We are a trusted partner supporting the Scottish Government’s Public and Private Sector Action Plan for Cyber Resilience.
Cyber Resilience Voucher Scheme
Do you want to be more secure but need a little funding to make it happen? The Scottish Government has made £500,000 available under the National Cyber Security Programme for a voucher scheme to support small and medium-sized private and third sector organisations in Scotland to achieve the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) endorsed Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certificate.
Who can get it, what is it for and how long will it last?
Private and third sectors Scotland-based SMEs and voluntary organisations can apply for the vouchers worth up to £1000 to achieve Cyber Essentials certification. Your business can apply for the grant funding online from the 7th November 2018 and if approved will be eligible to access the money once they have achieved the Cyber Essentials accreditation.
The criteria is:
* You must be a small or medium enterprise (SME) with fewer than 250 employees
* You must have a registered base in Scotland
* Must operate IT with a connection to the internet
How long will the Scheme last? The scheme will run for 12 months or until the vouchers have been exhausted.
OK. How do I get it?
Scotland based small and medium-sized private sector organisations can apply via a portal on the Scottish Enterprise website https://www.scottish-enterprise.com and third sector organisations can apply via a portal on the Scottish Council Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) website (this is new round of funding which closes on the 30th of August) https://www.scvo.org.uk
It seems complicated who can help?
CyberAggress can help you through the whole process, we are certification body for the scheme and can provide guidance on how your business can make cost and security effective changes where necessary to meet the scheme requirements and make your business more secure and resilient.
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Cyber Essentials Basic
Portal Access Only- Access to the Self Assessment Portal
- Typical turnaround time of typically less than 3 hours on submission
- Certificate on Success
- Cyber Insurance included*
- Branding Package
- Optional IASME Governance certification for an extra £150+VAT
- No support
- No Pre-Assessment
Cyber Essentials Basic
2 Hours of Support- Access to the Self Assessment Portal
- Typical turnaround time of typically less than 3 hours on submission
- Certificate on Success
- Cyber Insurance included*
- Branding Package
- Optional IASME Governance certification for an extra £150+VAT
- 2 hours of support
- Pre-Assessment
Cyber Essentials Basic
4 Hours of Support- Access to the Self Assessment Portal
- Typical turnaround time of typically less than 3 hours on submission
- Certificate on Success
- Cyber Insurance included*
- Branding Package
- Optional IASME Governance certification for an extra £150+VAT
- 4 hours of support
- Pre-Assessment
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Cyber Essentials Plus (Pre-Assessment)
If you’d like to achieve the highest award of Cyber Essentials Plus, but you’re not sure you will pass first time, you can have a pre-assessment. You can have this even if you have not self assessed for basic yet.
- establish where the gaps are before the full audit
- remediate without full retest costs
- reduces overall cost to gain Cyber Essentials Plus
- technical report and summary
- have as many as needed (surveillance test)
- however no certification
You can come to us even if you choose to get certified elsewhere.
From £500 +VAT
Discount available if you pre-book multiple pre-assessments.
Cyber Essentials Plus
The ratification of your Cyber Essentials Basic award, this service tests your systems accordance with the Cyber Essentials framework and is where the scheme proves it’s real value.
Your systems are tested in the following areas:
- Email attachments
- Web downloads
- External IP exposure
- Credentialed Patch testing
On meeting the requirements and passing 100%, your business will be awarded the highly coveted Cyber Essentials Plus certificate and registered with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), this allows you to display the Cyber Essentials Plus Badge which is highly valued and recognised in the UK and around the world.
From £1000 +VAT
For more information
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Vulnerability Testing
The aim of vulnerability tests are to find weaknesses criminals could use (or are already), it tests areas such as:
- Patching and updates on all systems
- Checking how securely configured are your systems
- Weak or reused passwords
- Testing of your network and devices for known weaknesses
- External test of your office IP address(es), what is exposed?
- Test of your WiFi, how is it secured?
- and many other areas
The benefit of doing this is:
- avoid reputational damage
- avoid GDPR fines and
- avoid breach reporting hassles
- reduced damage if you are breached/hacked in future
- expensive downtime
- Partly meet you obligations under Article 32 of the GDPR in relation to testing
Once complete you will have a full technical report that you can provide to your internal or external IT support to resolve, you may want another test to prove it has been done correctly.
This service can also be used to gauge the effectiveness of your external IT support service in relation to security.
From £250 +VAT
Discount available if you pre-book multiple assessments.
For more information
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