Cyber Essentials Certification,
Done Right.
Negative Zero is an IASME-licensed Cyber Essentials Certification Body. Our agent maps your scope, checks the five controls against the current question set and gathers the evidence, so your self-assessment is answered from facts rather than memory. A licensed assessor then marks it and issues your certificate.
What is Cyber Essentials?
The government-backed scheme, its five technical controls, and who needs it.
Cyber Essentials Plus
The audited level. What the assessor tests hands-on, and how to be ready for it.
Path to Certification
Quote, scope, self-assess, certify. What happens at each step and how long it takes.
Scoping & Readiness Agent
Map your scope and check the five controls before you answer a single question.
From Quote to Certificate, Fast
Get a quote in minutes, certify by verified self-assessment, and step up to the audited Plus level when a contract asks for it. Our assessors mark most assessments in under 24 hours, and the same day when you are against a deadline.
Cyber Essentials Quote
Your fee is set by headcount and certification level. See the full cost, including assessor time and any readiness support, before you commit.
Cyber Essentials
Answer the question set with the agent's evidence to hand, attest, and submit. Our licensed assessors mark it in under 24 hours on average, and same day when it's urgent.
Cyber Essentials Plus
The audited level. An assessor tests a sample of your devices and your internet boundary hands-on to confirm the five controls work as declared. Requires a clean basic pass first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q:What is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is the UK government-backed scheme that helps organisations protect themselves against the most common cyber attacks. It sets five technical controls and is often a condition of public sector and supply-chain contracts.
Q:How long does certification take?
Scoping takes under 15 minutes with the agent. Once you submit, our assessors mark your assessment in under 24 hours on average, and the same day when it's urgent. We regularly take clients from quote to certificate in a single working day.
Q:What are the five technical controls?
Firewalls, secure configuration, security update management, user access control and malware protection. Every question in the assessment maps to one of these five.
Q:Do I need Cyber Essentials Plus?
For most organisations, yes. Basic Cyber Essentials is a self-declaration. Plus has a licensed assessor test your devices and internet boundary to confirm the five controls actually work, which is the level larger customers and a growing number of public sector buyers ask to see. You need a basic pass with no non-compliances first, and we test your systems before the assessment so there are no surprises.