URM Consulting Services Limited (URM) is a provider of consultancy services with nearly 2 decades of experience delivering high quality training and consultancy in the areas of information and cyber security, data protection, business continuity and risk management. We are an accredited certification body for Cyber Essentials, and in this capacity have assisted and facilitated hundreds of successful Cyber Essentials compliance and certification projects, providing us with a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding around the scheme. CyberEssentials.guide is our educational Cyber Essentials website, dedicated to increasing awareness of Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials Plus, its requirements, and its benefits for organisations of all sizes and sectors looking to improve their security posture.
Why URM?
As an accredited certification body, URM has an unrivalled record in assisting organisations of all sizes achieve certification to Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. URM is also an accredited Assured Service Provider under the NCSC Cyber Advisor scheme and has a large team of experienced, pragmatic assessors who are here to support you and guide you through the process.
Not only do we bring a wealth of cyber security knowledge, but also a wide and varied experience of all the leading cyber and information security standards. URM’s 35+ strong team of information security, cyber security, data protection, risk management and business continuity consultants comprises some of the most skilled practitioners in the UK, who possess extensive implementation experience and sector relevant qualifications such as Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) PCI Qualified Security Assessor, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, Certificate in Data Protection, Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) and CREST Registered Tester (CRT).
As such, you can be assured that you are getting advice that is right for you and your organisation, taking into account your sector, size and the information you are looking to protect. Our large team of assessors also enables us to guarantee a super-fast turnaround.
How can we Help?
We can conduct a gap analysis of your existing policies and controls to establish where you are and are not meeting the requirements of the Scheme and provide options for remediation of any non-compliant areas. Following this, when you are ready for assessment, we can offer an application review service, where we can either work through a Cyber Essentials checklist with you before you complete your SAQ to check that you understand and are able to compliantly answer the questions, or check your completed SAQ before formal submission.
If certifying against CE+, we can also offer a pre-assessment service, in which URM’s assessor will perform a smaller scale (but still significant) technical review of your systems, providing you with recommendations to close any compliance gaps and therefore increase your chances of success when the time comes for your formal CE+ assessment.