10 Years of Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is 10 Years Old 🎉

We were excited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the world leading Cyber Essentials Scheme with the teams from NCSC and IASME this afternoon at the beautiful Cholmondeley Room at the House of Lords. It was an honour to hear from Feryal Clark MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government), who shared insights into our journey and the impact we’ve had over the past decade. We also heard from Emma Philpot MBE and business CISOs on how Cyber Essentials is being used to help provide supply chain assurance.

Cyber Essentials has significantly impacted the Cyber resilience of businesses that implement it fully. Data from insurance providers show that those companies that do Cyber Essentials reduce cyber risk by at least 92%. More can be read in the DIST Cyber Essentials Impact Evaluation

We’re so grateful for our amazing customers and their unwavering support. Back in 2014, we were among the first Cyber Essentials Assessors, and since then, we’ve seen fantastic progress with our customer base. The majority of our customers are actively embracing Cyber Essentials by implementing controls throughout the year, not just during assessment time. Your support over the last decade has been incredible, here’s to the next 10 years of stronger cyber resilience!

If your business requires Cyber Essentials or you would like to know more, please 📧 contact us for more information