Cyber Essentials for Businesses
in Wales
Obtaining Cyber Essentials certification demonstrates your Cyber Security awareness and establishes your business as a reliable and trustworthy partner within the supply chain.
Protect your business and supply chain from 80% of common cyber attacks with Cyber Essential and Cyber Essentials Plus.
Cyber Essentials Certification
Cyber Essentials is vital to businesses because it provides a foundational framework to defend against the most common cyber threats, enhancing data protection and trust.
But the advantages of this certification extend even further.
Protect Against Cyber Attacks
Protect your business and customers against 80% of common cyber-attacks.
Attract New Business
Certification demonstrates Cyber Security measures are in place, which can help protect your supply chain. Certification also demonstrates your business takes cyber security seriously.
Win Government Contracts
Cyber Essentials provides your business with opportunities to win Welsh Government and local council tenders.
Reduce Financial Risk
Data protection is vital to protect businesses and customers. With Cyber Essentials Plus, you can receive FREE cyber insurance up to £25,000.
Work with a Certifying Body
Our experts help businesses daily through Cyber Essentials, Plus and Cyber Essentials as a Service (CEaaS).
Our managed process minimses tech speak to help you understand in the right way.
Cyber Essentials vs Cyber Essentials Plus?
Cyber Essentials is a government-backed scheme aimed to support the safety of online businesses in Wales, safeguarding them against cyber threats regardless of their size or industry.
The scheme has two versions: Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.
What is Cyber Essentials?
The Cyber Essentials scheme is a set of controls and processes that help businesses protect themselves from common cyber threats like malware, phishing, ransomware, and network attacks. The 5 key controls are:
- Firewalls
- Secure Configuration
- Security Update Management
- User Access Control
- Malware Protection
Cyber Essentials is a self certification accreditation with onus on the end user to ensure the controls and processes are implemented.
It’s also a point in time certification, so it’s vital to keep ensure your business stays inline with the Cyber Essentials controls.
Cyber Essentials certification requires renewal annually.
Self-Assesment
Quick Process
Pass with Ease
Our Cyber Security Experts can guide you through Cyber Essentials.
A Hands-on Approach
We undertake a hands-on technical assessment to ensure your measures are robust.
What is Cyber Essentials Plus?
Cyber Essentials Plus is a substantial upgrade to the standard certification and requires hands-on technical assistance from a certified body.
To Gain Cyber Essentials Plus, an assessor will audit your business and implement controls.
Successfully passing this qualification demonstrates that your business has robust cyber resilience protocols.
Government Contracts
Highest Level Certification
Here's What Our Customers Say
In all honesty, if I had to work through this on my own it would not have been completed. No one within Dewis CIL has the IT expertise to understand some of these grey areas, a big thanks to the team at Excellence IT.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cyber Essentials certification is essential for online businesses as the controls and processes required can help protect a business against 80% of common cyber attacks.
No, even if situated outside the UK, businesses have the opportunity to attain the certification.
Providing your business takes Cyber Security seriously, certification shouldn’t be difficult for your business to obtain.
The time scale to complete Cyber Essentials varies on how far your business is in it’s Cyber Security journey. If your business is brand new to Cyber Security, it will take much longer than a business with the controls and processes already in place.
The Cyber Essentials Badge can only be used by organisations that have passed the relevant assessment. Two separate badges represent the completion of the standard version and the Plus version.