From the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Break down by business size for the 2025/2026 Cyber Security Breaches Survey:

42% of micro businesses (1–9 employees)
46% of small businesses (10–49 employees)
65% of medium businesses (50–249 employees)
69% of large businesses (250+ employees)

This means small businesses are attacked almost as often as medium‑sized firms, and significantly more than micro businesses.

The effects of a Cyber Attack

Operations Disruption

Cyber attacks can shut down critical systems, halt production lines, or paralyze services. This can be especially dangerous in sectors like healthcare, transportation, or energy.

Data Breach or Loss

Sensitive information (personal, financial, medical, or business-related) can be stolen or deleted. This can lead to identity theft, financial fraud or corporate espionage.

Legal and Regulatory Consequences

Failing to protect data can result in lawsuits or penalties from regulatory bodies (GDPR fines in Europe).

Reputation Damage

Customers lose trust in organisations that fail to protect their data. Damaged reputations can lead to loss of business and long-term financial harm.

Financial Damage

Businesses may face direct losses (theft of money or assets) and indirect losses (legal costs, fines, and reputational damage). Ransomware attacks can demand large sums to restore access to encrypted files.

Our answer to your Cyber Security concerns

Data Integrity and Privacy

Strong protection keeps customer and company data safe, maintaining trust and legal compliance.

Prevention is Cheaper than Recovery

It costs far less to implement cybersecurity measures than to recover from an attack.

Protect Systems Before an Attack

Stay ahead of Threats

Cyber threats are constantly evolving. Having defences in place means you’re better positioned to handle new types of attacks.

Business continuity

Prepared systems reduce downtime and keep essential services running smoothly during attempted attacks.

Regulatory Compliance

Many industries have strict rules about cybersecurity. Proactive defence helps meet these requirements.

Advantages of Cyber Security

Cyber attacks can lead to massive damage — financially, operationally, and reputationally. Protecting your systems before an attack happens is essential to minimise risks, maintain trust, and ensure smooth business operations. Cybersecurity isn't a luxury; it's a necessity in the digital age.

Reassure customers that you are working to secure your IT against cyber attack

Attract new business with the promise you have cyber security measures in place

Have a clear picture of your organisation's cyber security level

Some Government contracts require Cyber Essentials certification

Reduce the risk of cyber-attacks and potential data breach which would otherwise be reportable to the ICO

Helps with GDPR compliancy

Cyber Certification

1 Hour FREE Consultation

Cyber security can be a minefield as the requirements are constantly being reviewed. Addcom IT's caring and friendly staff will take the stress out of the certification and help you reduce your business risk whilst you gain your Cyber compliancy. All companies you work with should be able to demonstrate your data is safe with them

Cyber

Essentials

We will audit your IT systems in order to fully understand your organisation before advising if you are ready for Cyber ESSENTIALS. We will feedback with any remedial works that needs to be carried out and once complete will be in a position to fill out the required forms on your behalf and gain your certification from IASME

Cyber

Essentials Plus

This certification needs to be carried out within 3 months of completing Cyber ESSENTIALS. This is a far more in-depth certification and requires penetration testing of all external facing devices (IP addresses) and a physical audit of a random selection of devices within your organisation.

What's included?

1 hour FREE no obligation consultation to see how ready your business is to ACHIEVE cyber certification!

We won't only tell you what needs remedial works, we can implement them for you

We will provide solutions to any identified issues

We are happy to work alongside your internal IT support

Help you reduce the risk of a cyber attack

Help you attract new business by being able to demonstrate you have cyber security measures in place.

An independently verified self-assessment certification via IASME

Protection against a wide variety of the most common cyber attacks

Assessed against five basic security controls

Represents the Governments minimum baseline standard for Cyber Security in the UK

A technical audit of your systems

Audit of a representative set of user devices

Audit of all internet gateways & all servers

Valid for 12 months

Once certified, most companies will qualify for FREE £25,000 insurance cover!

Random sample testing of your systems

Rigorous & in-depth scan of external vulnerabilities

Must be completed within 3 months of Cyber Essentials certification and is valid for 12 months

Partner with CyberEyesAI

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Identify vulnerabilities

Proactively strengthen your

security measures

Protect sensitive data

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