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.

Logistics

AI for Logistics & Transport: where can logistics & transport use AI safely?

AI can save your team real hours — here’s where it genuinely helps logistics & transport, 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

Logistics and transport firms can use AI across the office — drafting quotes, reports and emails, analysing data, keeping documentation current, and answering routine customer and driver queries — freeing back-office staff for higher-value work. Operational, routing and tracking systems need separate, careful treatment, so keep AI to office and business data.

Where AI helps

Practical uses for logistics & transport

Area	Where AI fits
Office admin	Quotes, reports and emails — Copilot
Data	Analysing performance and costs — Excel Copilot
Documentation	Process and compliance docs — Copilot
Enquiries	Common customer/driver questions — an agent

Doing it safely

Governance first

Operational, routing and tracking systems need separate, specialist security — keep AI to office and business data. 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 IT support for logistics.

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 logistics companies use AI?

Yes — across the office for quotes, reports, data analysis, documentation and routine enquiries. It frees back-office staff for higher-value work.

Is AI safe to use in logistics?

For office and business data, yes — with governance in place. Operational, routing and tracking systems need separate, specialist security.

What can AI do for a transport business?

Speed up quoting and reporting, analyse performance and costs, keep documentation current, and answer common customer and driver questions.

Will AI replace logistics staff?

No — it removes repetitive admin so your team can focus on service, planning and problem-solving.

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