Organisations can find it very difficult to understand the appropriate level of cybersecurity they require in order to protect themselves and their data. It can also be very difficult to communicate your cybersecurity approach to build trust with customers and other businesses.
Certification and compliance enable you to review your current cybersecurity stance against a transparent target, identifying areas where you might need to strengthen your approach. It also provides a method to quantify your commitment to cybersecurity, even enabling you to win additional business.
Cyber Essentials – a recognised standard
Cyber Essentials is an effective, government backed scheme that will help you to protect your business, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyberattacks. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recommends Cyber Essentials as the minimum standard for cybersecurity for all organisations.
Acquiring Cyber Essentials certification offers a range of benefits, not only giving you a clear picture of your cybersecurity level, but also allowing you to both reassure customers and attract new business. It can also be a requirement for government contracts.
The certification reviews five different areas of your IT landscape, including firewalls, secure configuration, security update management, user access and malware protection.
Cyber Essentials Plus is based on the same technical requirements as Cyber Essentials, and starts with the same verified assessment questionnaire. The difference is that Cyber Essentials Plus also includes a technical audit of your IT systems by an external third party to verify that the controls are in place. In this way, it gives more assurance that you are complying with the scheme.
Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)
Cyberthreats continue to evolve at an alarming rate, meaning that annual security tests are no longer sufficient. Conducting frequent and thorough testing is a necessary part of a comprehensive security strategy, however most organisations lack the internal resources and expertise for such an expansive undertaking.
Penetration Testing as a Service is the answer. PTaaS is a cost-effective and scalable solution combining scanning and real-world hacking techniques to provide continuous visibility on security vulnerabilities across your organisation. This results in a thorough assessment of your defences at each stage of an attack, with in-depth and actionable insights.