Get certified by a government backed Cyber Security Certification
Show your clients that you take cyber security seriously, and that their data is safer with you than with your uncertified competitors. Cyber Essentials is a requirement for any company in a UK government supply chain.
If it is good enough for government then you should set this as your cyber security standard too.
How to get CyberEssentials, without a huge cost?
CyberSmart is the easiest way to not only get to certified standard but it will help you maintain that standard throughout the year. Key features include:
- Certification within 24 hours
- 100% guaranteed pass
- Live support, guiding you through step by step through the questionnaire if needed
Are they ‘Essential’, or just another expensive extra?
Cyber ‘Essentials’ are exactly that. They are the essential actions every business should take for comprehensive digital security and protection from cyber threats – we’re even Cyber Essentials certified ourselves. The certifications verify that you are compliant with those guidelines. Today, Cyber Essentials certification is required for government contracts and, increasingly, when tendering in other fields. But more than that, certification is an investment in the future and security of your business. Earning certification demonstrates an essential commitment to cyber safety to both business partners and customers.
CyberSmart
The key to unlocking the best Cyber Security, without the cost…
What is CyberSmart?
CyberSmart is a full suite of tools, including an application for endpoints, which seeks to streamline and simplify the path to the Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus government-recognised certification.
Get a unique overview of Cyber Essentials-specific data, such as whether your Operating Systems are compliant, build IT policies for your staff quickly and easily while managing their acceptance and much more with this extremely powerful package.
By offering you CyberSmart, we provide you with an all-in-one solution to simplify the process of achieving Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification. With the full suite of tools, including an endpoint application, you can easily manage your staff’s IT policies and ensure their compliance. By offering you CyberSmart, we save you time and effort, enabling you to focus on other critical areas of your business, secure in the knowledge that your cybersecurity is taken care of.
The Endpoint Application
The CyberSmart endpoint app is a lightweight app for all your business devices that monitors the five controls which make up the framework of Cyber Essentials.
It reports back to the central portal, giving you complete visibility of all of your devices and their compliance with IT policy.
Combined with your IT department’s skills, the app allows for quick and easy non-compliance remediation.
The Core Requirements
More information on Cyber Essentials requirements
and how we can help meet them…
The Five Technical Controls
The Cyber Essentials qualification requirements can be defined using five ‘technical controls’ or, in other words, five measures of your business’ IT security practices.
Firewalls
Cyber Essentials requires that businesses maintain some form of firewall, either physical or virtual, to restrict access to network services from the public internet, and vice versa. We can help meet this requirement through our expertise with OPNsense Firewalls & Routers, some of the most robust products available in this market. Click here to read more about OPNsense.
Security Updates
Also part of the certification is that your business must ensure that any software and firmware updates are applied as soon as reasonably possible following their release in order to ensure that your devices remain secure from the latest vulnerabilities. Our Remote Management & Monitoring tool (RMM), provided as part of our MSP package or separately, can automatically roll out these updates out of hours to save valuable engineering time.
Malware Protection
To achieve the certification, you absolutely must employ an antimalware/antivirus solution for your IT assets. These vital pieces of software protect your devices and infrastructure from becoming infected with harmful programs that can steal & destroy your data. We fill this requirement through two products in our stack:
- Bitdefender, provided as endpoint protection for PCs and laptops.
- SentinelOne, intended to be used for critical infrastructure, powered by AI.
User Access Control
Another vital part of the requirements is User Access Control. This means taking control of who can and cannot access company systems and data. This is done traditionally through the standard username & password combination; however, this is no longer considered to be the best security practice. With our Single-Sign On product, JumpCloud, you can:
- Ensure user account security through MFA/2FA enforcement.
- Access all services through a single set of credentials, which can be revoked in just a few clicks.
Secure Configuration
The ‘Secure Configuration’ requirement covers a large amount of IT security practices, from ensuring the use of secure Administrator accounts to removing unnecesary software from purchased devices.
With our Managed Service Provider (MSP) package, you can rest easy knowing that your IT needs are in safe hands:
- Managed IT Support, Security & Maintenance
- Device setup (when purchased through us)
- Access to a high-value, powerful IT software & infrastructure package