Achieving key cyber accreditations Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO27001

As a provider of business-critical communication services, Firstcom Europe needed to ensure it remained secure against cyber threats. With a growing customer base and an increasing reliance on cloud-based infrastructure, they required a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities while strengthening regulatory compliance. Another key objective was to secure cyber accreditations to allow them to bid for contracts within the NHS and healthcare sector.

Firstcom Europe approached Melius CyberSafe to support them in strengthening their cyber security and to achieve key cyber compliance accreditations. Melius is on a mission to make cyber security simple, safe and affordable for the UK’s small and medium sized business.

Firstcom chose us as their cyber security partner, recognising our strong track record of helping businesses with our CREST-certified security expertise and consultative approach.

Melius CyberSafe worked in close collaboration with Firstcom, ensuring their existing processes were validated, verified, and enhanced with strategic recommendations. By adopting our CyberSafe platform, we also provided continuous security monitoring, real-time risk identification, and automated compliance tracking to strengthen their overall security framework.

Our team guided Firstcom Europe through the complexities of achieving ISO 27001 compliance, Cyber Essentials and then Cyber Essentials Plus, simplifying the accreditation process while ensuring full alignment with industry best practices. As part of this journey, we also supported them in securing NHS DSPT accreditation, giving them the capability to meet the stringent security requirements needed to provide services to the healthcare sector. As a result, Firstcom now has the tools, processes, and accreditations in place to operate a first-class cyber security function.