Cyber Essentials Plus is a UK Government-backed certification that demonstrates your organisation’s commitment to cybersecurity. It builds on the Cyber Essentials assessment by independently testing your systems to verify that the required security controls are working effectively in practice. Certification can provide reassurance to customers, partners and stakeholders that your organisation is taking practical steps to protect its systems and data against common cyber threats.
ITHelpDirect can support you throughout the Cyber Essentials Plus process. We begin by reviewing your existing systems and identifying any areas that may not meet the scheme’s technical requirements. Our team then provides a clear action plan and can help implement the necessary improvements, including security updates, access controls, malware protection, firewall configuration and secure system settings.
Once your organisation is ready, we can help coordinate the independent technical assessment with an approved certification body and assist with resolving any issues identified during the process. We also provide ongoing support and regular security reviews to help you maintain strong cybersecurity practices and prepare for annual recertification.
Technical Remediation
Pre-Audit Testing
Certification Management
Ongoing Compliance Support
ITHelpDirect makes the Cyber Essentials Plus journey clear and manageable, providing practical support from initial preparation through to independent technical assessment. Our team reviews your systems against the scheme’s requirements, identifies and resolves security gaps, and prepares your devices, networks and security controls for testing. We can then help coordinate the assessment with an approved certification body and support you with any remediation required—providing a clear and efficient path towards certification.
Cyber Essentials Plus helps reduce your organisation’s exposure to common cyberattacks by verifying that key security controls are correctly implemented and working effectively in practice. Through independent technical testing, the assessment examines areas including secure configuration, firewalls, access control, malware protection and security updates. This helps identify weaknesses, reduce the likelihood of security incidents and strengthen your overall cyber resilience.
Certification also demonstrates a clear, independently verified commitment to cybersecurity. It can reassure customers, partners and stakeholders that your organisation takes the protection of its systems and data seriously, while helping you meet tender or supply-chain requirements where Cyber Essentials certification is requested. As a UK Government-backed certification, Cyber Essentials Plus provides a recognised benchmark that can strengthen credibility and support new business opportunities.
UK data protection law, including the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, requires organisations to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data. These measures should reflect the risks associated with how information is collected, accessed, stored and processed, and should be regularly reviewed to ensure they remain effective.
Cyber Essentials Plus can support your wider data-protection responsibilities by independently testing five important technical security controls. Certification provides evidence that baseline protections against common cyber threats are operating effectively, helping to strengthen the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your systems and data.
Cyber Essentials Plus does not, by itself, demonstrate full compliance with UK data protection law. However, when combined with appropriate policies, risk assessments, staff training and ongoing security reviews, it can form an important part of your organisation’s wider compliance and cybersecurity strategy—providing additional reassurance to customers, partners and stakeholders.
ITHelpDirect can support you throughout the Cyber Essentials Plus journey—from assessing your current environment and resolving security gaps to preparing your systems, devices and networks for independent technical testing.
Once you’re ready, we can help coordinate the assessment with an approved certification body and provide technical support with any issues identified. We also offer ongoing cybersecurity services to help you maintain strong security practices and prepare for annual recertification.
Speak to our team today to arrange an initial consultation and take the first step towards Cyber Essentials Plus certification.