Fig Group

Cyber Essentials Certification Southwark 6-Hour Guarantee · From £299.99 + VAT

Fig Group is an IASME-licensed Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification body serving organisations across Southwark. We deliver certification on a published flat fee - never quoted on revenue - with Cyber Essentials issued within six hours of a compliant self-assessment submission and Plus typically completed in 1-3 working days.

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Southwark organisations usually need Cyber Essentials for practical buyer-side reasons: public-sector DDQs, supplier onboarding, insurance renewal, or regulated-client procurement. The scoping conversation normally starts with financial services (Shard / London Bridge corridor), the devices used to access organisational data, and the cloud services that require MFA under v3.3.

Southwark Cyber Essentials pricing

Fig Group publishes a flat fee for every organisation size, applied identically whether your business is in Bermondsey or elsewhere in Southwark. Cyber Essentials starts at £299.99 + VAT for micro organisations (1-9 employees). Cyber Essentials Plus starts at £1,499 + VAT. Both products include the latest Cyber Essentials v3.3 requirements, including the mandatory MFA control.

Cyber Essentials

Organisation	Price
Micro1-9 employees	£299.99+ VAT	Get certified
Small10-49 employees	£399.99+ VAT	Get certified
Medium50-249 employees	£449.99+ VAT	Get certified
Large250+ employees	£549.99+ VAT	Get certified

Self-assessed certification. Includes assessment, up to three feedback rounds, certificate issuance, and IASME registration.

Cyber Essentials Plus

Organisation	Price
Micro1-9 employees	£1,499+ VAT	Get certified
Small10-49 employees	£1,999+ VAT	Get certified
Medium50-249 employees	£2,799+ VAT	Get certified
Large250+ employees	£4,499+ VAT	Get certified

Third-party verified with external vulnerability scan. 1-3 working days.

Why Southwark businesses choose Fig Group

Southwark hosts one of London's most concentrated commercial corridors, running from London Bridge through Borough and Bermondsey to Elephant and Castle. Financial-services firms in The Shard and surrounding buildings, healthcare suppliers to Guy's Hospital and King's College Hospital, and the cluster of creative and digital businesses in Bermondsey Street all frequently need Cyber Essentials. Many of these certifications are driven by enterprise customer demand, NHS supplier frameworks, or regulated financial services counterparties. Fig Group certifies Southwark organisations within six hours of a compliant submission and is a 20-minute Tube ride from Borough station - convenient when an in-person scoping call is preferred.

Areas covered

Bermondsey, Borough, Camberwell, Dulwich, Peckham, Rotherhithe, Walworth, Elephant and Castle, London Bridge

Postcode coverage

SE1, SE5, SE15, SE16, SE17, SE21, SE22

Notable sectors in Southwark

Financial services (Shard / London Bridge corridor), healthcare (Guy's, King's College), creative and digital, hospitality, professional services.

Top three compliance triggers for Southwark businesses

1. Local-authority and public-sector procurement in Southwark

Tenders published by Southwark Council (and by the NHS trusts whose catchment covers the borough) routinely name Cyber Essentials as a baseline supplier requirement under PPN 014/21 and the corresponding council standing orders. Any business in Southwark bidding on council framework agreements, social-value-weighted contracts, or health-and-care services via the local ICB will see Cyber Essentials listed on the cover page of the DDQ. Fig Group certifies Southwark suppliers within six hours of a compliant submission, which matters when a council mini-competition window is short.

2. Enterprise and regulated-customer pressure in Southwark

Beyond the public sector, the private-sector customers of Southwark businesses increasingly treat Cyber Essentials as a baseline on supplier onboarding. In Southwark the concentrations are in financial services (Shard / London Bridge corridor), healthcare (Guy's, King's College), each of which carries its own supplier cyber expectation set (FCA operational resilience for financial counterparties, SRA data-handling requirements for legal work, NHS DSPT alignment for health, ICO reasonableness for any processor of personal data). A self-assessed Cyber Essentials certificate typically clears stage-one of the DDQ; Cyber Essentials Plus is what wins the stage-two competition.

3. Professional indemnity and cyber insurance in Southwark

Professional-indemnity and cyber insurance underwriters now apply higher retention loadings (or decline altogether) to Southwark businesses that cannot demonstrate baseline cyber hygiene. Cyber Essentials is the lowest-friction evidence that most brokers accept at renewal. Some underwriters now treat Cyber Essentials Plus as a precondition for writing certain cyber sub-limits at all. Fig Group's Plus certification includes the external vulnerability scan and sampled endpoint audit as standard - no separate scanning fee, no mandatory consultancy day.

What we certify for Southwark organisations

Scope on a Southwark Cyber Essentials engagement typically covers every device used for business purposes - laptops, desktops, mobile phones, tablets - that can access organisational data or cloud services. It covers the network perimeter (router, firewall, WiFi access points) that the devices sit behind. It covers the identity platform (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Okta, or the Active Directory forest) that authenticates each user. It covers the security-relevant SaaS applications in use - email, file storage, collaboration, CRM, any line-of-business application with authentication.

For a typical Southwark organisation in financial services, the five NCSC control categories translate as follows. Firewalls and internet gateways: the border router and any WiFi access points must have non-default admin credentials and published patches applied within fourteen days. Secure configuration: all in-scope devices must have an MDM baseline applied, unused accounts disabled, and auto-lock enforced. Security update management: operating-system and application patches must land within fourteen days of release. User access control: multi-factor authentication is mandatory under v3.3 for every user account accessing organisational data. Malware protection: endpoint protection (Defender, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne or equivalent) must be active on every in-scope endpoint.

The Cyber Essentials Plus assessment adds an external vulnerability scan of internet-facing assets and a sampled technical audit of end-user devices - for a Southwark organisation that is typically a short set of video calls plus a remote screen-share of a sample laptop, spread across one to three working days.

Getting to Fig Group's office from Southwark

Our office at 167-169 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PF, is the closest IASME-licensed certification body to Southwark for any scoping session you would prefer to run in person. The nearest Underground stations are Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan - two minutes' walk) and Regent's Park (Bakerloo - five minutes' walk). Warren Street (Victoria, Northern) is ten minutes' walk via Fitzrovia. For most Southwark organisations the straightforward route is a single Central, Northern or Circle line change onto the short Fitzrovia / Marylebone corridor. The vast majority of our engagements run remotely - we mention the office only because several Southwark clients have asked for in-person scoping calls for Plus assessments where the head of IT and the CRO both want to be in the room.

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6-hour guarantee

Guaranteed within six hours of a compliant submission.

From £299.99 + VAT

Published flat fee - never quoted on revenue.

IASME licensed

Authorised certification body for CE and CE Plus.

3 free reviews

Structured feedback if remediation is needed.

How certification works for Southwark businesses

The process is the same for every Southwark organisation, regardless of sector or size. We have refined it across hundreds of London certifications to keep elapsed time as short as possible.

Step 1
Scope your assessment
Tell us which devices, accounts, and locations are in scope. We confirm pricing on the published flat fee - no revenue-based quotes.
Step 2
Submit your evidence
Use our portal to provide answers against the five NCSC controls. Our readiness checker pre-flags anything that needs work.
Step 3
Receive feedback (if needed)
If anything needs adjusting, we send structured, plain-English feedback within hours. Three review rounds are included free.
Step 4
Get certified
Once compliant, your certificate is issued within six hours. Cyber Essentials Plus adds a remote technical audit (1-3 working days).

Frequently asked questions - Cyber Essentials in Southwark

Can Fig Group certify businesses in Southwark?

Yes. Fig Group is an IASME-licensed Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification body and works with organisations across the whole of Southwark and the wider London region. Our central-London office at 167-169 Great Portland Street is a short journey from every part of Inner London, and most engagements run remotely so location is rarely a factor. We apply our published flat fee (from £299.99 + VAT for Cyber Essentials, from £1,499 + VAT for Cyber Essentials Plus) regardless of where in Southwark your organisation is based.

How long does Cyber Essentials take for a Southwark business?

For self-assessed Cyber Essentials, Fig Group guarantees certification within six hours of a compliant submission landing in our portal. If anything needs adjusting we include three free review rounds. Cyber Essentials Plus takes one to three working days because it includes an external technical audit and vulnerability scan. The same SLAs apply whether your business is in Bermondsey or anywhere else in Southwark.

How do I get Cyber Essentials in Southwark?

Start by scoping the devices, cloud services, and user accounts in use across your Southwark organisation. Purchase the self-assessed Cyber Essentials package on the published flat fee (from £299.99 + VAT), complete the NCSC five-control questionnaire through our portal, and an IASME-licensed Fig Group assessor reviews it the same working day. Compliant submissions are certified within six hours. If anything needs adjusting you receive up to three free feedback rounds. No travel to Southwark is required - the entire process runs remotely, which is how we keep the six-hour turnaround consistent across every London borough.

What is the difference between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus for Southwark businesses?

Cyber Essentials is a self-assessed control questionnaire reviewed by an IASME-licensed assessor, from £299.99 + VAT. Cyber Essentials Plus adds an external vulnerability scan and a hands-on technical audit of a sample of end-user devices, from £1,499 + VAT. For many Southwark organisations (supplier frameworks, enterprise procurement, insurance) the self-assessed level is enough. For regulated sectors represented in Southwark - financial services (Shard / London Bridge corridor), healthcare (Guy's - the Plus certification is increasingly the requested tier. Fig Group offers both on a published flat fee with no revenue-based pricing.

Do Southwark-based NHS, council, or financial services suppliers need Cyber Essentials Plus specifically?

It depends on what they handle. Cyber Essentials (self-assessed) is enough to pass most Southwark council framework DDQs and the opening stage of most enterprise procurement gates. Cyber Essentials Plus is increasingly the expectation for suppliers touching patient data, legal privilege material, bound-business insurance records, or any central-government contract handling sensitive or personal information under PPN 014/21. When in doubt, ask the procurement team for the exact wording on the DDQ - if "Plus" or "externally verified" appears, you need Plus. Fig Group's Plus engagement includes the external vulnerability scan and sampled endpoint audit at the published flat fee.

How quickly can I get Cyber Essentials certified?

Fig Group guarantees Cyber Essentials certification within 6 hours of self-assessment submission for orders placed before midday, provided the submission is compliant. If corrections are needed, up to three rounds of structured feedback are included at no extra cost. Cyber Essentials Plus takes 1-3 working days due to the external technical verification requirement.

How much does Cyber Essentials cost?

Cyber Essentials costs from £299.99 + VAT (micro, 1-9 employees) to £549.99 + VAT (large, 250+ employees). Cyber Essentials Plus costs from £1,499 + VAT to £4,499 + VAT. Fig Group pricing is fully inclusive - no hidden fees, no assessment surprises, no mandatory add-ons.

Is Cyber Essentials mandatory?

Cyber Essentials is required under PPN 014/21 for certain UK central-government contracts that handle sensitive or personal data. It is also increasingly required by NHS supplier frameworks, local authorities, and private-sector enterprise procurement teams as evidence of foundational cybersecurity.

What are the five Cyber Essentials controls?

The five controls are: firewalls and internet gateways, secure configuration, security update management (patching within 14 days), user access control, and malware protection. Under v3.3, multi-factor authentication (MFA) becomes mandatory for all user accounts in scope. This applies to assessment accounts created from 28 April 2026 onwards.

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