These controls help organisations, irrelevant of size, improve their cyber security defences. Achieving the accreditation demonstrates a public commitment to the network security and standards that organisations operate.
Achieving Cyber Essentials alone proves that an organisation has taken, or is taking, steps to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of any stored data that is connected to the internet.
Benefits of being Cyber Essentials Plus certified
Cyber Essentials helps businesses to guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate their commitment to cyber security. Cyber Essentials Plus includes all the safeguards and protocols of Cyber Essentials but an assessor carries out a hands-on technical audit to verify that all the controls are in place.
The benefits of being certified include:
- Reassurance to clients that we continue to secure our IT against cyber-attacks.
- Enables us to attract new business where data security is paramount. Being certified assures potential clients we have cyber security measures in place.
- It provides us and our clients with a clear picture of our organisation’s cyber security level.
- Some Government contracts require Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials Plus certification.
What this means for you
Asckey’s integrated management system is already accredited to the ISO9001 (Quality), ISO14001 (Environmental) and ISO27001 (Data Security) requirements. Our data centre partner is also tier 3 rated.
However, we know how clients, especially those who work in the public sector, often need that extra reassurance that their data is secure, with Cyber Essentials being the more recognised or required certification. This is why over the last 2 years we’ve been working towards achieving this different level of security.
Combining Cyber Essentials Plus with ISO27001 (Data Security) means our clients and potential new clients can be extra reassured that their data is in safe hands.
Contact us today to see if one of our software solutions can help your business.
