IASME ASSESSOR ROLES

All assessors need to be part of a Certification Body to be able to carry out assessments. Please see the Certification Body requirements toward the end of this page.

The following assessor roles are recognised by IASME but one person can take on as many of these roles as they want. One person can assess against all of these roles or just one. Please note that you need to be a Cyber Essentials basic assessor if you want to be an IASME Cyber Assurance assessor or a Cyber Essentials Plus assessor.

• Cyber Essentials (basic) assessor
• Cyber Essentials Plus assessor
• IASME Cyber Assurance assessor

Each of these roles require a one day training course. All the training is currently delivered remotely.

The costs are as follows:

• Cyber Essentials (basic) training – £550
• IASME Cyber Assurance training – £550
• Cyber Essentials Plus training – £550

Your company will also need to gain the certification of the scheme they are assessing to (e.g. Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, IASME Cyber Assurance). The cost of this depends on the size of your company.

CYBER ESSENTIALS

ASSESSOR COURSE

To become a basic level Cyber Essentials Assessor, you will first need to have 3 years’ experience of working in IT or Cyber Security (this does not include periods of study) and be based in the UK or Crown Dependancies.  You will also need to pass the free Assessor Skills exam unless you already hold one of these qualifications:

• CISSP
• CISM
• Certified Professional (CCP) SIRA, IA Auditor or IA Architect roles at Practitioner-equivalent level or above
• ISO27001 Lead Auditor

Following completion of this course, your company will complete the Cyber Essentials verified self-assessment (if you already have an up-to-date certificate, you will not need todo this again). The cost of this depends on the size of your company.

After passing this course, you will be qualified to assess against Cyber Essentials (basic), once you are working for a licensed Certification Body.

If you need to pass the Assessor Skills exam then please contact us and we will send you the details.

IASME cyber assurance ASSESSOR COURSE

To become an IASME Cyber Assurance Assessor, you will need to do the following:

• Meet the qualification/experience requirements for becoming a basic-level Cyber Essentials Assessor.
• Complete the one-day Cyber Essentials assessor course and then the one-day IASME Cyber Assurance assessor course. Following completion of the IASME Cyber Assurance course, and once you have passed the Cyber Essentials verified self-assessment, your company will complete the IASME Cyber Assurance (Level One) certification.
• Once the IASME Cyber Assurance (Level One) certification is achieved, you may then need to achieve IASME Quality Principles certification. The Become a Certification Body section below will detail whether this is necessary.
• After gaining all of the certifications mentioned above, you will be paired up with another trainee Certification Body and will conduct a mutual on-site IASME Cyber Assurance (Level Two) audit of each other’s organisation.
• You will need to successfully complete an IASME Cyber Assurance (Level Two) audit on your partner company, and also be certified by your partner trainee.

Once you have completed all these steps you will be qualified to assess against Cyber Essentials (basic) and the IASME Cyber Assurance standard (Level One and Level Two), once you are working for a licensed Certification Body.

CYBER ESSENTIALS PLUS

ASSESSOR COURSE

If you want to assess against Cyber Essentials Plus you need have already attended and passed the Cyber Essentials Assessor course detailed above, and be based in the UK or Crown Dependancies.  In order to deliver Cyber Essentials Plus assessments, every Certification Body will need at least one ‘Lead Assessor’.  A Lead Assessor must hold one of the qualifications listed below:

• CREST Registered Penetration Tester
• CREST Certified Infrastructure Tester
• Cyber Scheme Team Member (CSTM)
• Cyber Scheme Team Leader (CSTL)
• EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA):
  Penetration Testing practical
• EC-Council Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT)
• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
• TigerScheme Team Member (CTM/QSTM)**
• TigerScheme Team Leader (CTL/SST)**

**These qualifications will be accepted if they have not expired. Upon expiry you will be required to hold an alternative qualification on List A to continue as Lead Assessor.

All other CE+ assessors within the same Certification Body will be required to have at least 3 years experience of working in IT or Cyber Security and pass our Vulnerability Assessment Plus exam.

All Cyber Essentials Plus assessors will then need to take part in and pass the online Cyber Essentials Plus training course.

You will also need to attain Cyber Essentials Plus certification for your company. We encourage the attendees on the course who pass to pair up and assess each other against Cyber Essentials Plus once they have become Certification Bodies.

BECOME A CERTIFICATION BODY

Once the Assessor has successfully completed the training, gained the relevant certification and passed the exams / assessments the company they work for can become a Certification Body. All Certification Bodies need to sign and return the associated contract.

All Certification Bodies have to show they meet both security and quality requirements.  They can do this by holding one of these security certifications

• Achieving UKAS-accredited ISO 27001 certification
• Achieving audited IASME Cyber Assurance (Level Two) certification

They also need to hold one of these quality requirements:

• Achieving UKAS-accredited ISO 9001 certification
• Achieving the IASME Quality Principles alongside an IASME Cyber Assurance (Level Two) certification
• Achieving the QG Quality Fundamentals+ certification

Please note: It is a contractual requirement for IASME Cyber Assurance Certification Bodies to hold IASME Cyber Assurance (Level Two) certification.

If your company is interested in becoming a Certification Body please contact us. Your professionalism, expertise and attitude is more important to us than size and we are happy to licence to companies of all sizes.