Cyber Essentials Support in Northern Ireland
Cyber Essentials certification is increasingly required to win contracts, satisfy insurers and meet supply chain obligations - and for many businesses, it's no longer optional.
From your initial review through to Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus assessment, we help ensure your devices, user access and security settings meet the required standard. You get practical guidance, one point of contact and a clear route to certification.
Structured Compliance - Not Last-Minute Preparation
Preparing only when certification is due can lead to rushed changes and avoidable delays. We help keep your systems aligned with Cyber Essentials throughout the year, allowing gaps to be identified earlier and improvements to be managed without unnecessary disruption.
Systems Reviewed
We work with you to ensure every required control is in place well before certification is attempted.
Gaps Closed
Gaps are closed and improvements are made in a structured, manageable way - not all at once.
Renewal Made Easier
Reducing last-minute scrambles and making each renewal significantly easier.
What Our Compliance Support Covers
Cyber Essentials Preparation
We assess your environment against the five Cyber Essentials control areas, including firewalls, devices, user access, security updates and system configuration. Each gap is documented and addressed before certification, giving you a clear route from your current position to assessment readiness.
Policies & Documentation
We help develop the policies, processes and supporting evidence required for certification. Rather than relying on generic templates, we ensure your documentation reflects how your organisation manages devices, user access and security in practice, giving assessors clear and relevant evidence.
Technical Remediation Support
We help implement the technical changes identified during the review, including firewall configuration, device security, access controls, update management and system hardening. Improvements are completed in a controlled way, without leaving your team to interpret or manage the work alone.
Cyber Essentials Plus Readiness
We prepare your systems for the independent technical testing required for Cyber Essentials Plus. Devices, security settings and configurations are checked in advance, with potential issues resolved before assessment day. This reduces uncertainty and helps prevent avoidable problems during verification.
Certification Management
We manage the certification process on your behalf, from completing submissions and coordinating evidence to liaising with the certification body and responding to assessor queries. You have one point of contact throughout, while we keep the process moving towards assessment.
Ongoing Compliance & System Alignment
We help keep your systems aligned with Cyber Essentials throughout the year. Devices remain updated, user access is managed and key security settings are maintained. This reduces last-minute corrective work, strengthens day-to-day security and makes future renewals easier to manage.
Compliance Built Into Everyday IT Support
Where we also provide managed IT support, most Cyber Essentials requirements are already addressed as part of day-to-day system management. Devices are kept updated, security controls are active and configurations are maintained consistently - meaning your environment stays compliant without it becoming a separate project. For many clients, certification is far simpler, with reduced effort for future renewals and an improved overall security posture as a result.
Applying ISO-Level Security Principles
3PS is externally audited and fully certified to ISO/IEC 27001 - the internationally recognised standard for information security management.
A higher internal standard
While Cyber Essentials sets a strong baseline, our own internal security operates to a significantly higher standard. That depth of understanding shapes how we support clients through the certification process, and beyond it.
Sustainable, not just sufficient
We apply these principles when supporting clients through compliance - helping organisations build better governance, improve their understanding of risk and introduce security practices that are sustainable, not just sufficient to pass.
Who we support
Compliance should reflect how your systems are managed every day, not just how they look at assessment time.
We work with SMEs of 10 to 250 employees that need to demonstrate a recognised level of cyber security to customers, insurers and supply chains.
Based in Northern Ireland, 3PS supports organisations across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Employees — our typical client size
Headquartered in Northern Ireland
Client coverage across both regions
We are privileged to support these valued customers
Why Businesses Choose 3PS for Compliance
Compliance doesn't have to be complicated - but it does need to be done properly. We take a practical, structured approach - explaining requirements in plain language, managing the process on your behalf and supporting you beyond certification.
Genuinely Better-Managed Systems
Our clients don't just pass; they come away with genuinely better-managed, more secure systems - not just a certificate.
A Smoother Certification Experience
A faster path to renewal each year, with the complexity handled on your behalf from start to finish.
A Genuinely More Secure Environment
More importantly, an IT environment that is genuinely more secure as a result - not just compliant on paper.
Let's Review Your Compliance Requirements
If your organisation needs to achieve Cyber Essentials - or isn't sure whether your current systems would pass - the best starting point is an honest assessment of where you stand. An initial conversation allows us to review your current setup, identify gaps and outline what would be required to move forward. You'll come away with a clear picture of your current compliance position, what needs to change and a realistic path to certification.
FAQ's
Let's get through them together.
Managed IT support covers helpdesk access for your staff, proactive monitoring of your systems, regular updates and security patching, and ongoing management of your IT environment. The aim is to keep everything running reliably and prevent problems before they affect your business - not just clean up after them.
Response times are agreed upfront and depend on the priority of the issue. Critical problems are escalated immediately. General support requests are handled promptly and tracked through to resolution - you’ll always know where things stand.
Yes. We resolve the majority of issues remotely for speed, but our engineers come onsite whenever hands-on support is required. You get both - without having to manage two separate providers.
Yes. Microsoft 365 and other cloud platforms are fully supported as part of our managed IT service - including setup, administration, user management and ongoing troubleshooting.
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