Cyber Essentials Plus Certification for UK Businesses

Need Cyber Essentials Plus for a contract, tender, insurance requirement, or customer assurance?

We help UK businesses prepare for the technical audit, fix common issues, and move towards certification with practical support from start to finish.

Guidance on scope and readiness

Help resolving common remediation issues

Support before, during, and after assessment

What is Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials Plus is the audited version of Cyber Essentials. Instead of relying only on a self-assessment, it includes technical verification of the systems in scope. That means businesses need more than policy documents: they need the right controls in place on real devices, users, and internet-facing systems.

If you are unsure whether you are ready, the best next step is a quick readiness review. We can help you identify likely gaps, reduce avoidable delays, and plan the fastest route to certification.

Who Cyber Essentials Plus Is For?

Businesses bidding for contracts

Ideal for organisations that need stronger assurance for tenders, public sector work, and supply chain requirements.

Companies with customer security requirements

Useful when clients, partners, or insurers want evidence that your cyber controls are independently verified.

Organisations that want help getting audit-ready

Suitable if you already know the basics, but need practical help with scoping, remediation, and audit preparation.

Cyber Essentials vs Cyber Essentials Plus

Feature	Cyber Essentials	Cyber Essentials Plus
Assessment type	Self-assessment with verification	Technical audit of in-scope systems
Level of assurance	Baseline certification	Higher assurance through testing
Best for	Organisations starting certification	Businesses needing stronger proof for customers, tenders, or supply chains
Preparation required	Important	Critical

5 Step Cyber Essentials Plus Process

Discovery and scoping

We review your users, devices, locations, and internet-facing systems so the likely scope is understood from the start.

Readiness review

We identify likely issues around patching, access control, malware protection, secure configuration, and device management.

Remediation support

We help you fix the practical issues that commonly delay or derail certification.

Assessment preparation

We make sure the right systems, users, and evidence are ready before the technical verification stage.

Post-assessment next steps

If anything needs attention, we help you understand what changed, what to fix, and what to do next.

Common Reasons Businesses Struggle with Cyber Essentials Plus

Scope is not clear

Teams are unsure which users, devices, locations, or systems are included, creating confusion before the audit even starts.

Patching is inconsistent

Missing operating system or software updates are one of the fastest ways to create avoidable issues.

User devices are not standardised

Mixed settings, local admin access, and unmanaged endpoints can make compliance harder than expected.

Email and malware protections are weak

Businesses often assume protections are in place without checking whether they are configured consistently across the environment.

Cyber Essentials Plus FAQs

Cyber Essentials Plus adds technical verification of in-scope systems. It is designed to provide a higher level of assurance than the basic certification alone.

Yes, in order to achieve Plus certification you will need to complete the basic certification. If you already know your likely timeline, we can help you plan the most practical route.

We focus on likely problem areas such as scope, device setup, access control, patching, malware protection, and consistency across the environment.

Yes, many businesses come to us before they are fully ready. Our role is to help identify issues early and create a practical remediation plan.