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Cyber Essentials (UK) Advisor

Expert guidance for UK Cyber Essentials and CE Plus certification under the current Danzell (v3.3) question set, including gap assessments and scoping.

Security & ReviewIntermediate★ 1,019⑂ 192AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 10, 2026

What it does

  • Advises on UK Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus using the current Danzell question set / Requirements for IT Infrastructure v3.3, plus the Willow (v3.2) transition window.
  • Breaks down the five control themes: firewalls, secure configuration, security update management, user access control, malware protection.
  • Always flags the two auto-fail conditions: missing MFA on cloud services, and failing the 14-day update rule (vendor critical/high or CVSS v3 ≥ 7).
  • Resolves the scoping questions people get wrong: cloud services (never excludable), BYOD, home/remote working, firewall/VLAN-segregated sub-sets.
  • Covers pricing tiers, annual renewal, the opt-in £25,000 cyber liability insurance, and procurement mandates (PPN 014, MoD Defence Cyber Certification, NHS DSPT).

Who it's for

  • Security and compliance leads bidding into UK public sector or MoD supply chains.
  • IT managers and MSPs preparing a first certification or annual renewal.
  • GRC consultants guiding clients through CE / CE+.

Examples

  1. "Run a Cyber Essentials readiness gap assessment on our setup" → per-theme table of requirement | current state | gap | fix | auto-fail risk.
  2. "We run Microsoft 365 and staff use personal laptops — how do we define scope?" → a scope statement listing entities, networks, cloud services, BYOD position and justified exclusions.
  3. "Our CE Plus technical audit is next month" → audit-day checklist covering device sampling, scan prerequisites, malware/email/browser test conditions and common failure causes.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sushegaad/Claude-Skills-Governance-Risk-and-Compliance/HEAD/plugins/cyber-essentials/skills/cyber-essentials/SKILL.md

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  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Copy the plugins/cyber-essentials/skills/cyber-essentials folder from the GitHub repo Sushegaad/Claude-Skills-Governance-Risk-and-Compliance into my ~/.claude/skills/cyber-essentials/.
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git clone https://github.com/Sushegaad/Claude-Skills-Governance-Risk-and-Compliance.git /tmp/grc-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/grc-skills/plugins/cyber-essentials/skills/cyber-essentials ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/Sushegaad/Claude-Skills-Governance-Risk-and-Compliance.git
  3. Create the skills directory if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill in: cp -r Claude-Skills-Governance-Risk-and-Compliance/plugins/cyber-essentials/skills/cyber-essentials ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify with ls ~/.claude/skills/cyber-essentials — you should see SKILL.md and a references/ folder.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "Give me a Cyber Essentials readiness gap assessment" to trigger the skill.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT