Cyber Essentials Compliance
Headley Media is Cyber Essentials certified
What Is Cyber Essentials?
Cyber Essentials is a UK government–backed cybersecurity scheme developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and delivered through the IASME Consortium, a non-profit organization that operates and delivers cybersecurity and information assurance standards. Cyber Essentials provides organizations with a clear set of foundational security controls designed to prevent the most prevalent cyber attacks.
The scheme focuses on protecting businesses from common, high-volume threats, such as:
- Malware
- Ransomware
- Phishing
- Password attacks
- Network intrusion attempts
Cyber Essentials is widely recognized as a trusted benchmark for robust and responsible cybersecurity practices. Our certification demonstrates that we have taken essential steps to secure our systems, protect sensitive data, and reduce cyber risk.
Benefits of Cyber Essentials
Your Data Is Better Protected
Cyber Essentials ensures we have implemented essential security measures to guard against the most common cyberattacks. For you, this means reduced risk of your data being stolen, lost, or exposed, confidence that we handle information responsibly and fewer disruptions caused by cyber incidents
We Are Less Likely to Suffer Costly Outages
Cyber Essentials reduces the likelihood of ransomware attacks, service downtime and operational disruption. This means you can rely on us to operate smoothly without cyber-related failures affecting your service or deliverables.
It Shows We Take Security Seriously
Our certification demonstrates we have been independently assessed, committed to maintaining secure systems and follow recognized best practices
Reduced Risk to Your Own Organization
As a Cyber Essentials certified supplier, our certification helps ensure there are no weak links in your supply chain, minimizes third-party vulnerabilities, and supports alignment with internal risk and security frameworks. This provides supplier assurance that protects both your organization and ours.
It Supports Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Cyber Essentials aligns with data protection regulations such as, GDPR, UK Data Protection Act and Sector-specific compliance policies. This helps ensure any business you work with is handling your data in a legally compliant manner.
Our Cyber Essentials Certification Status
We are proud to confirm that Headley Media is Cyber Essentials certified.
Certification status: Cyber Essentials
Certification date: 07/04/26
Renewal date: 07/04/27
Maintaining Cyber Essentials reinforces trust by demonstrating that our systems and processes meet recognized security standards. This gives our clients and team confidence that we actively protect our digital environment from common cyber threats.
Frequently asked questions
Cyber Essentials is a UK government–backed scheme that helps organisations protect themselves from common cyber threats by implementing five core security controls.
It focuses on securing networks, devices, and data through measures such as firewalls, access control, patch management, secure configuration, and malware protection.
While not a legal requirement, Cyber Essentials supports compliance efforts for GDPR, data protection best practices, and various supplier assurance frameworks.
Certification must be renewed every 12 months to remain valid.