Cyber Essentials is a government-backed certification that ensures companies are practicing good cybersecurity.
Why Cyber Essentials?
Over half of UK businesses suffer a cyberattack each year. So, for your business, the risk of a breach is very real. The problem is that cybersecurity can seem complex and costly, meaning many small businesses do not protect themselves as well as they could. The CyberSmart platform changes this.
Cyber Essentials was created to afford the certificate holder a protection rating of 99.3% against all common Cyber Attacks, to achieve this getting certified once a year is nowhere near enough.
Cyber Essentials is a framework made up of five controls, if you are not able to ensure these five controls are working and in place as often as humanly possible, you are simply not getting the benefit of what Cyber Essentials represents and are leaving your business open to a potential attack.
What is Cyber Essentials?
The Cyber Essentials is a cybersecurity certification that outlines the security procedures a company should have in place to keep their data secure.
To achieve certification, you must complete a self-assessment questionnaire and submit it through an online portal. Once you have applied, a certification body assesses and grades the application.
After completing the scheme, you will have achieved the basic Cyber Essentials certification. At this point, you have shown you get the essentials of cybersecurity in place. If you really want to prove to clients that you have robust cybersecurity procedures, then you will need to be verified by an independent expert. For that you will need to complete Cyber Essentials Plus.
Cyber Essentials – Security Compliance
Getting Cyber Essentials certified protects your business against serious cyber threats and demonstrates that you are taking security and the protection of your client’s data seriously.
It is a UK wide recognised certificate, and is being required more and more, not just via mandate, but via companies using this to secure their supply chains.
Since the launch of the Cyber Essentials scheme in 2014, businesses have used it to vouch for their cybersecurity compliance and meet with industry regulations. By completing the scheme your business gets a listing on a searchable register of certified businesses and organisations and many of your potential clients and contracts will insist that their suppliers have Cyber Essentials certification.
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