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Cyber Essentials readiness checklist

Check your business against the five Cyber Essentials controls before you submit. The same checks our engineers run - in plain English, with the most common reasons for failure flagged.

What is inside

  • Scope: devices, cloud services, home workers and BYOD
  • Firewalls and boundary protection
  • Secure configuration and passwords
  • Security update management - the 14-day rule
  • User access control and MFA
  • Malware protection

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100% success record

Every client we have taken through an accreditation has achieved it - and kept it at every renewal.

We never mark our own homework

We submit ourselves to independent third-party testing. Certification is always issued by an independent body, never by us.

Physical tests, not questionnaires

We prove each control works on your real devices and services. Questionnaire answers can be inaccurate or optimistic; tests cannot.

Free assessment of where you are

We will look at your current position for free and tell you exactly which controls you need - with no obligation.

Find out where you stand - free

Book a free, no-obligation Cyber Essentials readiness checklist assessment. We will show you which controls you already meet, which you need, and the quickest route to getting certified.