Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus: Top Reasons Organisations Fail and How to Avoid Them

Many organisations believe they are ready for Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus, only to discover issues during assessment that delay certification or result in failure.
Drawing on real assessment experience, our cyber security experts will explore the most common reasons organisations fail Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, and share practical advice to help you avoid the same mistakes.
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This session is intended for attendees who already have a basic understanding of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, or who are actively preparing for certification or recertification.
The webinar will focus on common assessment failures, real-world findings and practical guidance rather than the fundamentals of the Cyber Essentials scheme.
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During this Session We Will Cover:‍

• The most common reasons organisations fail Cyber Essentials
• Scoping mistakes
• Asset management and visibility challenges
• Privileged account and access control issues
• Patching and end-of-life software risks
• Common misconceptions around test, development and production environments
• What happens during a Cyber Essentials Plus assessment
• Frequent Cyber Essentials Plus assessment findings
• Lessons learned from real-world assessments
• Practical steps to improve your chances of first-time certification

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Who Should Attend?‍

• IT Managers and IT Directors
• Heads of IT
• Information Security Managers
• Cyber Security Managers
• Infrastructure and Network Managers
• IT Operations Teams
• Compliance and Risk Professionals
• Organisations preparing for Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certification or recertification

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What Will You Learn?
By the end of the webinar, you will:

• Understand the most common causes of assessment failure
• Know what assessors are looking for
• Identify common technical and process weaknesses before assessment
• Improve assessment readiness
• Reduce the risk of unnecessary remediation and certification delays
• Gain practical insights from real-world assessments that can help improve your likelihood of achieving certification first time.

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