PEN TEST PARTNERS LLP
Cyber Essentials & Cyber Essentials Plus
Our consultancy and assessment services help organisations achieve Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications, strengthening baseline security controls and demonstrating commitment to cybersecurity.
-Consultancy
-Review
-Assessment
Features
- Independent, hands‑on technical verification of Cyber Essentials controls.
- On‑site or remote assessor testing of systems and users.
- External vulnerability scanning of internet‑facing systems.
- Internal testing of endpoints, servers, and user devices.
- Verification of real‑world configuration instead of self‑attestation claims.
- Sampling users and devices to confirm consistent control application.
- Identification of nonconformities and required remediation actions.
- Support to remediate failed controls before the retest.
- Accepted baseline for MOD, government, and defence supply contracts.
- Alignment with wider frameworks including ISO, NIST, DCC, PCI.
Benefits
- Provides higher assurance than Cyber Essentials self assessment.
- Demonstrates security controls are actually implemented and effective.
- Increases confidence for customers, partners, and regulators.
- Meets mandatory requirements for MOD, defence, and government contracts.
- Reduces risk of common cyber attacks and credential compromise.
- Improves overall cyber hygiene across users and devices.
- Identifies configuration weaknesses before attackers do.
- Strengthens security posture without significant operational overhead.
- Enhances credibility during tenders, audits, and due diligence reviews.
- Improves internal accountability and security ownership.
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £1,200.00 |
£1,500.00 |
| £1,400.00 |
£1,700.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £1,200.00 |
£1,500.00 |
| £1,200.00 |
£1,500.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,500.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £1,750.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £1,200.00 |
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| £1,200.00 |
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| £1,500.00 |
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Cyber security digital forensics
| £1,750.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Cyber security testing
| £1,200.00 |
|
| £1,400.00 |
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| £1,500.00 |
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Cyber security secure design
| £1,200.00 |
|
| £1,200.00 |
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| £1,400.00 |
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Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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Yes
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ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by
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BSI
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Wednesday 24 February 2016
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What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
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N/A. the certification covers our entire business operation. Please note this is audited annually by the BSI and our latest effective date is 24/02/2025.
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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No
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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Yes
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PCI DSS certification accredited by
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PCI Council
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PCI DSS accreditation date
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Tuesday 18 February 2025
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What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
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N/A PTP provide PCI DSS assessment and certification and have 5 PCI Council certified employees to deliver this service.
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Cyber essentials
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
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Cdd3fabe-e6f6-4a31-9af9-f4d01b88dcb5
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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Cb4a86d3-a447-4564-a05c-56eeb14eaeb8
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Other security certifications
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Yes
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Any other security certifications
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- NCSC CHECK
- CREST
- NCSC CIR
Social value
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Mission: Kick start economic growth
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To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
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New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
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New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
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Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
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Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
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Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
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Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
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Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Volunteering opportunities for staff
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity
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By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
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Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
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Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
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Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
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Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
Service documents
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