Cyber Essentials, made simple
AI drafts your answers and policies, tailored to your organisation. You review, approve and apply, in hours rather than weeks.
The five Cyber Essentials controls
Cyber Essentials is the UK Government-backed scheme that shows customers, insurers and partners you take security seriously. It checks you have these five controls in place.
Firewalls
Make sure only safe, necessary traffic gets in and out of your network and devices.
Secure configuration
Remove default passwords and switch off the software and accounts you don’t need.
Security update management
Keep devices and software patched, and fix high and critical vulnerabilities within 14 days.
User access control
Give people only the access they need, and protect accounts with strong authentication.
Malware protection
Stop malicious software from running on your devices in the first place.
How it works
In five easy steps
Add your organisation
Tell us who you are. We can pull your details from Companies House and your website.
Add your assets
List your devices and software, or import them from Microsoft Intune.
Pick a price plan
Monthly or yearly. Once you subscribe, every answer is drafted for you.
Review answers
Check each AI-drafted answer, amend anything that isn’t right and approve.
Get certified!
Download your policy pack and answer sheet, then apply through IASME.
We do the heavy lifting,
you stay in control
Here is how the work splits between us.
What ComplySmart provides:
- AI-drafted answers to every question in the current Danzell question set, based on your organisation and asset register
- An asset register built for Cyber Essentials, with Microsoft Intune import
- Policies and procedures tailored to your organisation and branded with your logo
- Draft, review and approval workflow for each document, with version history
- An answer sheet ready to copy into your certification application
- TrustHub™, a trust page where you can share your compliance with customers
- PolicyGuard™, keeping your policies current as the standard changes, so you are ready for renewal
What you provide:
- Your organisation’s details and the devices and software in scope
- Checking and approving each answer before you submit
- Fixing any gaps the assessment highlights
- Applying for certification through IASME and paying the assessment fee
“I wish this tool had been around for every Cyber Essentials certification I’ve done, it would have saved me hours of manual prep and given me far more confidence going into each assessment.”
James B
IT Manager, Estatesearch Group
Common questions
- What is Cyber Essentials?
- Cyber Essentials is a UK Government-backed scheme, run by IASME with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It certifies that you have five basic security controls in place, which together protect against the most common cyber attacks.
- Who needs it?
- Any organisation, whatever its size. It is required for many UK Government contracts and is increasingly asked for by customers, insurers and supply chains.
- Which version of Cyber Essentials do you support?
- The current Danzell question set (v3.3), used for all new assessments from April 2026. When IASME updates the question set, we update the platform.
- Does ComplySmart certify me?
- No. We get you ready and give you everything you need to apply. Certification itself is carried out by IASME and its certification bodies, and their assessment fee is paid separately.
- Do you support Cyber Essentials Plus?
- Not yet. Cyber Essentials Plus adds a hands-on technical audit, which is carried out by a certification body. Getting Cyber Essentials first is the starting point for Plus.
- Does it include cyber insurance?
- Eligible organisations that certify through IASME get cyber liability insurance included at no extra cost. This comes with the certification, not with ComplySmart.
£500 a year
or £50 a month.
Everything you need to get ready for Cyber Essentials and stay ready at renewal. UK charities and government departments get 20% off.