Protection Group International Limited

Cyber Essentials Basic Certification

PGI is a leading provider of the government-backed Cyber Essentials certification scheme, helping hundreds of businesses across the UK to improve their processes and demonstrate a commitment to cybersecurity.

Our Information Assurance experts can assist your organisation in gaining and maintaining Cyber Essentials certification.

Features

• Self-Assessment questionnaire (SAQ) Review
• Overview of the Cyber Essentials process and requirements
• Establish whether adequate policy and processes are implemented
• Identify security controls, malware protection are to appropriate standards
• Cyber Essentials Final Report & End of Assessment

Benefits

• Single Point of Contact Testers are Cyber Essentials Qualified Assessors
• Action Plan to follow to meet the Cyber Essentials requirements
• Government portal set-up support

£320 to £800 a unit

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bidteam@pgitl.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

251600622931304

Contact

Mike Tipson
020 4566 6600
bidteam@pgitl.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: For Cyber Essentials, PGI's experts will work closely with you to review the Self-assessment questionnaire focused on your policies and procedures and security measures of your external-facing services (e.g. your website and emails).
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: PGI’s Information Assurance Team, in conjunction with our operational red and blue teams, provides training relating to Cyber Security Awareness (1 day) and Cyber Security Fundamentals (2 days). Our experienced consultants provide real life scenarios and demonstrations covering a range of information security topics, including phishing. Our courses delve into threat actors and their motivations for launching phishing attacks, and look at how organisations can protect themselves through continued vigilance and education. These courses do not only cover phishing, but all aspects of Information Security. However, bespoke courses or one-to-one training for users could be developed if required. PGI’s operational trainers are qualified, relied upon and have worked for organisations in critical national infrastructure, government, corporate, charity and small-to-medium enterprises to help restore their systems which adds significant value to delivery of training, contextualised through real-life scenarios.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: PGI's consultants work with you to understand your requirements and to help you determine the most appropriate location for the services required. These could be a blend of remote and hosted on premise, and we will work with you to ensure that all appropriate security measures are considered.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: In a similar manner to Business Continuity, other standards and certification accreditation services that we offer, our experts would work with you to test and refine the various process related to successfully achieve and maintain Cyber Essentials certification.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • CREST
  • Cyber Scheme
  • Other
• Other security testing certifications:
  • Cyber Essential Plus Certified Assessors
  • CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional
  • Certified Information Security Manager
  • Microsoft Certified Security Engineer
  • Certified Ethical Hacker

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: PGI are happy to provide ongoing support to organisations, either in developing compliant practices or in maintaining them on a continuous basis. This may be achieved by providing resource regularly on site, or could be through remote support and conference calls, depending on client requirements.

Service scope

• Service constraints: PGI have no constraints on the services we provide. Work can be carried out on site or remotely, depending on client requirements.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Responses will normally be within one working day, unless in the middle of an incident / project when response times will usually be quicker. Weekend response times may be different, depending on contractual requirements.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Support levels would be agreed on a project by project basis. Cost for support will be determined based on client requirements. Typically each client will be assigned a lead contact, who may be one of PGI's consultants or may be part of the sales team. This will depend on the nature of the project being undertaken.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: British Assessment Bureau
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 28/04/2022
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: CREST

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Equal opportunity

  PGI is an equal opportunity employer, with a strong focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

  Wellbeing

  PGI provides staff with support across mental and physical health.

Pricing

• Price: £320 to £800 a unit
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bidteam@pgitl.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.