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Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a support programme that helps businesses protect themselves against common cyber threats, open to organisations of all sizes across the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by National Cyber Security Centre

Checked against the official page (ncsc.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Certification scheme to protect businesses against common cyber threats, aligned to five technical controls recommended by the Government.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with National Cyber Security Centre before you apply.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Organisations of all sizes can apply for Cyber Essentials certification. Any UK organisation with a turnover under £20m that achieves certification is automatically entitled to free cyber liability insurance.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Register for certification via IASME and make payment, then complete a verified self-assessment (self-led route), or hire a Certification Body licensed by IASME to help you (supported route).

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (ncsc.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with National Cyber Security Centre before you apply.

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