An assessment is approaching
The organisation needs a technical view of likely gaps before formal Cyber Essentials Plus testing begins.
Cyber Essentials Plus readiness
Prepare the infrastructure for Cyber Essentials Plus.
Technical readiness, remediation and evidence support for organisations preparing for assessment or resolving issues before the audit.
The decision
Resolve the technical gaps before they become assessment failures.
Cyber Essentials Plus requires technical controls to work in practice and to withstand independent testing. Unsupported systems, inconsistent patching, weak segmentation or incomplete evidence can turn preparation into an urgent remediation exercise.
Praetorian provides infrastructure readiness assessment, remediation planning and hands-on implementation support. We do not act as the certification body; we prepare the environment and evidence so the organisation can approach its chosen assessor with fewer unresolved technical risks.
Common triggers
When this needs attention
Remediation is incomplete
Patching, secure configuration, endpoint controls or unsupported platforms are still being worked through.
Scope is unclear
Networks, cloud services, remote users or third-party connections make the assessment boundary difficult to define.
Evidence is fragmented
Controls may exist, but ownership and the records needed for audit preparation are inconsistent.
What Praetorian does
From assessment to working environment.
Readiness assessment
Review the technical environment against the infrastructure controls likely to be tested during CE+.
Remediation plan
Prioritise gaps by assessment impact, operational risk, dependency and the time available.
Engineering remediation
Correct infrastructure, endpoint, network and configuration issues rather than leaving the organisation with a report.
Evidence preparation
Bring control ownership, configuration records and test evidence together for the certification body.
Engagement model
A controlled engineering approach.
Scope
Confirm the systems, users, services and network boundaries included in the assessment.
Assess
Identify technical gaps, ageing components and evidence that cannot yet support the control.
Remediate
Implement prioritised changes with appropriate testing and change control.
Prepare
Check the resulting evidence and outstanding risks before formal assessment.
Technical scope
The work that may need to be covered.
Lifecycle and endpoints
- Supported operating systems and software
- Patch status and update processes
- Endpoint protection and host controls
- Secure configuration and administrative access
Networks and access
- Firewall and internet-facing services
- Network segmentation
- Remote access and MFA
- Cloud and third-party connectivity
Assessment preparation
- Scope validation
- Evidence gathering
- Remediation planning
- Implementation and retesting
Why Praetorian
Engineering judgement without a predetermined product answer.
- Infrastructure engineers who can implement the remediation, not simply record the gap.
- Experience across servers, endpoints, networking, identity and security controls.
- Clear separation between technical preparation and independent certification.
- Changes planned around service continuity and operational ownership.
Relevant thinking
Explore the decision and the evidence.
Start the conversation
Prepare for the assessment with the technical work understood.
Tell us the intended assessment date, current scope and known remediation issues. We will help turn them into a practical readiness plan.