Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed and also industry-supported system that guides services protect themselves against the developing risk of cyber attacks and provides a clear declaration of the simple controls organisations must have in place to protect them.

Gaining Cyber Essentials certification permits organisations to showcase their references as trustworthy and protect when it comes to cyber security.

The certification defines a specific set of controls which give clear assistance on basic cyber security for organisations of all sizes, and provides a solid foundation of cyber security measures that all types of organisations can implement at a low cost.

Cyber Essentials is the minimum qualification an organisation wants to implement in order to bid for new public field agreements which include the transfer of public sector identifiable info.

Cyber Essentials Plus is an extra rigorous test of your organisation's cyber security systems wherein our cyber security experts carry out vulnerability tests to make confident that your organisation is protected against fundamental hacking and phishing attacks.

Being Cyber Essentials qualified is required for all organisations bidding for all main government and MOD contracts that deal with the managing of personal information and the arrangement of certain ICT products and services. Therefore, if you're looking to bid for these contracts, you should hold Cyber Essentials certification.