Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials Certification
SA1 Solutions helps businesses achieve Cyber Essentials certification quickly and pass first time. As a CyberSmart partner, we use the UK’s leading certification platform to guide you through the five technical controls – firewalls, secure configuration, access control, malware protection, and security update management. Most clients certify within days, not weeks. Once certified, you’ll also unlock up to £25,000 of free cyber insurance included with the CyberSmart package.
Why Choose SA1 Solutions for Cyber Essentials?
Fast-track your certification with expert guidance, remediation support, and CyberSmart-powered compliance.
Government Backed
Achieve the UK's recognised cybersecurity standard and demonstrate your commitment to security.
Certified in Days, Not Weeks
Our streamlined process and CyberSmart partnership help accelerate certification and reduce delays.
£25k Insurance Included
Included with certification through the CyberSmart package, providing additional peace of mind.
Pass First Time Support
We identify and remediate compliance gaps before submission, reducing the risk of failure.
Fully Managed Service
From initial assessment to IASME submission, we handle the technical work and paperwork for you.
Continuous Compliance
Ongoing monitoring and guidance help keep your organisation ready for annual renewals.
Why Certify With SA1 Solutions?
You get the same government-backed certificate whichever way you go. The difference is how much of the work, speed and ongoing compliance is handled for you.
The certificate and its £25k cyber insurance are the same whichever route you choose. What changes is the speed, the hands-on support, and how much of the work and ongoing compliance we take off your plate.
The Cyber Essentials Certification Process
Six clear steps from first call to certified, with our team handling the heavy lifting at every stage.
Initial Scoping Call
We start with a short scoping call to understand your business size, device estate, cloud services in use, and any contractual deadline driving the certification, such as a public-sector tender or a customer requirement. This determines your pricing tier (Cyber Essentials covers organisations up to 249 employees) and the realistic timeline to certify.
Onboarding to SA1's CyberSmart Platform
Your organisation is added to SA1 Solutions' CyberSmart partner platform. Where appropriate, the CyberSmart Active Protect agent is deployed to your endpoints, which auto-populates much of the certification questionnaire by pulling live data on your devices, configurations, and patch status, saving hours of manual inventory work. No separate accounts, logins, or vendor relationships to manage on your end.
Gap Assessment Against the Five Controls
We assess your current setup against the five Cyber Essentials controls: firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection, and security update management. Any gaps are documented with a remediation plan tailored to your environment, whether that's enabling MFA, tightening admin privileges, or updating end-of-life software.
Remediation and Hardening
SA1 Solutions handles the technical remediation work directly. We apply secure configurations, deploy missing controls, enforce patching policies, and resolve any blockers preventing a pass. You don't need to interpret the standard or figure out what "good" looks like, we do it for you.
Questionnaire Submission and IASME Review
We complete and submit the certification questionnaire on your behalf through our CyberSmart platform. An IASME-accredited auditor then reviews the submission. If any checks fail, you get unlimited attempts at no extra cost, and SA1 Solutions handles the corrective actions before resubmitting, so you pass first time.
Certification, Insurance, and Ongoing Compliance
Once you pass, you receive your Cyber Essentials certificate, the official badge for your website and marketing materials, and a listing on IASME's public database. You also unlock up to £25,000 of free cyber insurance through the CyberSmart bundle. SA1 Solutions then monitors your compliance year-round via Active Protect, so you stay certification-ready for the annual renewal.
You're Cyber Essentials Certified
And with Active Protect monitoring you year-round, you stay certification-ready for every annual renewal, no last-minute scramble.
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Proud to Partner with CyberSmart
SA1 Solutions is a proud CyberSmart partner. By pairing CyberSmart's compliance platform with our hands-on expertise, we help businesses across Wales and beyond achieve Cyber Essentials certification quickly, stay continuously compliant, and get genuine protection, all delivered and managed by our own team.
Contact us today
Protect your business, meet customer requirements, and unlock up to £25,000 of included cyber insurance. Talk to our team today and start your certification journey.