Cyber Essentials in Practice - Manchester Training Day

Cyber Essentials After Danzell – Manchester Training Day

Understand the requirements. Prepare with confidence. Know your next steps.

If you're responsible for Cyber Essentials within your organisation, join Secarma for a free, in-person training day covering certification, renewal and the Danzell updates.

Our experienced assessors will explain what's required, share lessons from assessments and help you understand how the requirements apply to your organisation.

Whether you're preparing for your first certification or your next renewal, you'll have time to work through practical examples, ask questions and gain a clearer understanding of what you need to do next.

Join us at Secarma HQ in Manchester on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 10am to 4pm, for a free, interactive Cyber Essentials training day.

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What We'll Cover

Throughout the day, we'll work through the five Cyber Essentials technical controls, explain the Danzell updates and explore what they mean in practice.

We'll cover:

• Understanding Danzell: What's changed since Willow, what's been clarified and where marking is stricter.
• Getting your scope right: Understanding legal entities, cloud services, remote working and excluded networks.
• Multi-factor authentication: Understanding the requirements and checking coverage across cloud services and accounts.
• Patch management: Meeting the 14-day requirement for relevant security updates and vulnerability fixes.
• Preparing for Cyber Essentials Plus: Understanding the updated sampling requirements and what they mean for remediation.
• Lessons from real assessments: Common misunderstandings, preparation gaps and how to address them.
• Maintaining certification readiness: Keeping controls working effectively between certification and renewal.

More Than Just a Training Session

It's not just about understanding the requirements. It's about knowing how to put them into practice.

You'll receive instructor-led training from experienced Cyber Essentials assessors, with worked examples, practical discussions and plenty of opportunities to ask your questions.

There'll also be time to meet others managing certification, share experiences and discuss the challenges organisations commonly face.

Our aim is for everyone to leave with practical knowledge, greater confidence and clear next steps to take back to their team or IT provider.

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Who Should Attend?

This training day is designed for anyone involved in implementing, managing or maintaining Cyber Essentials certification, including:

• IT managers and IT teams
• Information security professionals
• Compliance, governance and risk professionals
• Business owners and operations managers
• Anyone coordinating certification with an external IT provider

Whether you're completely new to Cyber Essentials or have been through certification before, the day will help you understand the requirements and how they apply to your organisation.

What You'll Take Away

By the end of the day, you'll have:

• A clearer understanding of Cyber Essentials and the Danzell updates.
• A better understanding of what assessors expect.
• Practical guidance on checking your scope, MFA coverage and update processes.
• Clear next steps for certification or renewal.
• Greater confidence in coordinating the work with colleagues or your IT provider.

Why Join Secarma?

At Secarma, we believe cybersecurity guidance should be practical, understandable and accessible.

As a Cyber Essentials Certification Body, our assessors work directly with organisations preparing for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. This means the guidance you'll receive comes from real experience of the assessment process.

We'll use those insights to explain where questions commonly arise, what needs closer attention and how to prepare with confidence.

Our previous Manchester training sessions have shown just how valuable it can be to sit down with an experienced assessor, work through questions together and leave with guidance you can put into practice.

Join Us in Manchester

The training is completely free, with lunch and parking included.

We're keeping places intentionally limited so the day remains interactive and everyone has an opportunity to speak with our assessors.

Whether you're starting your Cyber Essentials journey or getting ready for your next renewal, we'd love you to join us.

Spaces are limited, so book your free place and join us on Wednesday 21 October!

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