Cyber Essentials

A solid foundation for comprehensive cyber security defence

Cyber Essentials is a UK Government-backed certification designed to help organisations defend against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate their commitment to cyber security best practice.

As a Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification provider, NormCyber helps organisations achieve and maintain the right level of certification for their business. From readiness assessments and remediation guidance through to certification and technical verification, we support you throughout the entire process.

Key benefits

Demonstrate Cyber Security as a Business Priority

Certification shows that your organisation takes cyber security seriously.

Stay Ahead of Emerging Threats

Assess your systems annually against a recognised framework to keep up with new cyber security risks.

Expand Your Business Opportunities

Apply for a growing number of contracts that require Cyber Essentials certification to address supply chain security.

Cyber Essentials is available in two levels

Cyber Essentials

An independently verified self-assessment, priced according to your organisation’s size.

Process:

  1. Complete a self-assessment questionnaire covering your assessment scope, employees, devices, and work location.
  2. Answer questions on the five core controls: user access control, secure configuration, security update management, firewalls and routers, and malware protection.
  3. Have the answers signed off by a board member or equivalent.
  4. An independent Assessor reviews the responses.

Benefits:
Includes automatic cyber liability insurance for UK organisations that certify their entire organisation and have an annual turnover of less than £20m.

Cyber Essentials PLUS

Includes a technical audit of your IT systems, priced according to the size and complexity of your network.

Process:

  1. Complete the Cyber Essentials self-assessment questionnaire (a prerequisite for Cyber Essentials Plus).
  2. Undergo a technical audit of your IT systems to verify the implementation of the required controls.

Benefits:

  1. Provides additional assurance that your organisation complies with the scheme.
  2. The audit covers a representative set of user devices, all internet gateways, and all servers with services accessible to unauthenticated internet users.

See clearly with our real-time dashboard

 

Norm’s Smartbloc Portal, provides real-time visibility of your Cyber Essentials compliance from any device, delivering clear, action-orientated technical recommendations at the click of a button.

Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification will contribute towards your overall Cyber Resilience Score – an at-a-glance measure of an organisation’s cyber health.

  • Track your cyber resilience month-on-month
  • Prioritise resources effectively focussing on the most critical issues
  • Demonstrate organisational due diligence
  • Deep dive into technical recommendations set to strengthen your cyber posture

 

Get in touch to take a different approach to cyber security.