What Cyber Essentials covers

The scheme, backed by the UK's NCSC, verifies five technical controls: firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection and security update management.

Basic vs Plus

Cyber Essentials is a self-assessment; Cyber Essentials Plus adds a hands-on audit of your devices and cloud services. Many enterprise and public-sector contracts now require Plus.

The Prime Tech path to certification

We run a gap analysis, remediate findings, submit the assessment and manage the annual renewal cycle. Most clients certify within 4–6 weeks.