CyberEssentia

Cyber risk scanning for education providers

Improve visibility across staff and student-facing systems, reduce cyber exposure, and support practical improvement planning.

Featured Offer

RPA Cyber Insurance Compliance Check

£495 per school

Ensure your school meets the Department for Education Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) cyber security requirements and remains eligible for cyber insurance cover.

What We Check

  • Verify 3-2-1 backup compliance
  • Confirm staff and governor NCSC cyber training
  • Verify Police CyberAlarm registration
  • Check documented cyber incident response plan
  • Provide Cyber Essentials readiness snapshot

Deliverables

  • RPA Cyber Compliance Report
  • Backup verification summary
  • Training compliance check
  • CyberAlarm registration verification
  • Incident response plan review
  • Remediation guidance

Key Cyber Risks

Ransomware disrupting teaching and administrative operations

Student and staff data breaches through weak access controls

Phishing targeting staff, governors, and administrative accounts

Outdated cloud configuration creating undetected security gaps

How CyberEssentia Helps

Access and Sharing Control Visibility

Identify risks around admin accounts, sharing settings, and authentication gaps across your platforms.

Data Protection and Resilience Support

Surface issues that could affect compliance with data protection expectations and operational continuity.

Practical Improvement Starting Point

Turn findings into clear priorities your IT team or support partner can act on.

Cyber Essentials Readiness

Understand likely control gaps before working towards Cyber Essentials or wider cyber improvement.

Your Journey to ISO 27001 Starts with Cyber Essentials Plus

CyberEssentia guides organisations from essential cyber hygiene toward recognised certification and stronger cyber governance.

1

Assess

Understand your cyber posture aligned to Cyber Essentials controls.

2

Remediate

Fix security gaps across endpoints, identities, patching and networks.

3

Cyber Essentials Plus

Prepare technical evidence and controls required for certification.

4

Security Governance

Establish risk visibility, reporting and internal accountability.

Ready to assess your cyber posture?

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