NCSC Assured Cyber Security Services
Independent cyber security advice carries greater weight when the provider’s capability has been assessed against a recognised standard.
Logiq is assured under several National Cyber Security Centre schemes to provide specialist consultancy, independent cyber auditing and practical Cyber Essentials support. These assurances give organisations a clearer basis for selecting expertise appropriate to the risk, complexity and purpose of the work.
What NCSC assurance means
The NCSC operates assurance schemes for professional cyber security services. Each scheme establishes standards for a defined type of work and assesses whether providers have the capability, delivery processes and governance needed to offer that service.
This gives buyers an independent point of reference when comparing providers. It is particularly valuable where cyber security decisions affect regulated services, government systems, critical infrastructure, sensitive information or environments facing an elevated threat.
Assurance is awarded against specific schemes and service offerings. It should therefore be described precisely. A provider assured for Risk Management, for example, has demonstrated its capability against the requirements of that offering. The assurance does not automatically extend to every cyber security service the organisation may provide.
Independently assessed
Our capability is independently assessed against NCSC standards.
Purpose-built schemes
Each scheme is designed for a defined type of service and set of customer needs.
Confidence for your decisions
Assurance helps you choose the right provider for the right requirement.
Our NCSC assured services
Assured Cyber Security Consultancy: Risk Management
Cyber risk management gives organisations a structured way to understand uncertainty, make informed decisions and maintain ownership of the risks affecting their systems and services.
A useful risk assessment needs to reflect the organisation’s objectives, dependencies, threat exposure and operating environment. Generic risk statements and unprioritised registers provide little help to the people deciding where action or investment is required.
Logiq’s NCSC assured Risk Management service can support the identification, assessment and prioritisation of cyber security risks, together with the development of practical treatment and assurance plans. This includes helping organisations define responsibilities, establish governance, communicate risk clearly and make decisions that reflect their business priorities and appetite for risk.
Risk also changes through the life of a system. New suppliers, technologies, integrations, users and threats can alter assumptions that were reasonable when an earlier assessment was completed. Logiq helps clients maintain a current view of risk rather than relying solely on point-in-time documentation.
Assured Cyber Security Consultancy: Security Architecture
Security architecture concerns the way systems, services and technical environments are designed to achieve defined security objectives.
Architectural decisions influence how identities are managed, how systems communicate, where trust boundaries sit, how information moves and how an organisation prevents, detects and recovers from security incidents. Weak decisions made early in a programme can become expensive or disruptive to correct once the design has been implemented.
Under the NCSC Security Architecture offering, assured providers are expected to consider the customer’s threat model, business requirements and practical constraints when recommending security controls. This requires an understanding of current threats, modern technologies and the relationships between technical components, users and operational processes.
Logiq supports architecture development and review across complex environments, including cloud services, enterprise systems, operational technology, regulated collaboration environments and programmes involving multiple suppliers.
Assured Cyber Security Consultancy: Audit and Review
Audit and Review consultancy helps organisations understand whether their security arrangements are aligned with the policies, standards, regulatory expectations and internal requirements that apply to them.
The work may examine cyber security policies, procedures, system designs, risk assessments, supporting evidence and the way controls have been implemented in practice. It can also assess broader security maturity, identify weaknesses in the evidence base and test whether existing arrangements remain suitable as the organisation, threat or regulatory environment changes.
Logiq’s consultants use recognised approaches to produce findings that are clear, proportionate and useful to the people responsible for taking action. Recommendations are considered in the context of the organisation rather than presented as an isolated list of deficiencies. The aim is to help decision-makers understand what matters, why it matters and what should happen next.
Cyber Resilience Audit
The Cyber Resilience Audit scheme assures organisations that deliver independent cyber security audits. Logiq is an assured provider under the scheme and can undertake audits for buyers on behalf of Cyber Oversight Bodies.
The scheme was established around audits using the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, commonly known as the CAF, while allowing the audit approach to be applied to other cyber security standards where appropriate. It provides a structured route for organisations that need an independent assessment of how effectively cyber security and resilience outcomes are being achieved.
A Cyber Resilience Audit examines the organisation’s evidence, controls and operating practices against an agreed framework. The resulting audit provides a clearer view of areas where controls are working, where evidence is incomplete and where improvement may be needed. This can support regulatory oversight, governance decisions, remediation planning and wider confidence in the organisation’s resilience.
Cyber Advisor
Cyber Advisor is a separate NCSC assurance scheme aimed primarily at small and medium-sized organisations that need reliable, practical support with foundational cyber security.
The service focuses on implementing the technical controls set out in Cyber Essentials. Assessed Cyber Advisors are required to demonstrate technical knowledge, practical competence and the ability to work effectively with smaller organisations that may not have a dedicated cyber security function.
Logiq’s Cyber Advisor service can review an organisation’s current arrangements, explain where they differ from the Cyber Essentials requirements and provide hands-on guidance to address identified gaps. The support is intended to make the controls workable within the organisation’s existing technology, resources and operating model.
Cyber Advisor is particularly relevant where an organisation wants to strengthen its basic security, prepare for Cyber Essentials certification or reduce its exposure to common attacks. Requirements involving complex systems, nationally significant services or elevated threats are more likely to need support through the Assured Cyber Security Consultancy scheme.
Choosing the right service
The right service depends on the objectives you need to meet, the environment you operate in, and the assurance required. We can help you determine the most appropriate route.
Why assurance matters when selecting a cyber security provider
Choosing a cyber security consultancy can be difficult because experience, methods and quality are not always easy to judge before an engagement begins. NCSC assurance reduces some of that uncertainty by confirming that the provider has been assessed against published requirements for the relevant service.
It does not remove the need for buyers to consider sector experience, technical knowledge, security clearances, delivery capacity and familiarity with the technologies involved. It does, however, provide credible evidence that the provider has met an external standard for the service being procured.
For organisations working in defence, government, critical national infrastructure and other regulated sectors, that external assurance can form an important part of supplier due diligence.
Frequently asked questions
What is an NCSC assured cyber security service?
An NCSC assured service is provided by an organisation that has been assessed against the standards of a specific NCSC assurance scheme. The assurance applies to the named scheme or consultancy offering rather than every service delivered by the provider.
Is Cyber Advisor the same as Cyber Essentials certification?
No. A Cyber Advisor provides advice and practical support centred on implementing the Cyber Essentials technical controls. Certification is a separate assessment process carried out through an authorised Cyber Essentials certification body.
Does using an NCSC assured provider guarantee compliance?
NCSC assurance confirms that the provider has met the standard for a particular service. Regulatory or contractual compliance still depends on the organisation’s requirements, the agreed scope, the controls in place and the evidence available.
Who are the Assured Cyber Security Consultancy services intended for?
The scheme is designed for organisations with complex, high-risk or nationally significant cyber security requirements. This includes government bodies, regulated organisations, operators of essential services and engagements involving elevated or targeted threats.
How Logiq helps
Logiq works with organisations whose systems, information and services need to operate in complex, regulated or high-trust environments.
Our NCSC assured services cover several distinct stages of the security lifecycle. We help clients understand and manage risk, design appropriate security architectures, examine whether controls and evidence remain effective, and undertake independent cyber resilience audits where formal scrutiny is required.
For smaller organisations, our Cyber Advisors provide a practical route into Cyber Essentials and stronger foundational security.
Each engagement is shaped around the environment and the decision that needs to be made. This keeps the work focused on usable outcomes: clearer risk ownership, stronger designs, reliable evidence and proportionate improvements that can be maintained in practice.
Speak to an NCSC assured cyber security provider
If you need independent cyber security advice, an architecture or risk review, support with Cyber Essentials, or a formal cyber resilience audit, Logiq can help determine which assured service is appropriate for your requirement.
Contact our cyber security and assurance team.