CYBER ESSENTIALS PRICE CHANGES
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and IASME have recently announced a change to the pricing structure of Cyber Essentials. To reflect the increasingly complex nature of assessments for larger organisations, from 2nd April 2024, Cyber Essentials will adopt a new tiered pricing structure.
This will be the first change in pricing since the scheme was originally launched seven years ago. Micro businesses will continue to pay the current £320 +VAT assessment charge while small, medium, and large organisations will pay a little more that reflects the complexity involved in their assessments.
In addition to the pricing change there will also be an updated set of requirements to the Cyber Essentials scheme which will go live from the same date. This will be the largest overhaul of the scheme’s technical controls since the original launch in 2014 and is a direct response to the evolving cyber security challenges that organisations now face.
The update incorporates changes to the use of cloud services, home working, multi-factor authentication, password management, security updates and more. The controls have been updated with input from NCSC subject matter experts and to better align Cyber Essentials with other initiatives and guidance, including Cyber Aware.
Any assessments already underway, or that begin before that date, will continue to use the current technical standard, meaning that in-progress certifications will not be affected. Organisations using the current standard will have six months from 2nd April to complete the assessment.
IASME have detailed the changes to the scheme on their blog which can be found through here.
If you require any assistance or advice Solutions 4 IT are happy to discuss your requirements, call our experts today and we will advise how best to streamline your certification process.
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Cyber criminals don't just target large corporations - more often they target smaller businesses, exploiting any weaknesses in IT security, infrastructure and software.
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