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Why do I need cyber essentials?

You have the potential to win more business – do you know how many potential clients HAVE’NT contacted you because you lack it?
Some Government contract REQUIRE that you hold a minimum of Cyber Essentials certification.
Many businesses now make it a prerequisite for doing business with other parties.
It will almost certainly reduce the risk of you being a victim of cyber crime.
It puts you in a good legal position if you ever suffer a data loss.
It puts you in a good moral position for holding personal or sensitive data.
The cyber essentials assessors are trained, qualified cyber security experts, who know the threat landscape better than you.
For the vast majority of small businesses, a single cyber breach is enough to finish them.

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The main reasons your business needs Cyber Essentials are:

You probably have no idea of the actual threats to it, because you are not a cyber security expert.
Your IT provider or department are also not experts in cyber security and just work to the best of their knowledge.
Nobody holds you or your IT provider accountable until it’s too late.
The cost of it is massively less than the cost of a cyber breach.
It shows prospects that you take information security seriously.
A growing number of organisations won’t work with you unless you have it.
Why would you take the security of the inside of your business any less seriously than the locks on the doors and windows?
It is an essential component of a modern business offering.

More business – prospects look for the badge to show reliability and responsibility.
Safety – diminished chance of falling foul of a cyber-attack.
Insurance – proof that you did what you could to make your data safe.
Efficiency – much of the standard improves things that you don’t do very well.
Good business – the cost of a cyber incident would likely be infinitely more expensive than the standard that would prevent it.
Good sense – neither you, nor your IT provider are likely to be experts in cyber security.
Free Cyber Insurance – if you are Cyber Essentials compliant.