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 examples and ask questions.

Wednesday 21 October 2026
10:00am–4:00pm
Secarma HQ, Manchester
Free to attend. Lunch and parking included.

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What you’ll learn

We’ll work through the five technical controls, explain the Danzell updates and explore what they mean in practice.

The day will cover:

• Understanding the changes: what’s changed since Willow, what’s been clarified and where marking is stricter.

• Getting your scope right: 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 assessments: common misunderstandings, preparation gaps and how to address them.

• Maintaining compliance: keeping controls working between certification and renewal.

Who should attend?

This training day is designed for people implementing, maintaining or coordinating Cyber Essentials within their organisation, including:

• IT managers and IT teams

• Information security professionals

• Compliance and risk professionals

• Business owners and operations managers

• People coordinating certification with an external IT provider

What’s included?

You’ll receive instructor-led training from experienced Cyber Essentials assessors, with worked examples, discussion and time for your questions.

There’ll also be opportunities to meet others managing certification, share experiences and discuss challenges. Lunch and parking are included.

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

• Guidance on checking your scope, MFA coverage and update processes

• Clear next steps for certification or renewal

• More confidence to coordinate the work with colleagues or your IT provider

Why learn with Secarma?

Secarma is a Cyber Essentials Certification Body. Our assessors work directly with organisations preparing for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, so the guidance comes from experience of the assessment process.

We’ll use those insights to explain where questions arise, what needs closer attention and how to prepare. Our previous Manchester sessions have shown how much people value time with an experienced assessor and guidance they can take back to work.

Book your place

Places are intentionally limited to keep the day interactive and give everyone time to discuss their questions with our assessors.

Join us at Secarma HQ, Manchester, on Wednesday 21 October, 10am–4pm.

Book your place.