WHAT IS CYBER ESSENTIALS?
Cyber Essentials is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, regardless of its size, against a variety of the most common cyber attacks. It’s the recommended level of cybersecurity for all businesses, and required if supplying services to government.
We believe it critical to be both proactive when it comes to cyber security, but also to have the latest strategies for protection.
Cyber attacks come in many forms, but the vast majority are very basic in nature, carried out by relatively unskilled individuals. They’re the digital equivalent of a thief trying your front door to see if it’s unlocked. Cyber Essentials is designed to prevent these attacks.
Why should you get Cyber Essentials?
Certified cyber security
- Reassure customers that you are working to secure your IT against cyber attacks
- Some Government contracts require Cyber Essentials certification
- Attract new business with the proof you have cyber security measures in place

There are two levels of certification:
Cyber Essentials
This provides protection against a wide variety of the most common cyber attacks. Having this protection in place is necessary because vulnerability to simple attacks can highlight you as a potential target for bigger attacks.
Cyber Essentials Plus
Cyber Essentials Plus still follows the same simple approach and procedures and protections are the same, but for Cyber Essentials Plus hands-on independent verification is carried out.


