What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed certification scheme designed to establish a robust security foundation for businesses, ensuring they operate safely online. Both Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus demonstrate your organization’s dedication to cybersecurity, boosting trust with customers, stakeholders, and supply chain partners.
In addition, UK businesses that certify their entire organization may qualify for complimentary cyber insurance (terms apply). Certification is also a requirement for many government and public sector contracts, opening doors to new opportunities. Cyber Essentials Plus offers enhanced security measures, unlocking even more access to public sector contracts.
Cyber attacks come in many shapes and sizes, 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. Our advice is designed to prevent these attacks.
Whether you’re safeguarding basic contact details or confidential personal identifiable data, understanding that others depend on you to protect their data on your systems can be overwhelming.
Maintaining cybersecurity entails a myriad of tasks: vulnerability scans, deploying security software, performing onsite audits, implementing antivirus measures, user education and protective monitoring… The list is endless, but we can help you through the journey and handle it all.
At KBS, our consultant-led security assessement uncovers your risks and will boost your business resillience. We provide a FREE digital assessment, which delivers a comprehensive review of the information seecurity and cyber security mesaures in place across your business, helping you to understand your current posture, find weaknesses and opportunities to create a roadmap that will improve your cybersecurity.
Why should you become Cyber Essentials Certified?
Gaining a Cyber Essentials certification offers assurance to your customers and suppliers that you have a baseline appreciation of Cyber Security. In an era notable for indiscriminate cyber attackers targeting companies regardless of their size and industry, proving your Cyber Security credentials will boost your image as a secure company in the fight against cyber criminals. Cyber Essentials is a certification suitable for all organisations, of any size, in any sector.
Credibility and trustworthiness are two keywords that all companies with an online business model should bear in mind when promoting products and services. Being credible means that you deliver what you promise without any hidden or additional tricks; consequently, you are considered trustworthy and customers will keep doing business with you.
In an era notable for indiscriminate cyber attacks targeting companies regardless of their size and industry, your credibility is critical to surviving and to beating competition. Proving your cyber security credentials will boost your image as a secure company in the fight against cyber criminals.
Cyber crimes were experienced by businesses over the past year. That’s around half of all businesses in the UK. Don’t be next.
Who is Cyber Essentials for?
Cyber Essentials can help every organisation – from micro businesses to large corporations – guard against the most common cyber attacks. If you have digital assets or store any data, putting the Cyber Essentials controls in place can help you keep it safe.
More resilient
92% fewer insurance claims are made by organisations with the Cyber Essentials controls in place
More trusted
89% of organisations would recommend certifying to other organisations like theirs
More competitive
69% of those with Cyber Essentials believe that it has increased their market competitiveness
More informed
88% believe Cyber Essentials has improved their understanding of cyber security risks
Need a little more help?
If you need cyber security guidance, and hands-on support to implement the Cyber Essentials controls, our network of NCSC assured Cyber Advisors is here to help.