Cyber Essentials was launched in the UK to much fanfare in June 2014, aiming to help businesses “to guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate your commitment to cyber security”. It ...

The number of Cyber Essentials badges issued via the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)-backed security certification scheme continues to increase but at a slower pace than is really needed to ...

The UK government has urged more organizations to become Cyber Essentials Certified, highlighting the significant impact the scheme has had on preventing damaging attacks. On the 10 th anniversary ...

From 27 April 2026, any organization that holds Cyber Essentials certification and has not switched on login verification across every cloud service it uses is looking at an automatic assessment ...