CERTIFICATION READINESS
Cyber Essentials
Readiness
For Small Businesses & Charities
Pass First Time, Then Put It to Work
FIXED PRICE FROM
£895
Up to 50 staff · £1,295 for 51–100
What's included
01
Gap Assessment
- Checked against all five controls
- Devices, accounts and network
- Evidence gaps identified
02
Fix Roadmap
- Prioritised, plain-English fix list
- Ranked by risk and effort
- An owner for every item
03
Readiness Workshop
- Live session with your team
- Common failure points closed
- Q&A before submission
04
Submission Support
- Help with the questionnaire
- Final evidence check
- Optional submission via partner
05
Ready for Renewal
- Renewal checklist for next year
- Cyber Essentials Plus option
- A baseline to build on
06
Why get certified?
Needed for many public-sector contracts, and it reassures insurers, clients and funders.
Who is this for?
- Public-sector bidders
- Charities meeting funder terms
- Suppliers facing due diligence
- Firms renewing cyber insurance
You will receive
- A score on all five controls
- A prioritised fix list
- Submission-ready answers
- A renewal checklist
Why Work With Alexander
Alexander Akinjayeju
- Cyber Security Leader
- Cloud Architect
- AI Advisor
- MSc | CISSP | CCSK | CISO
Helping organisations reduce risk, improve resilience and securely adopt modern technology.
SCOPE, PLANS & TERMS
Cyber Essentials - What You Get
Scope
Cyber Essentials Readiness prepares organisations for Cyber Essentials, the UK government-backed certification. Alexander checks your devices, accounts, firewalls and software against the five technical controls, gives you a prioritised fix list, runs a workshop with your team and supports you through the self-assessment questionnaire.
This is an independent readiness service. Certificates are issued only by an IASME-licensed Certification Body, and the certification fee is paid separately, either directly or through our accredited partner. Alexander advises on the fixes; your IT team or provider carries them out.
Choose your size
1
Standard
Up to 50 staff
£895
one-off fixed price
- Gap assessment against all five controls
- 1 day of senior time
- Prioritised remediation roadmap, with owners
- One readiness workshop
- Questionnaire support and final evidence check
- Optional submission via partner
- Renewal checklist
- Certification fee paid separately
Extended
51–100 staff
£1,295
one-off fixed price
- Gap assessment against all five controls
- 1.5 days of senior time
- Prioritised remediation roadmap, with owners
- Two readiness workshops
- Questionnaire support and final evidence check
- Optional submission via partner
- Renewal checklist
- Certification fee paid separately
Prices exclude VAT, which is added where applicable. The certification fee is set by the Certification Body and paid separately. Over 100 staff: priced on request.
Engagement terms
- Fixed price: no hidden fees and no subscription
- Cyber Security Review fee credited if booked within 60 days
- Signed scope agreed before work starts
- Delivered remotely, with the workshop online
- Findings shared only with your named contact
- vCISO Retainer clients get 10% off this service
Not included
- Certification fee (paid to the Certification Body)
- Making the fixes (remediation support: £850 per day)
- Cyber Essentials Plus technical audit
- Penetration testing (via an accredited partner)
- New hardware or software licences
What we need from you
- A named contact with authority to act
- A list of devices, users and cloud services
- Your IT provider available for the workshop
Book your Cyber Essentials Readiness today
DISCOVERY CALL
Confirm scope and certification level.
GAP ASSESSMENT
Your systems checked against the five controls.
WORKSHOP & FIXES
Close the gaps and prepare your team.
SUBMIT & CERTIFY
Submit directly, or via our accredited partner.
LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE.
GOVERN WITH CLARITY.
STRONGER TODAY. SAFER TOMORROW.