How to Prepare for a Cyber Essentials Plus Audit | UpGuard

This blog explains Cyber Essentials Plus—a UK government-backed certification requiring independent, technical verification of five core security controls (firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection, and patch management)—and provides five preparatory steps (understand requirements, conduct a gap analysis, remediate, run technical testing, and document policies). It also highlights how UpGuard’s monitoring and vendor-risk tools can help organizations automate assessment, continuous scanning, alerting, and third-party risk management to improve readiness for the audit.