Cyber Essentials is an increasingly important security standard within the UK that allows organisations to demonstrate to their customers that they operate their business in a secure and trustworthy manner. Achieving the Cyber Essentials certification helps businesses win new customers and stand out amongst their peers. It is a requirement for any company that seeks to sell their services to the UK Government. Cyber Essentials Plus brings an extra level of assurance, where an accredited auditor verifies the security controls and issues a certificate demonstrating compliance.
Cyber Essentials is based around five areas of technical controls:
- firewalls
- secure configuration
- security update management
- user access control
- malware protection
The scheme also requires a scope of applicability to be defined: how much of an organisation’s IT systems should be covered.
To help organisations meet security requirements such as Cyber Essentials (CE), we have created Ubuntu Pro,…