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In what is being described as the most significant update to the scheme since it launched in 2014, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced that the technical controls for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus will be updated as of 24th January 2022. The change is to bring the scheme in-line with the evolving cyber security challenges that organisations now face, particularly around the adoption of cloud services and hybrid working.

Hackers are often associated with young adults who are constantly on their computers, staring at the screen full of codes and sitting in a dark room away from society. But don’t be fooled, hackers might just be some of the most intelligent people in today’s digital world; breaking into systems to test their abilities and expanding their knowledge to find new and innovative techniques- and strange as it may sound, not all of them want to steal your data.