Is there a Cyber Essentials checklist?

The following checklist applies to both Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus requirements, the difference being that with the latter a technical expert conducts a vulnerability scan and remote audit of your IT systems, including a representative set of user devices, all Internet gateways and all servers with services accessible to unauthenticated Internet users.

The questions that will need to be answered include:

  • Are all of your operating systems supported including phones, tablets, servers, workstations etc…?
  • Have all the security patches been applied to the operating systems?
  • Is your Office suite up to date? Is your anti-malware up to date?
  • Are your browsers up to date with security patches?
  • Have you disabled auto-run?
  • Have you disabled remote scripts from being run?
  • Are all of your applications up to date with security patches?
  • Are all the applications used in the organisation supported?
I just wanted to write to you to express my sincere appreciation for the outstanding work from URM’s assessor during the audit process. He demonstrated a fantastic level of knowledge and understanding, truly going above and beyond with the work that he performed, providing guidance in a communicative and enjoyable manner. It was a delight to work with him and I would be very excited to do the same again next year in our Cyber Essentials audit.
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