Your certificate never lapses. We make sure of it.
Cyber Essentials Plus must be renewed every 12 months. A lapsed certificate can suspend contracts, fail procurement checks, and void cyber insurance. We manage your renewal proactively so it never becomes a problem.
Renewal managed. Certificate maintained.
Proactive Renewal Scheduling
We track your certificate expiry date and initiate the renewal process 8 weeks in advance, giving us time to prepare your environment without any last-minute pressure.
Annual Environment Review
Before each renewal, we conduct a full review of your environment against the current Cyber Essentials scheme requirements, which are updated annually by NCSC.
Pre-Renewal Remediation
If the annual review identifies any gaps introduced by system changes, new devices, or updated scheme requirements, we remediate them before the audit.
Questionnaire and Submission Management
We manage the self-assessment questionnaire and assessor submission for every renewal, ensuring accuracy and consistency year after year.
Expiry Alerts and Notifications
We notify you and any relevant stakeholders when your certificate is approaching expiry and when the new certificate has been issued.
Certificate Distribution
We provide you with the updated certificate and supporting documentation in the format required by your clients, procurement teams, and insurance providers.
Renewal in six steps. Every year.
8-Week Notice
We initiate the renewal process 8 weeks before your certificate expires and notify all relevant stakeholders.
Environment Review
We review your environment against the current scheme requirements, noting any changes since the last certification.
Pre-Audit Remediation
Any gaps identified in the review are remediated before the audit to ensure a first-time pass.
Questionnaire Completion
We complete the updated self-assessment questionnaire with accurate, evidenced answers.
Audit and Re-certification
We support the technical audit and manage the assessor relationship through to certificate issuance.
Certificate Issued
Your renewed certificate is issued and distributed to all relevant parties. The cycle begins again.
Renewals managed without a single lapse.
Government Supplier, Manchester
Previous provider missed the renewal deadline. Certificate lapsed for 3 weeks, causing a contract suspension.
IP Four took over renewal management. Certificate has not lapsed since. Renewal now completed 6 weeks before expiry.
Defence Contractor, Bristol
Annual scheme update introduced new requirements for cloud-hosted services that the client was unaware of.
IP Four identified the new requirements during the annual review and remediated before the audit. Certified first time.
NHS Supplier, Birmingham
Needed to maintain continuous CE Plus certification across a 3-year NHS framework contract with no gaps.
Three consecutive renewals managed by IP Four. Zero lapses. Framework contract maintained throughout.
Never let your CE Plus certificate lapse. We manage it for you.
We initiate your renewal 8 weeks before expiry, review your environment against the latest scheme requirements, and manage the full process to re-certification.