Most cyber attacks are untargeted and use commodity tools to attack large amounts of devices, services and users at the same time in an indiscriminate way. Most cyber attacks are made up of repeated stages that are probing for further information or leads that can lead to a more targeted attack. These untargeted attacks exploit basic weaknesses that can be found in many organisations such as poorly configured firewalls, software that hasn't been patched and legacy computer systems that are no longer supported. Cyber Essentials will help an organisation defend against this type of attack. The process of putting in place the five core controls will eliminate all the common security gaps that up to 90% of cyber attacks rely on.