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Cyber Essentials for Finance & Insurance

Data security is essential in finance and insurance. Protect your business with CyberSmart.

Secure my organisation
Cyber Essentials for Finance & Insurance

Data security is essential in finance and insurance. Protect your business with CyberSmart.

Secure my organisation

Government standard security

Cyber Essentials is a UK government certification, designed to protect businesses from 98.5% of cyber attacks.

Simple certification 

With our simple questionnaire, achieving certification can take as little as 24 hours

Unlimited expert guidance

And, there’s no need for endless back and forth. Our team will guide you through the process, ensuring you pass first time.

The State of Cyber Security on a desk

Want to know more? Download The State of UK SME Cybersecurity, in partnership with Gartner owned Software Advice

Why is Cyber Essentials important for finance and insurance?

Growing risk

Financial and insurance institutions are key targets for cybercrime. Finance is where the money is and firms are 300 times more likely to be attacked than in other sectors.

Switch to remote working safely

Financial and insurance firms have been some of the quickest to adopt remote-first working, with over 25% of employees now favouring home working. Cyber Essentials can provide your business with the guidance to do it safely.

Customer assurance

There are few sectors in which customer trust is more important than finance and insurance. Cyber Essentials certification provides government-backed proof your business is safe to work with – crucial to retaining current customers and winning new ones.

More than certification…

Cyber Essentials certification only guarantees your business is working safely on the day of assessment. So how do you stay safe the rest of the time?

CyberSmart Active Protect monitors all your business’s devices 24/7, allows you to fix issues in a matter of clicks, and even offers simple training exercises for staff. It’s everything you need to ensure your business stays Cyber Essentials compliant 365 days a year. 

  • Protection from 98.5% cybersecurity threats

  • Unlimited expert guidance

  • Certification within 24 hours

  • £25k free cyber insurance with certification

  • 24/7 monitoring through CyberSmart Active Protect

  • Fix problems in a click with the CyberSmart Dashboard

  • Host company cybersecurity policies in-app

  • Easy-to-understand cybersecurity training for staff