assessment within a 2-3 week window.
Downloading the Cyber Essentials questions in advance of your assessment can really help organisations prepare for when they complete the online questionnaire.
Download the latest question set from the IASME website here
Absolutely! Many of our customers have already achieved Cyber Essentials elsewhere and are looking into obtaining Cyber Essentials Plus. It may be that your previous Certification Body couldn’t offer you the Cyber Essentials Plus certification.
Once we start the assessment process, we will ask you to send us your existing Cyber Essentials certificate and your report that contains the answers to our CE questions. We may also need to ask you some additional questions about your organisation and environment, which would otherwise have been answered on your original Cyber Essentials assessment.
While the Cyber Essentials scheme provides a good baseline of cybersecurity, it does not go into the same level of detail as other security standards such as ISO 27001.
Cyber Essentials is a great way for organisations who may have no cybersecurity certification, to begin taking steps into formalising their cyber resilience into a recognised accreditation.
Many of our customers who have achieved Cyber Essentials & Cyber Essentials Plus certification have gone on to achieve ISO 27001; however, the approach to achieving ISO 27001 requires many procedural and technical controls to be in place which would not be covered by Cyber Essentials alone.
Trusted Cyber Security Experts
As an organisation, SecureTeam has provided penetration testing and cyber security consultancy to public & private sector organisations both in the United Kingdom and worldwide. We pride ourselves in taking a professional, pragmatic and customer-centric approach, delivering expert cyber security consultancy – on time and within budget – regardless of the size of your organisation.
Our customer base ranges from small tech start-ups through to large multi-national organisations across nearly every sector – in nearly every continent. Some of the organisation’s who have trusted SecureTeam as their cyber security partner include:
Customer Testimonials
"Within a very tight timescale, SecureTeam managed to deliver a highly professional service efficiently. The team helped the process with regular updates and escalation where necessary. Would highly recommend"
IoT Solutions Group Limited
“First class service as ever. We learn something new each year! Thank you to all your team.”
Royal Haskoning DHV
“We’ve worked with SecureTeam for a few years to conduct our testing. The team make it easy to deal with them; they are attentive and explain detailed reports in a jargon-free way that allows the less technical people to understand. I wouldn’t work with anyone else for our cyber security.”
Capital Asset Management
“SecureTeam provided Derbyshire's Education Data Hub with an approachable and professional service to ensure our schools were able to successfully certify for Cyber Essentials. The team provided a smooth end-to-end service and were always on hand to offer advice when necessary.”
Derbyshire County Council
“A very efficient, professional, and friendly delivery of our testing and the results. You delivered exactly what we asked for in the timeframe we needed it, while maintaining quality and integrity. A great job, done well.”
AMX Solutions
“We were very pleased with the work and report provided. It was easy to translate the provided details into some actionable tasks on our end so that was great. We always appreciate the ongoing support.”
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