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Cyber Essentials readiness assessment
Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme run by the NCSC that covers five fundamental technical control themes: firewalls, secure configuration, security update management, user access control and malware protection.
Check readiness against the five NCSC Cyber Essentials control themes before assessment.
What it covers
Inside a Cyber Essentials assessment.
Celeredge checks readiness against the five Cyber Essentials control themes from the client's own configuration evidence, ahead of self-assessment or Cyber Essentials Plus.
- Scored on Cyber Essentials's own scale — not a generic rubric
- Every score traceable to the client's own evidence
- Gaps ranked by severity, ready to become the plan
- A board-ready slide deck and detailed report, generated automatically
How it works
From the client's documents to a board-ready deck.
1 · Evidence in
Upload the client's documents — policies, reports, data. An AI interviewer asks targeted follow-ups to fill anything missing.
2 · Scored on the standard
Every dimension is scored on the framework's own scale, with each score traceable to the evidence behind it — gaps ranked by severity.
3 · Board-ready out
A board-ready slide deck and HTML report are generated automatically — executive summary, maturity landscape and a sequenced plan.
Questions
Cyber Essentials assessment — FAQ
What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme run by the NCSC that covers five fundamental technical control themes: firewalls, secure configuration, security update management, user access control and malware protection.
What does a Celeredge Cyber Essentials assessment deliver?
An evidence-based maturity or readiness assessment scored on Cyber Essentials's own scale, with gaps ranked by severity and an auto-generated, board-ready slide deck and detailed report — every score traceable to the evidence behind it.
How does the Cyber Essentials assessment work?
Clients upload their own evidence — policies, reports and data. An AI interviewer asks targeted follow-ups to fill anything missing, the platform scores against the framework, ranks the gaps, and generates the deliverables.
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