Cyber Essentials Certification
Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed initiative designed to help businesses establish fundamental technical safeguards against prevalent online security threats. This framework is applicable to organisations of all sizes and across all sectors.
Facts and Figures
Up to
%
of common threats protected against
Average time to get CE certified
%
of cyber attacks target SMEs
References:
1 Basic Cyber Hygiene: Does it work? Lancaster University
2 Cyber Essentials Frequently Asked Questions, Gov UK
3 Half of SMEs experience surge in cyber-attacks – Vodafone research reveals, Vodafone
Cyber Essentials Support Services
Certification Support Services
Unlimited attempts and unrestricted support.
Cyber Essentials can look daunting at first glance. There’s a lot to keep on top of to ensure your business is compliant with the scheme. Our professional services consultants can work with your business to gain full visibility and coverage for all your IT assets.
We offer unlimited attempts to all our customers with access to a team of IASME-accredited auditors. This means you have the confidence that your business can achieve certification no matter if it’s your first time or you’ve been doing it for years.
We will work in partnership with your business to keep you fully up to date with the certification process – where you are, and what to do next.
Ongoing Compliance
24/7, 365-day compliance, assurance and threat detection software
Active Protect from CyberSmart offers continuous vulnerability scanning for devices, users, and applications, ensuring round-the-clock security and peace of mind. In addition, it provides the added benefit of cybersecurity awareness training and assistance with the creation and implementation of IT policies.
By implementing Active Protect, you can be sure that your business remains comliance with Cyber Essentials certifications year-round.
Some of the features in Active Protect:
Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Social EngineeringPhishing
Help your people to recognise potentially malicious emails and links to stop bad actors from accessing your business systems.
Incident Response
Teach everyone how best to respond in the event of an incident, minimising the risk of further exposure to risk.
Social Engineering
Provide training and support to your people which can help both in their work and every day life, by showing them how social engineering attacks can be subtle and inconspicuous and still cause significant damage.
Business-as-Usual (BAU)
Teach your people data protection regulations and best practices through multimedia training, reducing the risk of regulatory penalties due to non-compliance.
Policy Management
Simplified IT Policy Management, within the Active Protect platform
CyberSmart provide a variety of pre-built policy templates to help you meet internal compliance requirements, as well as an integrated policy management solution to assist with the distribution and enforcement of your organisation’s policies.
Being built in to the CyberSmart Active Protect platform, IT policy management is kept simple for both administrators and end users
Cyber Insurance Services
When a UK-domiciled organisation with a turnover under £20m achieves self-assessed certification covering their whole organisation to Cyber Essentials, they are entitled to Cyber Liability Insurance.
The cover is underwritten by American International Group UK Limited, and administered via Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers.
DISCLAIMER: All information related to cyber liability insurance services is subject to change at any time as per the Terms and Conditions of IASME. For the latest information, please refer to the Cyber Essentials website, which can be accessed by clicking this link.
Things that are covered…
- Liability: claims made against you arising out of Digital Media Activities and Security and Privacy Liability.
- Event Management: The reasonable and necessary fees, costs and expenses of: Legal Expenses; IT Expenses; Data Recovery Expenses; Reputation Protection Expenses; Notification Expenses; Credit Monitoring and ID Monitoring Expenses; and First Response Expenses.
- Extortion Threat.
- Regulatory Investigations: (defence costs) & regulatory fines (where insurable by law).
- Business Interruption: Loss of profit and / or operational expenses caused by a network compromise.
- Network Interruption: The reasonable and necessary costs and expenses that a Company incurs to minimise the Network Loss, or reduce the impact of a Material Interruption; provided however that the amount of Network Loss prevented or reduced would be greater than the costs and expenses incurred.
[To the limit of the policy liability]
Things that are not covered…
- Money stolen by electronic means or cyber fraud.
- Retentions apply: see IASME’s FAQ for more information
- The £25,000 limit of indemnity might be sufficient for a small breach or incident but inadequate for a serious problem or more than one incident. Higher limits of indemnity may be available upon request.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is a cybersecurity certification?
Cybersecurity certifications establish a strong security framework that empowers businesses to protect against cyberattacks while showcasing their dedication to following cybersecurity best practices.
Only 6% of UK businesses have a Cyber Essentials certification.
Why do we need external support?
Managed service providers assist businesses throughout the entire certification process, offering support every step of the way. Many even handle the necessary paperwork on behalf of their clients and provide guidance through external audits.
Snow Technologies will guide and support your business throughout the whole process and ensure you are protected as an ongoing service.
Is it expensive and does it take a long time?
The cost of ensuring you remain protected from a cyberattack is considerably less than the average cost of recovery from a successful attack. An average certification can be submitted in 1-3 days with support from our consultants. For specific pricing, reach out to our team on hello@snowtechnologies.co.uk
We’re protected, so why do we need a certificate?
Having a cybersecurity accreditation can show that your business maintains a commitment to cybersecurity, providing confidence to your customers, prospects, and suppliers.
89% of businesses say improving cybersecurity builds customer loyalty and trust.
Why do we need this when it’s not mandatory?
Being recognised with a government-backed cyber security accreditation can help to unlock new opportunities and business by showing your commitment to staying protected.
89% of businesses say cybersecurity is a key competitive differentiator.