Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed scheme aimed at helping organisations protect themselves against common Internet-based cyber attacks. Certification to Cyber Essentials provides reassurance that your security controls will protect against the vast majority of common cyber attacks, and will act as a significant deterrent to cyber criminals.
The process involved in achieving Cyber Essentials Certification is simple and involves your organisation completing an online self-assessment questionnaire.
You will need to assess your organisation against 5 basic security controls and then get a board member from your organisation to sign a declaration to confirm that all the answers are true.
A qualified assessor will verify the information provided. There are no checks on your IT systems at this level, as such the assessment questionnaire can be accessed and answered quickly and easily.
Our URM assessor’s dedication and expertise are truly commendable and he made the entire audit process a positive and productive experience. He is a real asset to your team.
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Our experience with URM was all around great and seamless, starting with our account manager who organised everything and was very accommodating, working around our schedule and fitting us in as soon as we wanted. This continued with our assessor for the CE questionnaire part; he was very helpful, taking the time to explain some aspects that were a bit unclear to me and guiding me the whole way through. The same was true of our assessor for the CE+, who took the time to answer any questions I had beforehand and guide me through elements that I was unfamiliar with. During the assessment, he was very helpful, made the process very easy and guided me through some points that needed some additional set up in order to ensure a successful process. This was our first year working with URM and I am sure we’ll be talking again next year. Thank you for all your help!
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