Cyber Essentials Guided

A guided route if you require some support with Cyber Essentials certification.  An assessor will review your questionnaire, provide structured feedback, and help you understand why your responses are non-compliant and what actions you need to take before resubmission.
This service is designed for organisations that require some assessor guidance throughout the certification process, but do not need the additional scope verification and consultancy support provided through our Cyber Essentials Assured offering.  This option is typically chosen by organisations that do not intend to proceed to CE+ but recognise the value of review, advice and guidance before submitting their assessment to support a successful CE outcome.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Assured remains our recommended offering for organisations seeking the highest level of support, confidence and assurance throughout the certification process.

Questionnaire Completion and Feedback Review

With the Cyber Essentials Guided offering, you will gain access to the Abriska platform with embedded question guidance to help you complete the CE questionnaire.  Once you have completed and submitted it for review, the experienced URM assessor will conduct a review of all responses and arrange a structured 1-hour questionnaire feedback session via Microsoft Teams.
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During this session, the URM assessor will help you clearly demonstrate your compliance, supporting you in avoiding ambiguous responses that could otherwise be interpreted as not fully meeting CE requirements.

Final Submission and Cyber Essentials Assessment

Having attended the questionnaire feedback session, you can make any changes required and submit it for assessment through the Abriska platform, where it will be marked by an experienced URM assessor.
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Up to 4 submission attempts are included, in line with the NCSC scheme managed by IASME.  If you are still non-compliant after the third attempt, you will have the opportunity to take part in a 10-minute call with a URM assessor to discuss specific issues within the questionnaire.
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Once a compliant submission has been achieved, the nominated senior management contact will be notified via Abriska and asked to sign off the assessment.  This ensures sign-off is required only once the questionnaire has been confirmed as accurate and compliant.  At any stage, you may convert to the Assured offering to access the recommended level of support for the smoothest Cyber Essentials certification experience.

What is the cost?

Pricing as of 27 April 2026:

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Why URM?

As an accredited certification body, URM has an unrivalled record in assisting organisations of all sizes achieve certification to Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. URM is also an accredited Assured Service Provider under the NCSC Cyber Advisor scheme  and  has a large team of experienced, pragmatic assessors who are here to support you and guide you through the process.

Not only do we bring a wealth of cyber security knowledge, but also a wide and varied experience of all the leading cyber and information security standards.

As such, you can be assured that you are getting advice that is right for you and your organisation, taking into account your sector, size and the information you are looking to protect. Our large team of assessors also enables us to guarantee a super-fast turnaround.

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