Do you need Cyber Essentials?
A free 2-minute self-check that asks how your business handles the basics — and tells you, at a glance, whether certification would close real gaps or just confirm what you already do well.
What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a government-backed certification that sets out a clear baseline of technical controls every business should have in place. It is designed to protect against the most common cyber attacks — the kind that exploit basic, avoidable weaknesses rather than sophisticated hacking. Because it is recognised and straightforward, it has become a standard expectation for many clients, insurers and public-sector contracts.
The scheme focuses on five technical areas: firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection, and patch management. This quiz asks a few plain-English questions across those areas and gives you a traffic-light sense of whether your business would sail through certification — or has gaps worth closing first.
Five technical controls
Firewalls, secure configuration, access control, malware protection and patching. Get these five right and you block the vast majority of everyday attacks.
Proof you can show
The certificate reassures clients and insurers, and is a requirement for many government and larger contracts. ITfinity is itself Cyber Essentials certified — so we can help you get ready and certified.
Your answers stay in your browser — nothing is sent to or stored on our servers. At the end you'll see a clear verdict and, if it would help, a friendly next step.
When your team works from home, a café or on the road, are their laptops and phones still shielded from the open internet?
This is a light self-assessment, not the official audit — your answers stay in your browser.