Cyber Essentials Consultancy — UK
Practical, vendor-neutral consultancy for UK businesses pursuing Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus — gap analysis, remediation management, evidence assembly, and assessor coordination. Whether your IT is mature and you just need a sanity-check, or you're rebuilding from scratch, we scale the engagement to fit — and we tell you when you genuinely don't need us.
Fixed
Gridisys Cyber Essentials gap analysis engagement — fixed
5-10 days
typical remediation support window for SMEs
12 months
CE / CE Plus certificate validity — annual renewal
82%
of UK firms told the DCMS survey they're tackling CE controls
Cybersecurity Consulting + 24/7 SOC Monitoring
Every Gridisys engagement is built on two pillars — strategic consulting to design the right controls, and managed SOC monitoring to keep them effective.
Cybersecurity Consulting
UK consulting engagements: risk assessment, security architecture, conditional access design, compliance (Cyber Essentials, UK GDPR, FCA PS21/3, NIS2), incident-response planning. Board-ready documentation, no jargon, no surprise invoices.
- Risk assessment + security architecture review
- Conditional access + Entra ID hardening design
- Cyber Essentials / UK GDPR / FCA / NIS2 compliance support
- Incident response planning + tabletop exercises
- Vendor + supply-chain security assessment
- Board / DPO reporting + evidence pack
Managed SOC Monitoring · 24/7
AI-augmented Security Operations Centre — continuous monitoring across Microsoft 365 / Entra ID, Defender, on-prem, and cloud. UK-based analysts, sub-hour triage on critical alerts. No long contract required.
- 24/7 SIEM monitoring — Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, Azure, on-prem logs
- BEC + mailbox-compromise + OAuth grant abuse detection
- Suspicious sign-in + conditional access drift alerting
- Ransomware + lateral-movement detection from EDR + Defender
- Sub-hour triage on critical alerts, monthly ops report
- Optional + integrated with consulting engagements
Most engagements start with consulting (1-2 weeks), then SOC monitoring (ongoing ) keeps the controls effective.
Pricing tailored to your needs
Every engagement is scoped to your environment and requirements. Book a free consultation for a tailored quote — no obligation.
What we cover
Practical, board-ready consulting — no jargon, no surprise invoices.
Gap analysis
Line-by-line audit of your environment against the 5 CE control areas (and the Plus depth requirements if applying for verified). Output: prioritised fix-list with owners and effort estimates — fixed-price.
Remediation management
We oversee and (where helpful) implement the fixes — patching baselines, MFA rollout, conditional access policies, account lifecycle cleanup, build-standard documentation. Billed in short sprints.
Self-assessment answer sanity-check
Your IT completes the Cyber Essentials questionnaire; we review the answers line-by-line to catch anything that would fail submission. Fixed-price for a 2-hour review.
Plus assessment coordination
We choose and book the IASME-accredited body, run a pre-test scan, sit alongside during the assessment, and fix anything the test surfaces.
Evidence pack assembly
Conditional access policy export, MFA coverage report, privileged account inventory, build-standard documentation, leaver/joiner audit trail — assembled into a Plus assessor-ready pack.
Annual renewal readiness
Your certificate expires on a rolling 12-month cycle. Our fixed-price engagement keeps you continuously ready — 1-day annual audit plus monthly drift monitoring, no surprise panic.
How we work
Scoping (Day 0)
15-minute call to confirm your environment, certification tier, and deadline. We send a fixed-price quote within the same working day.
Audit (Days 2-5)
Internal audit of all 5 control areas against your chosen tier. Output: written remediation plan with effort estimates — you approve before any work starts.
Remediation (Days 6-15)
We work alongside your IT/MSP to implement fixes. Sprints of 2-3 days each, billed as you go. You can stop at any time.
Evidence + coordination (Days 16-20)
We assemble the evidence pack, book the assessment body, and run a pre-test scan to catch anything left.
Assessment day
Self-assessment submission (paperwork) or on-site Plus assessment. We stand alongside for either. Pass issued within 5 working days.
Sectors we protect
Practical Cyber Essentials consultancy for UK firms
Free 15-minute scoping call. We tell you whether you genuinely need a consultant — and give you a fixed-price quote if you do.
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