Cyber Essentials is a Government backed scheme which helps to protect organisations of any size, against whole range of the most common cyber attacks, including phishing, malware, ransomware, password guessing, and network attacks. Cyber Essentials sets out five controls which organisations can implement to strengthen and improve cyber defences.
- Secure your Internet Connection
- Secure your devices and software
- Control access to your data and services
- Protect from viruses and other malware
- Keep your devices and software up to date
In 2019, UKATA were awarded a certificate of assurance , to confirm the association was assessed as meeting the Cyber Essentials implementation profile and thus that, at the time of testing, the organisations ICT defences were assessed as satisfactory against commodity based cyber attacks.
Published on Monday 3rd June 2019