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Do you want to become an IASME Cyber Assurance Assessor?

An IASME Cyber Assurance Assessor is a trained cyber security professional licensed to assess organisations against the IASME Cyber Assurance standard. An IASME Cyber Assurance Assessor must work for a company that is licensed by IASME as a Certification Body. When you are ready to apply to become an IASME Cyber Assurance Assessor, you can start the process by answering the questions below, or by contacting our customer services team on 03300 882 752 or email us on [email protected]

Requirements to become an Assessor

Become an Assessor

Do you work for an existing Certification Body?(Required)

Yes

If you answered No, you will need to become a Certification Body. Would you like to see the requirements to become one?(Required)

Yes

Certification Body Requirements

All Certification Bodies will also need to meet both security and quality requirements. They can do this by holding one of the following security qualifications:

Achieving UKAS accredited ISO 27001 certification
Achieving IASME Cyber Assurance Level 1 and Level 2 certifications

And they will need one of these quality certifications:

Achieving UKAS accredited ISO 9001 certification
Achieving the IASME Cyber Assurance Quality Principles alongside part of a successful IASME Cyber Assurance Level 1 and Level 2 certifications
Achieving a QG Quality Fundamentals+ certification

The Certification Body will also need to hold and maintain whatever certifications they are delivering.

Does the company already meet the Certification Body Requirements?(Required)

Yes

Would you be willing to meet the Certification Body Requirements as part of the training process?

Yes

Sorry, you have to work for an existing Certification Body, or you have to want to become one.

To become a basic level Cyber Essentials Assessor, you will first need to have 3 years’ experience in IT or Security (this does not include periods of study).

Please see below the following types of experience that are accepted / not accepted as counting towards the required 3 years:

Accepted forms of experience	Not accepted forms of experience
IT Support Roles	University placements
Cyber Security Consultancy	Consultancy that is not cyber security
IT Engineering	Conventional security (i.e. not Cyber Security)
IT Architecture	Engineering that is not IT engineering
Cyber Security Architecture	Analysis
Network/Infrastructure Engineer	Management/Leadership (apart from the above)
Physical computer support	Architecture that is not IT/Cyber Security Architecture
Direct management of a technical IT/Cyber Security team	Data input and administration tasks
	IT/Cyber Security sales

You will also be required 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

You will then need to attend and complete the one-day Cyber Essentials course and pass the exam.

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

Do you have the pre-requisite assessor qualifications (listed above)?

Yes

Do you have a minimum of 3 years work experience in IT/Security (not including periods of study)?

Yes

Sorry, you cannot be an assessor at this time. You may wish to explore becoming a Cyber Advisor

Would you like to complete the free IASME Assessor Skills Assessment?

Yes

Please contact us at [email protected] in order to proceed with the IASME Assessor Skills Assessment.

Would you like to request to attend the ICA training?

Yes

Thank you for your interest. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected]

Thank you, please provide us with some details about yourself and your qualifications, so that we can help with that.

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Please provide your Company Name(Required)

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Is your company a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?(Required)

Yes

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Do you want to become an IASME Cyber Assurance Assessor?

Become an Assessor

Thank you, please provide us with some details about yourself and your qualifications, so that we can help with that.

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