Cyber Essentials & Cyber Essentials Plus Support

Assess your certification readiness, identify and address any gaps and improve your confidence before certification. 
 
We help you understand what is required, identify areas that may need attention and prepare more effectviely for the assessment process. 
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At Impact IT Solutions, we support businesses in preparing for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification by reviewing current controls, identifying gaps, and helping implement practical improvements across your systems, users, and devices.
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Impact IT Solutions Support for Cyber Essentials Certification

We help your business prepare for Cyber Essentials certification with a practical review of your current cyber security controls. Our support includes gap analysis, remediation planning, secure configuration guidance, firewall checks, access control reviews, malware protection, patch management, self-assessment support, and evidence preparation for certification readiness.
 
How we support you:
  • Cyber Essentials pre-assessment review against certification requirements
  • Gap analysis and practical remediation action plan
  • Firewall and internet gateway configuration guidance
  • Secure configuration of systems, devices, and software
  • User access control review and improvement support
  • Malware protection checks and recommendations
  • Patch management and software update guidance
  • Cyber Essentials self-assessment questionnaire support
  • Evidence preparation and certification readiness support

Impact IT Solutions Support for Cyber Essentials Plus Certification

For Cyber Essentials Plus, we provide technical audit preparation, pre-audit vulnerability checks, remediation support, and coordination with your certification body. We help strengthen firewalls, patching, user access controls, anti-malware protection, secure configuration, vulnerability assessments, and audit-ready documentation.

How we support you:

  • Cyber Essentials Plus technical audit preparation
  • Pre-audit vulnerability checks and remediation planning
  • Support fixing weaknesses in firewalls, patching, access controls, and anti-malware protection
  • Coordination with the Cyber Essentials Plus certification body
  • Support for external vulnerability scans and internal vulnerability assessments
  • Review of anti-malware, user access, and secure configuration controls
  • Audit-ready documentation and evidence pack preparation
Whether you’re seeking certification, preparing for an audit, or managing ongoing compliance, we provide the tools, expertise, and support to keep you on track.
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Why Choose Impact IT Solutions for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus?

Unlike generic compliance providers, we focus on making Cyber Essentials certification practical, manageable, and relevant to your day-to-day operations. Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme that helps organisations protect against common cyber threats and demonstrate a commitment to essential cyber security controls.
 

We work closely with your team to review your current systems, users, devices, and security processes against Cyber Essentials requirements. Our support includes gap analysis, practical remediation planning, firewall and internet gateway guidance, secure configuration support, access control reviews, malware protection checks, patch management guidance, self-assessment questionnaire support, and evidence preparation.

For Cyber Essentials Plus, we combine consultancy with hands-on technical support to help your business prepare for the technical audit. This includes pre-audit vulnerability checks, remediation support, as well as support with external and internal vulnerability assessments, and preparation of audit-ready documentation.

As a full-service managed IT and cyber security provider, we can support both the compliance and technical aspects of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, helping you improve security, reduce risk, and move towards certification with confidence.

Impact IT Solutions Cyber Essentials Support Services

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Cyber Essentials Gap Analysis

  • Review your current cyber security controls against Cyber Essentials requirements
  • Identify gaps across systems, users, devices, software, and security processes
  • Create a practical remediation plan to support certification readiness
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Firewall & Secure Configuration Support

  • Review firewall and internet gateway settings against certification requirements
  • Support secure configuration of systems, devices, applications, and cloud services
  • Help reduce common cyber risks through practical technical improvements
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Access Control, Malware Protection & Patch Management

  • Review user access controls, permissions, and account management processes
  • Check malware protection measures and recommend improvements
  • Support patch management and software update processes across your environment
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Cyber Essentials Self-Assessment Support

  • Guide you through the Cyber Essentials self-assessment questionnaire
  • Help gather the information and evidence needed for submission
  • Provide clear advice to improve your chances of successful certification
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Cyber Essentials Plus Audit & Certification Readiness

  • Prepare your business for the Cyber Essentials Plus technical audit
  • Carry out pre-audit vulnerability checks and remediation planning
  • Support fixes for firewalls, patching, access controls, anti-malware, and secure configuration
  • Support vulnerability scans and vulnerability assessments
  • Prepare audit-ready documentation and evidence packs for certification readiness

Impact IT Solutions Cyber Essentials Support Services

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Cyber Essentials Gap Analysis

  • Review your current cyber security controls against Cyber Essentials requirements
  • Identify gaps across systems, users, devices, software, and security processes
  • Create a practical remediation plan to support certification readiness
Network Layout

Firewall & Secure Configuration Support​

  • Review firewall and internet gateway settings against certification requirements
  • Support secure configuration of systems, devices, applications, and cloud services
  • Help reduce common cyber risks through practical technical improvements
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Access Control, Malware Protection & Patch Management

  • Review user access controls, permissions, and account management processes
  • Check malware protection measures and recommend improvements
  • Support patch management and software update processes across your environment
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Cyber Essentials Self-Assessment Support

  • Guide you through the Cyber Essentials self-assessment questionnaire
  • Help gather the information and evidence needed for submission
  • Provide clear advice to improve your chances of successful certification
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Cyber Essentials Plus Audit & Certification Readiness

  • Prepare your business for the Cyber Essentials Plus technical audit
  • Carry out pre-audit vulnerability checks and remediation planning
  • Support fixes for firewalls, patching, access controls, anti-malware, and secure configuration
  • Support vulnerability scans and vulnerability assessments
  • Prepare audit-ready documentation and evidence packs for certification readiness

Connect Cyber Essentials With Wider Compliance

Cyber Essentials can be a valuable part of your wider cyber and compliance programme. We can help align it with ISO 27001, GDPR and internal governance requirements.

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FAQs

What is Cyber Essentials Certification?

Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed cyber security certification that helps businesses protect against common online threats. It focuses on essential security controls including firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection, and patch management.

For UK SMEs, Cyber Essentials certification can help demonstrate good cyber security practice to clients, insurers, suppliers, and public sector organisations.

Cyber Essentials is a self-assessment certification where your business answers questions about its cyber security controls. Cyber Essentials Plus includes a technical audit, where your systems and devices are tested to confirm that the required controls are working effectively.

Many SMEs start with Cyber Essentials and then progress to Cyber Essentials Plus for stronger assurance and greater credibility.

Cyber Essentials is suitable for most UK SMEs that want to improve cyber security, meet supplier requirements, support tender applications, or demonstrate cyber resilience.

Cyber Essentials Plus is often recommended if you handle sensitive data, work with larger organisations, bid for public sector contracts, or need independent technical verification of your security controls.

We provide practical Cyber Essentials support by reviewing your current cyber security controls, identifying gaps, and helping you make the improvements needed for certification readiness.

Our support includes firewall guidance, secure configuration checks, access control reviews, malware protection recommendations, patch management guidance, self-assessment questionnaire support, and evidence preparation.

Impact IT Solutions is not a certification body, we simply support you through the certification journey. 

Yes. We can guide you through the Cyber Essentials self-assessment questionnaire and help ensure your answers accurately reflect your systems, users, devices, and security controls.

We also help identify areas that may need improvement before submission, reducing the risk of delays or failed certification.

A Cyber Essentials gap analysis reviews your current IT environment against the certification requirements. This includes firewalls, internet gateways, software updates, device security, user permissions, malware protection, and secure configuration.

After the review, we provide a clear remediation action plan so your business knows what needs to be fixed before certification.

Yes. Unlike providers who only advise on compliance, we can combine Cyber Essentials consultancy with hands-on IT and cyber security support.

We can help resolve common issues such as missing patches, weak access controls, insecure device settings, firewall configuration gaps, anti-malware weaknesses, and unclear evidence.

We help prepare your business for the Cyber Essentials Plus technical audit by carrying out pre-audit vulnerability checks, reviewing key controls, and supporting remediation before the official assessment.

This includes support with patching, firewall configuration, secure device setup, access control, anti-malware protection, vulnerability scans, and audit-ready evidence preparation.

The timescale depends on the size of your business, the complexity of your IT environment, and whether any issues need fixing before submission.

Some SMEs can prepare quickly, while others may need additional remediation work across devices, users, software, cloud services, or security controls before they are ready for certification.

Yes. Cyber Essentials is designed to help organisations of all sizes improve protection against common cyber threats. It is especially useful for small businesses that need a recognised cyber security certification to support client trust, supplier onboarding, tender opportunities, and insurance requirements.

As a managed IT and cyber security provider, we support both the compliance and technical sides of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.

We do not just tell you what needs fixing. We help review your environment, identify gaps, implement practical improvements, prepare evidence, and support your business through certification readiness.

Prepare for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification with support from Impact IT Solutions

Whether you’re renewing your certification or getting ready for certification first time, we are here to help. Our internal compliance and IT technicians have years of experience helping businesses through their Cyber Essentials journey. 

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