Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus are two of the best frameworks available for strengthening your organisation’s resilience. They help protect your people, your data, and your reputation. They give your clients confidence that you take security seriously. For many regulated sectors they are also mandatory, but that does not make them a burden. When implemented well, they provide structure, clear controls, and a strong baseline that stops common attacks before they cause disruption.
The challenge is not the standard itself. The challenge is how many companies are forced to meet the standard without proper support.
Never-ending Reports
A lot of organisations are stuck in a difficult cycle. They use a cyber security provider that delivers scans and reports, but offer no help to fix anything. At the same time, their MSP or IT support provider handles day to day operations but refuses to take responsibility for remediating the vulnerabilities that come from those scans.
This leaves businesses trapped between two providers. One highlights the problems; the other avoids dealing with them. You end up paying twice and still struggle to reach the level of security you need. Let’s not foget, CE/CE+ is a baseline – you wouldn’t want to burn through your entire security budget just to reach baseline!
I have spoken with companies who received long vulnerability assessment reports filled with hundreds of findings and were told by their MSP to open a separate ticket for each one. This is an impossible way to work. The frustration does not come from Cyber Essentials Plus. It comes from the lack of joined up support.
For organisations that need Cyber Essentials Plus as part of their regulatory requirements, this split approach creates unnecessary pressure. Instead of enjoying the reassurance that CE Plus is designed to give, they spend weeks or months firefighting issues that should have been managed throughout the year.
The All-in-One Solution
CyberCare+ fixes the gaps that other providers leave behind.
CyberCare+ is a combined service that brings IT support, cyber security governance, and compliance management together in one place. You get the practical skills of an infrastructure specialist supported by the structured oversight of a Cyber Essentials focused security consultant. Our years of hands on work in IT infrastructure support, cyber security, and incident management mean we are ideally placed to deliver a complete, all encompassing service that protects your organisation every day.
This means you no longer rely on one company to scan and another to remediate. You no longer have to deal with hundreds of tickets just to fix basic vulnerabilities. You no longer face last minute panic when the CE Plus audit approaches.
With CyberCare+ you get:
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- Continuous monitoring and proactive remediation
- Support across every Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus control
- Practical help with patching, secure configuration, access control, and endpoint protection
- Microsoft 365 optimisation and Secure Score improvement
- Policy and governance support to keep your organisation aligned all year
- Vulnerability reduction handled by the same team that manages your IT environment
- A smoother, more predictable path to passing CE Plus without the stress
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus then become what they were meant to be. Reliable frameworks that enhance your security and give your organisation confidence.
Help is at Hand
If you want an easier, more joined up approach to achieving and maintaining Cyber Essentials Plus, CyberCare+ gives you everything in one service. No juggling multiple providers. No long lists of unfixed vulnerabilities. No late pressure before your audit.
You get the reassurance of strong security and the practical support needed to maintain it.
Partnering with an Existing Provider
Some organisations prefer to keep their vulnerability scanning and IT support functions separate. One company carries out the monthly vulnerability assessments and another is expected to handle remediation work and day to day support. CyberCare+ can fully accommodate this model. We are more than happy to partner with your existing cyber security provider, working alongside them to deliver the remediation, optimisation, user support, policy management, and ongoing improvements that keep you aligned with Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. You keep the structure you prefer, and we ensure nothing falls between the gaps.
Ready to turn Cyber Essentials Plus into a strength rather than a struggle?
Let’s talk about how CyberCare+ can support your organisation all year round.