As a Cyber Essentials Plus certified organisation, you've demonstrated a commitment to ensuring that your systems and processes are top of the tree, so what are the business benefits to you?

The national cyber database

All businesses who have achieved Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus are listed on the national database, so you can check your certification, or that of another business at any time. You can access the database here

According to a recent IASME study, small businesses are 75% more likely to choose to deal with an organisation who has implemented a security standard like CE plus than one that hasn't, so perhaps it's worth starting to raise awareness of your new status, or even reviewing your supply chain to make sure take things as seriously as you.

Email stationary

Many people use email stationary these days, and this can be a good place to start your awareness build. You can now use   the two logos above on any of your outbound communications - feel free to copy from this post or contact your relationship manager if you need something else.

Cyber Insurance

Your CE plus certification gives you free of charge cyber insurance up to a maximum of £25,000.

The cover is underwritten by AXA XL, a division of AXA, and administered via Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers

What's covered?

• Liability: claims made against you arising out of media activities and privacy and security wrongful acts.
• Event Management: costs, including emergency costs, following a data breach, including the costs of notifying data subjects. These might typically include payment for Legal, IT, Forensic & PR specialists.
• Extortion Demands: ransoms and other cyber extortion.
• Regulatory Investigations: defence costs & regulatory fines (where insurable by law).
• Business Interruption: Loss of profit and / or operational expenses caused by a network compromise.
• Loss of Electronic Data: costs of remedying the issue that allowed the loss or damage to your data and costs to replace, restore or update your data.

If you suffer a security breach, the quicker you take action the better, so please ensure you alert your IT provider, any regulatory bodies and the appropriate insurance companies immediately. AXA offer a 24 hour helpline for this cyber policy, the telephone number is 0800 085 9483