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Cyber Essentials for a startup: what to do in the first 90 days
Cyber Essentials checks five technical controls. A 90 day plan for a startup: scope, inventory, fixes against each control, then the assessment.
Oct 18, 20265 min read
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Cyber Essentials: what evidence does the assessor ask for?
Cyber Essentials checks five controls against a written scope. This is the evidence that answers each question, with the 14 day patch rule and scope traps.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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What drives Cyber Essentials cost and timeline?
Cyber Essentials cost and timeline depend on size, scope and readiness. What to prepare and what the NCSC says about price, with no invented figures.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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Cyber Essentials: the findings that most often hold up certification
Missing devices, late updates, weak accounts and loose firewall rules are common Cyber Essentials snags. No official data exists, so check all controls.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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Can you automate evidence collection for Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials has five technical controls and a signed self-assessment. Automate the device, patch and account data behind answers, not the sign-off.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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How do you use Cyber Essentials to answer security questionnaires?
Cyber Essentials covers five technical controls. Learn which questionnaire answers it supports, which it does not, and how to cite it without overclaiming.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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How software supply chain controls map to Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials v3.3 does not ask for SBOMs, but its update, access and supported software rules lean on supply chain hygiene. Mapping and checklist.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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CMMC Level 2 assessments: what decides a pass and common gaps
No public tally of CMMC findings exists in the sources we checked. Here is what the final rule makes decisive, and the gaps teams should close first.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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CMMC 2.0 explained: what it is and who needs it
CMMC is the Defense Department program checking that contractors protect federal contract information and CUI. Levels, phases and who is in scope today.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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