What's the difference between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials is a verified self-assessment against five security controls. Cyber Essentials Plus tests the same controls with a hands-on technical audit by a licensed assessor. You must hold Cyber Essentials before doing Plus.

Do you do the work, or just assess us?

We do the work. Foresight runs the gap analysis, carries out hands-on remediation, prepares the evidence and liaises with the assessor, so you pass first time rather than paying to re-sit a failed audit.

How much does Cyber Essentials cost?

The IASME assessment fee is tiered by size from around £320 + VAT and includes £25,000 cyber liability insurance for eligible UK businesses. Cyber Essentials Plus is scoped to your estate, typically from around £1,380 + VAT.

Property · Lettings

AI for Letting Agents: where can letting agents use AI safely?

AI can save your team real hours — here’s where it genuinely helps letting agents, where to be careful, and how to use it safely.

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Why Foresight

Cyber Essentials Plus certified
Microsoft CSP & Copilot specialists
Greater Manchester, since 2006
Honest advice — not licence-selling

Quick answer

Letting agents can use AI for property listings, tenant and landlord communications, marketing, answering common enquiries with an agent, and admin — so your team spends more time with clients and less on paperwork. Tenant and landlord personal and financial data must stay in secure tools under GDPR, with a human on referencing and decisions.

Where AI helps

Practical uses for letting agents

Area	Where AI fits
Listings	Property descriptions and particulars — Copilot
Comms	Tenant and landlord messages — Copilot
Enquiries	Common questions — an FAQ agent
Referencing & decisions	Stay with the agent — a human decision

Doing it safely

Governance first

Tenant and landlord personal and financial data must stay in secure tools under GDPR — not public AI tools. Before rolling anything out, tidy permissions, put a simple AI usage policy in place, keep sensitive data out of public tools, and keep a human in the loop — all part of our AI Adoption service. See also Industries we support.

Free downloads

Start today with our templates

The same free, ready-to-use templates we use in our audits:

“Day in the Life” AI template

Find exactly where AI will save your team time.

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AI Usage Policy template

A short, practical AI policy to keep your data safe.

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FAQs

Common questions

Can letting agents use AI?

Yes — for listings, tenant and landlord comms, marketing and common enquiries. It frees your team to focus on clients.

Is AI safe for tenant and landlord data?

Only in secure tools — personal and financial data must stay out of public AI and be handled under GDPR.

What can AI do for a letting agency?

Write listings, draft communications, create marketing, and handle routine tenant and landlord enquiries.

Will AI replace letting agents?

No — referencing, negotiation and relationships stay human. AI just removes the repetitive writing and admin.

Put AI to work — safely

Start with a fixed-fee AI Readiness Audit and get a clear, honest plan — and the licences you actually need.

See AI Adoption as a Service Call 0161 738 1399