Let Insol help you to complete the recommended Cyber Essentials certification and improve your organisation’s cyber security
What Is Cyber Essentials?
The Cyber Essentials scheme is a series of checks and technical controls designed to help protect organisations from cyber attack. The scheme has been designed by both the UK Government and industry to ensure that businesses have the right protection in place.
Undertaking Cyber Essentials helps organisations prepare and defend against the most common Internet-based threats to cybersecurity. The main threats covered by the scheme are:
Hacking — The exploitation of known vulnerabilities in Internet-connected devices
Phishing — Defrauding users into installing malicious applications or handing over important information
Password attacks — Manual or automated attempts to gain unauthorised access to online accounts or business data
Why Should Organisations Get Certified?
The scheme requires organisation-wide engagement with IT security principles. It raises awareness of threats among staff, making them less likely to become a victim of cybercrime tactics.
The scheme is recognised security standard. Organisations that get certified can reassure their customers that data will be safe. It can also help attract new customers by demonstrating that an organisation is committed to IT security.
Certification is also now a requirement for organisations competing for some international contracts.
How We Can Assist
To complete the scheme, organisations need to apply to one of the approved accreditation bodies to undertake Cyber Essentials. Once registered, there is a technical questionnaire to complete that checks that the organisation is compliant with the standards of Cyber Essentials.
Insol can assist companies to complete this questionnaire, providing consultancy on how to meet requirements or assisting with improvements in IT setup to make organisations compliant.
For our customers, we can help answer most of the questions based on our knowledge of your setup. We can also provide IT security training sessions, helping staff to understand how to stay safe online and when using email.
Please feel free to get in touch with your requirements.
