What is Cyber Essentials / Cyber Assurance?

IASME manage a suite of certifications, some of which they perform as a Government accredited scheme (such as CyberEssentials/CyberEssentials Plus) as well as a growing portfolio of industry specific certifications that we are sure will come as standard for those industries. The most common, that are industry agnostic, are the CyberEssentials and CyberAssurance, these are the certificates we are seeing more and more as a requirement in Tender requests and Public sector. These are also globally recognised as a measure of a business’s security standpoint.

These certificates can be taken separately or as a combination, we can advise the best path for you.

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Cyber Assurance

This is IASME certification, it is comparable to ISO 270001. Cyber Assurance is an audit of the data handling and management of a business. This tends to be more intensive and will require more work on Policies, Procedures and Auditing. It will explore what data is held, how it is protected who has access to the data and how that is controlled and monitored. Put simply its around Data Governance.

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Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a government accredited certification. It is a self-audit on the ‘Internet facing’ aspect of a business. It is a device level assessment of the security and deals with areas such as hardware and the software running on it, Routers, firewalls, laptops, PC’s and mobile devices. It also looks at the security administration for a business such as passwords and permissions.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Cyber Essentials?

Cyber Essentials is a UK government information assurance scheme operated by the National Cyber Security Centre that encourages organisations to adopt good practice in information security.

What is IASME Cyber Assurance?

CyberAssurance is an assessment that analyses the data management and security. IASME Cyber Assurance Maps to the Government’s 10 Steps to Cyber Security & NIS Directive. CyberEssentials focuses on the Internet facing devices and the controls and processes around that.

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