GET SMB1001 Certified
SEQ IT is an official CyberCert Certification Partner, we provide end-to-end consulting and technical services to help you achieve SMB1001 compliance.
From the essential Bronze level through to the advanced Gold certification, our team supports you through every stage of the compliance and certification.
Bronze: SMB1001 Level 1
Small businesses with low cyber risk exposure.
Silver: SMB1001 Level 2
Small businesses starting a cybersecurity journey.
Gold: SMB1001 Level 3
Compliance-heavy industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail.
Check out the requirements below to see what certification level your business may immediately qualify for:
| Requirements to achieve | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD |
| Engage a technical support specialist for your organisation | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Install and configure a firewall | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Install anti-virus software on all organisation devices | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Automatically install tested and approved software updates and patches on all organisation devices | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Ensure strong password hygiene is maintained | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Implement a backup and recovery strategy for important digital assets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Conduct cybersecurity awareness training for all employees | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Install TLS certificates on all public internet facing websites | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Ensure all servers are updated and patched | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Ensure employee accounts do not have administrative privileges | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Ensure employees have individual user accounts | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Implement a password manager system | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all employee email accounts | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Email Authentication and Anti-Spoofing | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Confidentiality agreement for all employees, contractors and third parties | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Implement a policy with procedures to manage Invoice Fraud | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Implement a visitor register | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Implement Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) | ✅ | ||
| MFA on all business applications and social media accounts | ✅ | ||
| Ensure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) occurs only over Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections | ✅ | ||
| Purchase and maintain business or cyber insurance | ✅ | ||
| Implement a cybersecurity policy | ✅ | ||
| Implement a response plan for cyber related incidents | ✅ | ||
| Utilise secure methods of physical document destruction | ✅ | ||
| Ensure all computer devices that store sensitive, private, and/or confidential information are disposed of securely | ✅ | ||
| Implement and maintain a digital asset register | ✅ | ||
| Implement a policy for the responsible and secure use of AI technology | ✅ |