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Certification and Solid Protection
Cyber Essentials delivers meaningful security improvements, and the certification to prove it. At Rollcage Defence we put the right protections in place, without guesswork, box-ticking, or last-minute panic. Our Cyber Essentials Assured service delivers:
✅ A clear assessment of your current security posture
✅ A practical plan to close gaps and reduce real risk
✅ Resources and consultancy to help you prepare efficiently
✅ Predictable outcomes on assessment day
Why Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification which verifies your business has a baseline set of protections against common cyberattacks. In practice, it is widely recognised and used by Irish businesses — particularly those working with UK customers or supply chains.
We lead with Cyber Essentials because it mandates protections that substantially reduce risk, without the cost and bureaucracy of larger frameworks. Achieving certification demonstrates that your business takes cybersecurity seriously and has sensible protections in place to safeguard both your business and your clients.
Cyber Essentials is also a great starting point for organisations that want to build further. Once certified, you can extend your programme with additional controls or higher-assurance certifications. We can show you how to re-use your Cyber Essentials experience as a foundation to build upon.
What Cyber Essential Covers
The certification helps businesses secure data, reassure customers, and often to qualify for UK government contracts. It is focused on five key areas:
- Firewalls
- Secure configuration
- User access management
- Malware protection
- Patch management.
The certification requires that you complete a self-assessment questionnaire to describe the systems, or controls, your business has in place for each of five focus areas. Once completed, the assessment is sent to the certification body for review. RollcageDefence has partnered with a top-tier IASME-approved Certification Body (CB). We will arrange for the CB to perform your assessment and issue your certification.
Although this is a baseline certification, the assessor will require comprehensive details of your assets, patching, protections and your latest processes – amongst other items. The level of support you need from us to prepare will vary from customer to customer, so we offer a range of options
Levels of Support
We offer three ways to achieve Cyber Essentials, depending on how much structure and support you want. There’s no right or wrong option, it all depends on your starting point.
Self-Prepared
For teams that want to prepare on their own. Prices from:
€
495
.00
Excl. VAT for businesses with 0-9 Staff
Briefing Call
Direct communication with Assessor
CyberEssentials Assessment
Structured Support
For teams that want a pre-assessment, a clear plan and strong guidance. Prices from:
€
995
.00
Excl. VAT for businesses with 0-9 Staff
4 hours of Consultancy – including pre-assessment, preparation guidance and post-feedback assistance.
Kickoff & Planning Call
Direct communication with Assessor
Inventory Management pack
CyberEssentials Assessment
Substantial Support
For teams that want a detailed pre-assessment, template packs and in-depth assistance. Prices from:
€
2,095
.00
Excl. VAT for businesses with 0-9 Staff
8 hours of Consultancy – including pre-assessment, optional on-site workshop, in-depth preparation assistance & template pack, and post-feedback assistance.
Kickoff, Planning and ongoing support
Direct communication with Assessor
Inventory Management pack
Security Policy Jumpstart pack
CyberEssentials Assessment
Quick Quote
Okay, but is it worth the effort?
Win Business
Cyber Essentials is increasingly a commercial requirement rather than a technical one. This certification can:
- Unblock government and public-sector contracts
- Satisfy baseline due diligence for suppliers
- Reduce friction for customer security questionnaires
- Signal seriousness to partners and insurers
More importantly, Cyber Essentials is recognisable by non-IT folks. Non-technical buyers recognise Cyber Essentials as a strong signal of competence and trust.
Gain Unfair Advantage
Cyber Essentials is unusual because of the low cost and high return on investment.
- Narrow scope & clear requirements
- Simple templates and processes
- Low cost & effort
- High impact on attack success rate
- Insight into your true security posture
Few security investments punch so far above their weight, while being so easy to get started. Start small, build up your asset lists and basic processes. You can achieve Cyber Essentials as your baseline security standard for a fraction of what your competitors will spend.
Mitigate real attacks
Cyber Essentials focuses on the exact failure modes attackers exploit most often, such as:
- Unpatched systems
- Weak or reused credentials
- Over-privileged access
- Misconfigured devices
- Commodity malware
These aren’t theoretical risks. They account for the majority of:
- Ransomware incidents
- Account takeovers
- Business email compromise
- Infection after a phishing attack
Cyber Essentials doesn’t try to stop ultra-sophisticated attacks. It helps you prevent the common attacks that actually happen to businesses like yours. That’s why it works.
Build Security Foundations
Cyber Essentials (CE) forces you to establish simple and powerful processes like patching and keeping asset lists
Yes, it can be THAT boring. CE forces you to generate asset lists. But those lists can also improve your business and save you a ton of cash. Trust us on this one and you’ll discover:
- Undocumented systems, expensive SaaS subscriptions that no-one uses, or services that IT didn’t know about
- Inconsistent or dodgy admin access
- Legacy laptops, servers that no one owns, or assets which have vanished
- Temporary exceptions that became permanent
We provide asset management templates to help you find and record all of your assets, and you’ll be surprised just how many web domains, web services, devices and software packages you actually own. This asset list is essential to Cyber Essentials but these lists, and the process to keep them updated, will become a superpower for your business.
Still not sure about Cyber Essentials?
We’re more than happy to chat through your specific circumstances, and advise you on the level of service that suits you best. We don’t do hard-sell. Hell, we’ll even advise you against the certification if it doesn’t suit your business. We want happy, secure customers. Just pop us a note on:
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Cyber Essentials effective if it’s self-reported data?
Absolutely. The simple act of pulling together all of your assets will prompt immediate action. The first time you pull together the list of, say, 25 different OS versions you’ll get a headache. Next time you’ll want to have everything auto-updated, it’s more secure and it save you hours of time. But you’ll still have to upgrade many of your systems. Being forced to compile a detailed inventory causes you to simplify your asset management in a way that forces improved security.
Do we have to do this every year?
Yes. Cyber Essentials must be renewed yearly. Customers are likely to purchase the ‘Substantial Support’ service level for their first year, but then fallback to ‘Self-Prepared’ or ‘Structured Support’ in year 2 and beyond.
Will our systems be penetration-tested?
No. Cyber Essentials is a self-reported certification. This means that the assessor will review the data you submit in your assessment and will approve, fail or request clarification on each item. As such they will not test any of your systems, nor request access to any of your systems.
Do we need special software to track this?
No. Almost all the details needed to complete cyber essentials can be tracked in a spreadsheet. It is designed to have a low barrier to entry. You may want to use tools like Notion to allow later automation of updates, but you can work up to this after your first certification cycle.
Will we need to upgrade any of our systems?
It’s possible you might need to make minor investments, such as upgraded Microsoft licenses or replacing a defunct firewall, but these are the exceptions rather than the rule.
Can we just pretend to have all the protections in place?
Rollcage Defence doesn’t work that way, sorry. It is a terrible idea. It won’t really help you and it’s easier to become compliant!
Does Cyber Essentials Protect me from Ransomware?
Cyber Essentials (CE) will really strengthen your protections against ransomware, with a strong focus on upgrading and protecting your devices. We can drastically reduce the likelihood of ransomware, but no product or service can guarantee you won’t get breached.
CE is missing one critical aspect of ransomware protections – Ransomware Protected Backups. All the cyber essentials protections are extremely useful, but you should also do a review of how your data is backed up and how those backups are protected.
We know the locks on our doors will delay a burglar, but wont’ defeat a burglar a patient burglar. You should assume an attacker will breach your defences eventually. The ‘assume-breach’ approach is a much more resilient approach to ransomware. You need to know where are your backups, are the backups themselves protected from ransomware, how can you self-recover your data, and how quickly.
Are you Ready to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity?
If you still have questions, you can reach us by email or arrange a chat.