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UK Government
Accreditation is suitable for all companies in any sector who handle client information and have a desire to increase their IT infrastructure security throughout their business.
Cyber Essentials is a UK Government standard for technical controls to help organisations improve the level of IT infrastructure security. This scheme is designed to prevent highly common internet-based attacks which allows organisations to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of stored data on devices on all internet-facing devices.
Applicable to organisations of any shape and size; the scheme has 5 critical controls:
- Secure information
- Firewalls
- Access control
- Malware protection
- Patch management