Here is the honest situation. Cyber Essentials Plus is Cyber Essentials verified by an independent, hands-on audit: an assessor samples your devices and tests them directly with external and authenticated internal vulnerability scans, malware tests and account checks. Most failures are avoidable and come from not knowing what the assessor does. Reading the test specification and preparing every device type, scan and test file is the real job. This Kit hands you that preparation.
This Kit removes the guesswork. It is the Plus audit test procedures plus the underlying control requirements, written as controls you personalize and prepare in a weekend, grounded in the NCSC and IASME test specification.
What you get, the moment you buy
Grounded in the NCSC and IASME Cyber Essentials Plus Test Specification and Requirements v3.3, with sampling, the test file set and the pass rule called out. Editable Word and Excel files.
What one control looks like
This is the authenticated internal vulnerability scan (Test case 2), the test that catches the most failures. All 27 are built to this depth.
Why this is not another template pack
- The test is the point. Generic checklists list the five themes. This tells you exactly what the assessor does on the day and why organizations fail each test. That is what passes Plus.
- Current to v3.3. The scans, patch windows, MFA and account checks match the requirements and test specification in force now.
- Built on a mapped compliance corpus, not one person's opinion, from a graph of thousands of controls across standards.
- It compounds. Passing Plus proves the same controls that underpin ISO 27001 and the Essential Eight, so the work carries into your wider security program.
Who buys this
UK organizations that need the higher-assurance certificate for contracts, managed service providers preparing clients for the audit, and the IT and security leads who face the assessor. Whether it is your first Plus or an annual renewal, you save weeks and walk in prepared for every test.
Common questions
Is it really editable? Yes. Word and Excel files you own and adapt. No portal, no subscription.
How is this different from the Cyber Essentials kit? This one adds the hands-on Plus audit test procedures, what the assessor actually does, on top of the requirements, so you prepare for the technical audit.
Does this certify me? Certification is issued by an NCSC-approved certification body through IASME. The Kit prepares you: the test procedures, the requirements, and what the assessor verifies.
Is it current? Yes, grounded in the current Cyber Essentials Plus Test Specification and Requirements v3.3. Updates included.
What if it is not for me? A 30-day money-back guarantee.
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