TwentyFour Become Official Cyber Essentials & Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Body

Doncaster-based TwentyFour IT Services have become an official Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Body, allowing the company to directly assess, audit and certify businesses against the official UK Government-backed cyber security scheme.

Based at Lakeside in Doncaster, TwentyFour provides Managed IT, Cyber Security and compliance services to businesses locally, nationally and internationally.

The company is now licensed and assured by IASME, the National Cyber Security Centre’s official delivery partner for the Cyber Essentials scheme, enabling its qualified assessors to issue Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications directly.

Tony Houlihan (TwentyFour Chief Technical Officer) said:

"Becoming a Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Body has been only part of a long term goal for TwentyFour over the past couple of years. We are seeing a drastic shift in the market at the moment. More businesses are coming to us saying that they require Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus as part of being an approved vendor in their industry, or are being asked to show certification as part of a tender process to show that they follow these essential cyber and data security processes. Becoming a Certification Body means that we can support businesses end-to-end, from discovery to certification, and keeping them compliant long term as these standards evolve." 

TwentyFour has supported businesses through the Cyber Essentials process for a number of years, helping businesses to strengthen their technology, cyber and data security controls and internal processes in preparation for certification. Where previously, the final assessment and certification stage was completed through an external Certification Body, TwentyFour can now provide end-to-end support throughout the certification journey. Providing clear technical support and a practical gap assessment report, along with remediation, to support businesses throughout the complete journey and provide ongoing compliance management. Helping businesses to maintain security controls, manage updates, review access and prepare for annual recertification.

Cyber Essentials is designed to help businesses protect themselves against some of the most common cyber threats, while Cyber Essentials Plus provides a higher level of assurance through independent technical testing.

Certification is becoming increasingly important for businesses looking to win new contracts, join (or stay a part of) supply chains or demonstrate their cyber security standards to customers and partners.

For TwentyFour, the development represents another significant milestone for the business which has continued to expand its cyber security and compliance capabilities to keep businesses protected from evolving cyber security threats.

TwentyFour hopes its new Certification Body status will make recognised cyber security certification more accessible to businesses across Doncaster, South Yorkshire and throughout the UK.

Businesses looking to achieve Cyber Essentials, progress to Cyber Essentials Plus or renew an existing certification can now complete the entire process through TwentyFour.