Cyber Essentials and CE Plus: Certification Success & Ongoing Compliance

Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme designed to help organisations safeguard themselves against the most common, internet-based cyber threats.  It provides a framework of fundamental technical security controls that organisations should have in place to maintain the security of their environment and meet the Government’s recommendation of baseline cyber security protection.

By achieving Cyber Essentials, your organisation can not only enhance its cyber defences, but also take a key step forward in providing clients, prospective clients and other stakeholders with the level of security assurance required by today’s business landscape.  Certifying to Cyber Essentials Plus, the scheme’s audited certification, enhances this assurance even further, allowing you to demonstrate that the effectiveness of your organisation’s controls has been verified by an independent third party.

In this upcoming webinar on 26 November at 11am, URM will draw upon its expertise as a licensed Cyber Essentials certification body to help you understand the scheme, how best to prepare for certification, and the best practices that will allow you to maintain certification with ease.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

• What is Cyber Essentials?
  
  • The purpose of the Cyber Essentials scheme.
  • The differences between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Who does Cyber Essentials apply to?
  
  • The types of organisations that can gain the greatest benefits from certifying to Cyber Essentials.
• Why is cyber security important?
  
  • The frequency and impact of cyber attacks on small to medium-sized enterprises.
• What are the 5 technical control areas?
  
  • The purpose of the 5 control areas (firewalls and internet gateways, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection, patch management and software updates).
  • Key tips for maintaining compliance with each control area.
• What are the benefits (and costs?) of Cyber Essentials certification?  
  
  • The benefits of threat reduction, stakeholder assurance, and insurance.
• How to achieve Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials Plus certification?
  
  • Practical tips for achieving certification to the scheme, including pre-certification preparation, completing SAQs and preparing for Cyber Essentials Plus.
• How to maintain certification to the scheme?
  
  • The secrets of ongoing compliance and the best practices that will allow you to maintain Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials Plus certification.