What does Isame stand for?

I.A.S.M.E stands for “Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises Consortium. The organisation focuses on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), assessing and certifying them against two main standards: The IASME Governance Standard. The Cyber Essentials Scheme.

What is covered in cyber essentials?

The basic Cyber Essentials package includes access to the online self-assessment questionnaire, Cyber Essentials branding for your business (to include on your website, emails etc), as well as Cyber Essentials certification valid for 12 months upon successful application.

What is Iasme governance?

IASME Governance is an Information Assurance standard that is designed to be simple and affordable to help improve the cyber security of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

How do I get cyber Essentials Plus?

Obtaining Cyber Essentials certification takes just three simple steps:

1. Purchase your chosen level of certification – Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus.
2. Complete your Cyber Essentials self-assessment questionnaire and upload for review by BiP Solutions (Certification Body)

How much does cyber essentials plus cost?

A standard Cyber Essentials Plus assessment with Cyber Tec Security starts from £1,199.99 and you won’t pay any more than £1,399.99.

What is the difference between ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials?

What is the main difference between Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001? ISO 27001 certification considers all information whether its medium is paper, information systems or digital media. Cyber Essentials protects data and programs on networks, computers, servers, and other elements of IT infrastructure.

Is Cyber Essentials a legal requirement?

Yes – Cyber Essentials is compulsory for some IT service suppliers. On 1 October 2014 Cyber Essentials was made mandatory for organizations looking to secure government contracts which concern handling personal information and delivering certain ICT products and services.

How much does Cyber Essentials plus cost?

Who needs Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials is suitable for all organisations, of any size, in any sector. From 1 October 2014, Government requires all suppliers bidding for contracts involving the handling of certain sensitive and personal information to be certified against the Cyber Essentials scheme.

Is Cyber Essentials plus worth IT?

Cyber Essentials is a good, low cost, basic cyber security framework that small businesses should certainly consider. There are lots of advantages and any exercise in reviewing the cyber risk your organisation could face is very much worthwhile.

Do I need Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001?

Even if you have ISO 27001, you still need Cyber Essentials certification.

What is difference between ISO 27001 and PCI DSS?

PCI DSS is a standard to cover information security of credit cardholders’ information, whereas ISO/IEC 27001 is a specification for an information security management system.