Cyber Essentials

Achieve certification with confidence and strengthen your organisation's cyber resilience. We combine accredited Cyber Essentials assessment services with deep expertise across education, research, public sector and not-for-profit organisations.

Improving your cyber posture

Cyber Essentials helps organisations protect themselves against the most common cyber threats, but achieving certification should be about more than meeting a standard.

The Cyber Essentials process will help your organisation to:

• Reduce exposure to common attacks
• Demonstrate a commitment to security
• Support procurement and funding compliance
• Create a foundation for future security improvements
• Prepare for Cyber Essentials Plus

As an accredited Cyber Essentials certification body, we provide expert guidance, practical support and a thorough assessment process designed to strengthen your organisation's overall security posture, not simply help you tick a compliance box.

Book a scoping call to discuss your Cyber Essentials journey and understand the best route for your organisation.

Sector expertise that goes beyond certification

Not all Cyber Essentials services are the same.

Our approach combines independent assessment expertise with extensive sector knowledge. We understand the challenges facing universities, colleges, schools, research organisations, charities and public sector bodies, enabling us to provide relevant advice and practical recommendations that create lasting improvements.

Working with Jisc means you'll benefit from:

• Sector-specific expertise: Our experience across education, research, public sector and not-for-profit organisations enables us to understand your operating environment, risks and compliance requirements
• Quality, thorough assessments: We take the time to help organisations understand what good cyber security looks like and how to achieve it, creating value beyond certification
• Long-term cyber resilience: Cyber Essentials should be part of an ongoing security strategy. We help organisations identify opportunities for continuous improvement and strengthen their security over time
• Independent and trusted support: As a trusted not-for-profit organisation, our focus is on helping organisations improve their cyber posture and reduce risk

How we help you succeed

Prepare your team

Make sure everyone involved understands what's required before the assessment begins. Our guidance helps your teams prepare effectively, reducing delays and creating a smoother certification process.

Build long-term resilience

Cyber Essentials is not a one-off achievement. Maintaining strong cyber security requires regular review and continuous improvement. We help organisations use certification as a foundation for ongoing security maturity and resilience.

Strengthen your security roadmap

Certification should be the start of a continuous improvement journey. We'll help you to identify opportunities to build resilience beyond the assessment requirements.