{"id":10214,"date":"2026-04-24T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/?post_type=news&#038;p=10214"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:11:07","slug":"the-new-cyber-essentials-mandatory-requirements-what-this-means-for-resellers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/news\/the-new-cyber-essentials-mandatory-requirements-what-this-means-for-resellers\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Cyber Essentials mandatory requirements: What this means for resellers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:260px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized aligncenter is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/Paul-Tedford-BW.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4249\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/Paul-Tedford-BW.png 678w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/Paul-Tedford-BW-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/Paul-Tedford-BW-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-paul-tedford\">Paul Tedford<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Head of Sales &amp; Service Delivery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized is-style-no-rounded-corners-no-drop-shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/cyberEssentials-1-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10237\" style=\"width:320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/cyberEssentials-1-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/cyberEssentials-1-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/cyberEssentials-1-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/cyberEssentials-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From April 27th, as part of the Cyber Essentials scheme, multi-factor authentication (MFA) will now be mandatory for cloud services and remote access. With cyber threats continuing to rise, this is another move by the NCSC to ensure business are hardening their defences from external threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many organisations, this means checking their current setup, fixing any gaps, and making sure MFA is used consistently. It can be a bit challenging, as it may affect how staff log in or require changes to existing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-opportunity-for-resellers\">The opportunity for resellers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For resellers, this isn\u2019t just a compliance change, but an opportunity. More organisations are now reviewing their security setups, looking for ways to introduce or expand MFA across their environments, leading to a growing demand for the right solutions, guidance, and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Infinigate UK&amp;I, we\u2019re here to help our reseller partners make the most of this shift. We&#8217;re providing clear guidance on what the Cyber Essentials changes mean in practice, helping to identify where MFA should be used, and recommending vendor solutions to meet resellers&#8217; different customer needs, keeping disruption to a minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-we-can-help\">How we can help <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Within our cybersecurity portfolio, we&#8217;re pleased to offer strong MFA vendors that can bring new pipeline to partners. Through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrust.com\/products\">Entrust<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/security\/business\/identity-access\/microsoft-entra-mfa-multi-factor-authentication?\">Microsoft<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onespan.com\/topics\/multi-factor-authentication\">OneSpan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchguard.com\/wgrd-products\/authpoint\">WatchGuard Technologies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/securenvoy.com\/multi-factor-authentication-mfa\/\">SecurEnvoy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yubico.com\/products\/\">Yubico<\/a>, partners can access a wide range of MFA solutions to suit different customer needs, from cloud-first environments to more complex or regulated use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With MFA now a growing priority for organisations, having the right mix of vendors isn\u2019t just helpful, it\u2019s essential. At Infinigate UK&amp;I, we\u2019re here to help partners navigate these options, build their proposition, and turn demand into real business opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how our cybersecurity portfolio offer strong MFA solutions that can bring new pipeline to partners to suit different customer needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":10217,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"technologies":[7],"news-type":[160],"class_list":["post-10214","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","technologies-cybersecurity","news-type-blog"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Infinigate | United Kingdom","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/10214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/10214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10238,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/10214\/revisions\/10238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"technologies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technologies?post=10214"},{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=10214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}