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Preparing for Cyber Essentials involves understanding how the requirements apply to your organisation, what your assessor will need and where you may need to make changes.

With the Danzell update approaching its six-month mark, our assessors share what they’re seeing in Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus assessments, the questions coming up and the areas that need closer attention.

This on-demand webinar brings together those insights to help you prepare for your first certification or next renewal with greater confidence.

Watch the full webinar below.

What does the webinar cover?

During the session, we explore:

• The key Danzell changes and what they mean for certification and renewal
• Lessons from assessments and the questions organisations are asking
• Getting your scope right, including legal entities, cloud services and exclusions
• Multi-factor authentication requirements and checking coverage across cloud services
• Patch management and demonstrating that security update requirements are being met
• Changes to Cyber Essentials Plus sampling and checking fixes across the assessment scope
• Preparing the information and evidence your assessor will need
• Steps you can take to help avoid unnecessary delays

What does Danzell mean for your next assessment?

Even if your organisation has achieved Cyber Essentials before, it’s useful to review the updated requirements before starting your next assessment.

Changes to your systems, suppliers, cloud services or ways of working may also affect your preparation. Previous answers might no longer reflect how your organisation operates.

Our assessors explain where questions and misunderstandings arise, helping you identify what to review and which conversations to have with colleagues or your IT provider.

Start with a clear understanding of your scope

Your assessment scope sets the boundaries for what needs to meet the requirements.

Being clear about the legal entities, systems, devices and services involved helps everyone understand what needs to be checked. Cloud services, remote working arrangements and any exclusions all deserve attention during preparation.

In the webinar, we discuss how assessors review scope and why it’s useful to resolve uncertainties early.

Check how your controls work in practice

Knowing that a security measure is in place is only part of the preparation. You also need to understand its coverage and whether it’s working consistently.

For MFA, that means reviewing the cloud services and accounts your organisation uses. For patch management, it means understanding how updates are identified, deployed and checked across the relevant systems.

We also explore changes to Cyber Essentials Plus sampling and what they mean for remediation, including checking that fixes have been applied across the assessment scope.

These discussions can help you identify gaps before assessment begins and give your team time to address them.

Who should watch?

This webinar is for anyone implementing, maintaining or coordinating Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus within their organisation.

It will be particularly useful for:

• IT managers and IT teams
• Information security professionals
• Compliance and risk leads
• Business owners and operations managers
• People coordinating certification with an external IT provider

Whether you’re applying for the first time or have renewed for several years, the session will help you understand where to focus your preparation.

Take clearer next steps towards certification

Good preparation gives your team a shared understanding of what needs to happen, who is responsible and what information needs to be ready.

Use the insights from our assessors to review your scope, check your controls and plan any work needed before your next assessment.

Watch the full session below and take your next steps towards Cyber Essentials certification or renewal with confidence.