Free Tool · Cyber Essentials Readiness

Are you ready for Cyber Essentials?

Cyber Essentials is the UK Government-backed standard built around five technical controls, designed to stop around 80% of common attacks. Work through the checklist below to see how ready you are — and where the gaps are.

For each item choose Yes, No or Not sure. Answer for the devices, cloud services and accounts your organisation actually uses.

Your readiness

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A self-assessment guide, not the official questionnaire or a pass/fail result. Cyber Essentials is administered by IASME on behalf of the NCSC and is refreshed regularly (the latest update strengthens cloud and multi-factor authentication expectations). Backups are strongly recommended but are not one of the five scored controls. Foresight can take you through the full assessment and remediation, including Cyber Essentials Plus.