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Critical changes to Cyber Essentials Plus – action may be required to avoid future certification risk

Fundamental changes to the Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) scheme are being introduced that will impact anyone starting or renewing their Cyber Essentials certification after 27 April 2026. The governing body, IASME, is introducing Version 3.3, which significantly increases the…

Important: Changes to Cyber Essentials Certification & how we support you

The governing bodies for Cyber Essentials have recently introduced significant changes that will affect how organisations achieve certification from 27th April 2026. In many cases, these updates will make the standard harder to achieve, requiring a more robust approach…

The Cyber Essentials Plus changes may be frustrating, but they are necessary

When the upcoming changes to Cyber Essentials Plus were announced, much of the immediate reaction across the industry was predictable: “This is going to create more work.” “This will make renewals harder.” “The jeopardy has increased significantly.” And, to…

How to get Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus – the ultimate UK guide [updated May 2026]

Here’s our ultimate guide to Cyber Essentials, what it is, why you should want it and how you get it. First, we’ll give an overview of the scheme, its purpose and value, then we’ll run through the 5 areas…

Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Assisted or Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials and me Since joining Securious over eighteen months ago, I have studied and completed training to become a qualified Cyber Essentials assessor, and have helped many clients achieve Cyber Essentials certifications.    There are two parts of the process…

How a routine Cyber Essentials Plus assessment helped thwart a serious ransomware attack

As a Cyber Essentials Certification Body, we conduct audits on businesses as part of the Cyber Essentials Plus process, in order to verify that the controls they claim to have in place are there, and ultimately make sure they’re…

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Insurance company claims that cyber attack was “hostile or warlike action”

January 10, 2019

The Financial Times is reporting that an insurance company has refused to pay a claim for damage caused…

Demonstrating security measures is a useful marketing tool

November 15, 2018

Stand out as the supplier of choice by demonstrating the cyber security measures you have in place. Make it…

Cyber security: shouldn’t be news – user access should be controlled

September 21, 2018

Access to data and files should be restricted to only give enough access to files, software and settings…

Cyber Security: – shouldn’t be news – servers need regular patching

September 13, 2018

You should patch your server at least every thirty days…not only to achieve your Cyber Essentials Plus requirement…

Cyber security for manufacturers – preparing for the 4th Industrial Revolution

April 29, 2018

The EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has just published an industry report”Cyber Security for Manufacturing” which details the issues…

Minimum level of cyber security yet to be achieved by SW’s largest businesses

April 15, 2018

Government’s minimum level of cyber security accreditation is yet to be achieved by bulk of South West’s large…

Secure South West 10 -awareness-raising and access to expertise

February 15, 2018

Securious supports Plymouth University Secure South West 10 – 13th February 2018. The Secure South West 10 event…

GDPR compliance – an ongoing journey

January 2, 2018

GDPR is now well and truly established on the agenda for 2018 with the regulations coming into force…

WannaCry report shows NHS chiefs knew of security danger, but management took no action

November 3, 2017

Professor Eerke Boiten of De Montford University and  Professor David Wall of the University of Leeds are writing…

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