Desk openCertified in weeks, not months.
Pick the certificate and the number of devices. The timeline on the right is the one we work to. The readiness check on the hub page tells you which of the five controls you already have.
Cyber Essentials for 30 devices: £1,450 fixed including the assessment fee, and the controls stay in place because the desk keeps them there.
The five controls, and the 2026 changes
What the assessor looks for, in plain words.
Check, close, certify
Five weeks for most businesses; Plus adds the audit.
The readiness check on the hub page, then an engineer confirms it device by device.
The gaps become tickets on your contract; most are done remotely.
We fill in and submit the assessment; Plus adds the audit visit, two to three weeks later.
Been through it ourselves
The certificate on our wall is the one you get.
We hold Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 ourselves
The certificate we help you get is the one on our own wall, assessed by an IASME-licensed body. The method, the paperwork and the mistakes to avoid are ones we have been through.
Goes with
The pages most people read next.
Ask the desk
Type a word, press a topic, or open a row. If it is not here, an engineer is.
An engineer answers the phone, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 18:00.
0113 216 6777Talk to an engineerAbout five weeks for most businesses: a readiness check in week one, the gaps closed in weeks two to four, and the assessment submitted in week five. Cyber Essentials Plus adds an audit visit two to three weeks later.
Firewalls, secure configuration, access control, malware protection and patch management.
Cyber Essentials for 30 devices is £1,450 fixed, including the assessment fee.
12 months. Because the desk keeps the controls in place, they are still there when it is time to renew.
From Insights
Short reads on the questions this service answers.
Tell us the date; we work the timeline back from it.
Helpdesk 0113 216 6777, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 18:00. Most businesses are certified within five weeks.
