CYBER & DATA

Cyber Essentials readiness, assessment & assurance support

UK government-backed scheme covering five key security controls to protect against common cyber threats.

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TAP provides readiness and assurance workflows. It does not itself issue statutory certification, regulatory approval, an audit opinion or a SOC report.

Jurisdiction / reach

United Kingdom

TAP catalogue tier

Tier 1

Indicative assessment time

30 minutes

Assessment model

Self-service workflow available

What this service covers

A structured readiness view of Cyber Essentials

TAP combines the framework-specific assessment with governed gap, remediation, evidence and reporting workflows. The exact assessment content remains pinned to its governed TAP release so historical results are reproducible.

Boundary firewalls and internet gateways

Secure configuration of devices and software

User access control and privileged access

Malware protection and application execution controls

Security update and vulnerability management

Commonly relevant sectors

Technology

Financial Services

Healthcare

Public Sector

Authoritative reference

Cyber Essentials Requirements for IT Infrastructure v3.3 (effective 27 April 2026)

Source authority

UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

Source status

Current source verified

TAP content release

TAP-ASSESSMENT-LIBRARY-2026.09-R2

Open authoritative source

External standards and regulations can change independently of TAP. TAP keeps the assessment release and the current external-source reference visibly separate so a source update does not silently rewrite historical assessment evidence.

TAP assessment workflow

From framework scope to evidence-backed remediation

1. Scope

Confirm the relevant framework, organisational boundary, responsibilities and evidence owners before assessment.

2. Assess

Complete the governed TAP assessment against the framework-specific question set pinned to the active TAP content release.

3. Identify gaps

Record control gaps, severity, recommendations and supporting evidence without treating a readiness score as certification.

4. Remediate

Assign owners, due dates and remediation actions, then maintain evidence in the governed workspace.

5. Review & report

Use available consultant review and governed reporting features where the selected plan and assessment state permit them.

Framework-specific TAP assessment

Open the internal framework workspace to see the governed question domains, existing assessment state and available start/continue actions for your organisation.

Open assessment workspace

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