Govern & Assure
Cyber Essentials Ongoing Support
Cyber Essentials renews every year and the requirements move. Stay certifiable through the year instead of rebuilding your position each renewal.
- Scheme changes tracked for you
- Configuration drift caught
- Renewal handled on time
- A position you could defend today
A Cyber Essentials certificate lasts twelve months, and the requirements are revised periodically: controls tighten, cloud services and multi-factor authentication expectations change, operating systems fall out of support. An estate that certified comfortably last year can fail on requirements that did not exist when it did.
Meanwhile the estate itself drifts. New devices arrive unmanaged, a supplier is onboarded with administrative access nobody reviews, a patching exception becomes permanent. None of it is visible until renewal, when it becomes a project.
Get a quote for Cyber Essentials Ongoing Support
Tell us your scope and objectives, and we’ll come back with a clear, fixed proposal, usually the same working day.
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How it works
- 01
Baseline the certified estate
We record the scope, devices, cloud services, and controls the certificate was issued against.
- 02
Monitor for drift
Devices, patching, access, and configuration are checked at an agreed cadence against the five controls.
- 03
Track scheme changes
When the requirements are updated, we assess what it means for you and what has to change.
- 04
Fix in flight
Issues are remediated as they surface, rather than accumulating until renewal.
- 05
Recertify
We prepare and support the annual submission or Plus audit ahead of expiry.
Certifiable all year, not just in the certification month
We track the scheme against your environment: what changed in the requirements, what changed in your estate, and what either does to your position. Patching cadence, device onboarding, cloud administration, and account reviews are checked through the year, not audited in a rush before submission.
Renewal then costs a fraction of the first certification, and the certificate on your website is one you could defend on any day of the year rather than the day it was issued.
What you get
Scheme changes tracked for you
Requirement updates assessed against your estate when they land, so a tightened control is a small change rather than a failed renewal.
Configuration drift caught
New devices, unmanaged endpoints, patching exceptions, and administrative access reviewed through the year.
Renewal handled on time
Recertification scheduled and prepared before the certificate lapses, which matters when a contract depends on it.
A position you could defend today
Continuous certifiability, which is what a customer asking about your controls actually wants to know.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers to what prospective clients ask us most.
Our IT is outsourced. Does this still work?
Yes, and it often works better. We check what the provider is delivering against what the scheme requires, which gives you an independent view of your own supply chain.
How much notice do we need before renewal?
Six to eight weeks is comfortable for the base certification. For Plus, allow longer: remediation found in the rehearsal takes time to close.
Can this run alongside ISO 27001 or PCI DSS?
Yes. The evidence overlaps substantially, and running them together in Clarity means collecting it once rather than three times.
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