How can Cyber Essentials help you?

KEY POINTS

• Cyber criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
• Attacks are becoming more persistent and harder for companies to defend against.
• Businesses are seeking Cyber Essentials Plus certification for protection.

Successful security breaches often attract bad publicity for organisations so procuring companies are now adopting much stricter vetting processes when they appoint a partner or supplier. As a result Cyber Essentials Plus compliance can be useful for firms because this can protect the organisation while offering assurance to potential business partners. Cyber Essentials is a simple but effective government-backed scheme that will help to protect an organisation whatever its size against a range of the most common cyber attacks .

Two security certifications are available to businesses: the standard Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.

Cyber Essentials represents the most basic level. Cyber Essentials Plus...