Get Cyber Essentials Certified — Fast, Affordable, Government-Backed

How It Works

1. Book a Free Readiness Call

2. Gap-Check & Implement Controls

3. Submit Assessment & Get Certified

Two Levels of Certification

Cyber Essentials — Verified self-assessment

Cyber Essentials Plus — Includes independent technical audit

What You Get

Official certificate & digital badge

Action plan for first-time pass

Optional CE+ for higher assurance

Who Is It For?

Every organisation with digital assets — from micro‑businesses to enterprises. NCSC recommends Cyber Essentials as a baseline for all organisations in the UK.

Typical Timelines & Fees

• Timeline: If your controls are largely in place, CE can be completed quickly (assessors typically respond within ~3 working days per submission cycle; you then have 2 working days to remediate if needed).
• Fees (IASME standard pricing for CE): from £320 + VAT (micro, 0–9 staff) up to £600 + VAT (250+ staff). CE+ is separately quoted after scoping.

We’ll give you a fixed project price for our guidance and implementation support, and we’ll keep the IASME certification fees transparent. Our friendly pricing starts from as Little as £1500.00

What You Get

• Official certificate & digital badge for your website and proposals.
• Action plan if anything needs remediation to pass first time.
• Clear scope statement covering office, home/remote, and cloud services, so everyone understands what’s in bounds.
• (Optional) CE+ Audit Report with evidence‑based assurance for customers and frameworks that demand it.

How We Get You Certified (Step‑by‑Step)

1. Discovery Call (Free) — understand your goals, scope (sites, users, devices, cloud), and timelines.
2. Readiness & Gap‑Check — we use the official readiness guidance and question set so you know exactly what to expect.
3. Implement the Five Controls — pragmatic help across firewalls, configuration, access, anti‑malware, and patching (including remote and BYOD considerations).
4. Verified Self‑Assessment (Portal) — a senior manager signs off; an IASME assessor marks it and typically responds within a few days.
5. Pass & Publish — you receive your certificate and appear in the directory of certified organisations.
6. Optional: Cyber Essentials Plus — schedule the technical audit to evidence controls in practice.

Need it fast? Some certification bodies advertise turnarounds “in as little as 24 hours” where scope and controls are already in place. We’ll advise if that’s realistic for your setup.

Two Certification Levels

Cyber Essentials (CE)
A verified self‑assessment marked by an independent assessor; suitable for most SMEs getting certified for the first time.

Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+)
Everything in CE plus hands‑on technical testing to verify the controls on real systems — ideal when a higher level of assurance is required.

What Is Cyber Essentials (In Plain English)?

Cyber Essentials focuses on five foundational controls:

1. Firewalls & Internet Gateways
2. Secure Configuration
3. User Access Control
4. Malware Protection
5. Security Update (Patching) Management

These controls are scoped across your in‑office, home/remote, cloud services and (where applicable) BYOD environments to ensure practical, end‑to‑end protection.

Why Cyber Essentials?

• Government‑backed & NCSC‑endorsed — recognised as the minimum standard for organisations of any size.
• Blocks the basics — the five technical controls are designed to stop the majority of commodity attacks (think phishing‑led malware, ransomware, password guessing, and basic network attacks).
• Win more business — many public‑sector contracts (especially MOD supply‑chain) and an increasing number of private frameworks require Cyber Essentials.
• Clear, annual standard — the scheme is updated regularly so the controls remain effective and current.

To achieve Cyber Essentials certification, an organisation’s IT infrastructure must comply with the following key requirements: