What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed scheme aimed at helping businesses protect themselves against common Internet-based cyber attacks. Certification to Cyber Essentials provides reassurance to stakeholders that your security controls will protect against the vast majority of common cyber-attacks and will act as a significant deterrent to cybercriminals.
The Cyber Essentials Scheme
The Cyber Essentials (CE) scheme was developed as a part of the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy. It aims to protect your business against a range of the most common Internet-based cyber attacks in 5 basic control areas:
- Firewalls
- Secure configuration
- Security update management
- User access control
- Malware protection.
Is the Certification Important?
By achieving Cyber Essentials certification, you’re protecting your business against approximately 80% of the most common cyber attacks. Compliance with and certification to the Cyber Essentials scheme provides reassurance to your clients that you take cyber security seriously and have implemented a strong set of relevant controls and measures. It will also help you attract new business opportunities and will allow you to satisfy those public sector and government controls that require Cyber Essentials to be in place.
