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Cyber Essentials Certification Support

Cyber Essentials is the UK government's flagship cyber security scheme. Get certified to access government contracts, demonstrate reliability and secure your data.
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Choose the right certification path for your organisation

Self-certification

Self-paced certification with basic support and tools.

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  • Cyber Essentials certificate
  • Cyber insurance of up to £25,000
  • Direct communication with a technical assessor
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Get a Little Help

Full support through the certification process with expert guidance.

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  • Cyber insurance of up to £25,000
  • Consultancy support
  • 2 hours’ support included
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Get a Lot of Help

Comprehensive certification programme for complex organisations.

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  • Cyber insurance of up to £25,000
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  • 1 day’s support included
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Our five-step methodology

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Step one

Define the scope

Certification can apply to an organisation’s full enterprise IT or just to a subset. Either way, the scope needs to be clearly defined before the certification process can get underway.

Step two

SAQ (self-assessment questionnaire) and Cyber Essentials certification

The next step is to complete the questionnaire. We review the completed SAQ before submission to check it meets the scheme’s requirements. Successful applications are issued a Cyber Essentials certificate.

Step three

Technical assessment (Cyber Essentials Plus only)

Organisations seeking certification to Cyber Essentials Plus are also required to go through a technical audit. This includes a series of internal vulnerability scans and tests of the in-scope system(s) and the SAQ.

Step four

External scan (Cyber Essentials Plus only)

An external vulnerability scan of your Internet-facing networks and applications is used to verify that there are no obvious vulnerabilities. As the tests are external, they are performed off-site.

Step five

Cyber Essentials Plus certification

Once the assessment, internal scan and external scan are finished, you will get your Cyber Essentials Plus certificate.

Why choose GRC Solutions?

GRC Solutions, formerly IT Governance Ltd, is one of the founding Cyber Essentials certification bodies and remains one of the largest in the UK, issuing more than 9,000 certificates to date.

Real stories. Real results.

Very easy process to follow and helpful staff on hand to help with any queries. Highly recommended.”

Liam

Very easy process to follow and helpful staff on hand to help with any queries. Highly recommended.”

Hazel

Very easy process to follow and helpful staff on hand to help with any queries. Highly recommended”

Johnathan

Cyber Essentials. Let’s get to work.

Trust a company that has issued more than 12,000 certificates and has received a ‘World-Class’ NPS (Net Promoter Score) of +100.

IT Governance, a GRC Solutions company, is one of the founding Cyber Essentials certification bodies and remains one of the largest in the UK.

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✅ Fast, practical certification support
✅ Reduce cyber risk with essential controls
✅ Build trust and win more business