SMB1001 Bronze to Gold Guide

Cybersecurity standards are mostly written for organisations that already have a security team. Everyone else is left to work out what good looks like on their own.

SMB1001 is built for those organisations. It sets out five progressive certification levels, each with a defined set of controls, and it is reviewed annually so it keeps pace with how attacks actually change.

Layer3 builds SMB1001 into every managed service plan. That gives your organisation something to measure against, a clear view of the gaps, and an agreed order for closing them.

What the guide covers

It walks through the first three levels.

• Bronze – the essential cybersecurity foundations
• Silver – consistency, governance and operational control
• Gold – a more mature and well-managed security posture

What you can do with it

• Understand where your cybersecurity maturity actually sits today
• Decide which improvements are worth doing first
• Give directors, customers and insurers a clear answer about your security
• Work towards recognised certification instead of ad hoc fixes
• Set a path to the higher levels rather than stopping at the first

If you want help placing your organisation against the levels, talk to us. That assessment is where a vCIO engagement usually starts.