SMB1001 Certification Support for Small Businesses
SMB1001 is a cyber security standard designed for small and medium businesses. SS NovaTech helps you understand which level fits your business, close the gaps and prepare the evidence you need.
What is SMB1001?
SMB1001 is a tiered cyber security standard created for small and medium businesses by Dynamic Standards International. Rather than asking small businesses to meet complex enterprise frameworks, it sets out practical controls across areas such as technology, people, processes and policies, and recognises progress through increasing certification levels.
Customers, insurers and larger organisations increasingly ask suppliers about their security posture. A recognised standard gives you a clear, structured way to show that your business takes cyber security seriously.
How SS NovaTech can help
- Gap assessment: we compare your current controls against the requirements of the level you are aiming for.
- Roadmap: a prioritised list of what to fix first, with effort and cost.
- Technical controls: multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection, patching, email security and backups.
- Policies and procedures: practical documents your staff can follow, written for a small business.
- Staff awareness: simple guidance on phishing, passwords and safe working.
- Evidence preparation: collecting and organising the proof that certification requires.
Why it matters for your business
Cyber incidents are disruptive and expensive for small businesses, and a lack of basic controls is often the cause. Working towards SMB1001 forces the right conversations: who has access to what, how quickly are devices updated, what happens if a laptop is lost, and can you recover if data is encrypted by ransomware.
Even if you are not ready to certify yet, using the standard as a guide lifts your security and makes it easier to answer client questionnaires and cyber insurance forms.
Our approach
We start with a conversation about your business and your customers’ expectations to agree a sensible target level. We then assess what you already have in place, build a clear plan, and work through it with you. Where technical changes are needed, we can implement them. Where documentation is needed, we draft it with you so it reflects how your business actually operates. Certification decisions are made by the standard’s certifying body; our role is to help you prepare properly.
Products and tools that support SMB1001 controls
Many of the technical controls in the standard map to tools we supply and support every day, including endpoint security from Seqrite and Quick Heal, email security and backup, patch management and network equipment. Using products we know well means faster setup and fewer surprises.
Keeping your certification on track
Security is not a one-off project. After you have put the controls in place, we can help you keep them current by monitoring devices, applying updates, reviewing user access and refreshing policies as your business changes. This ongoing support makes it much easier to maintain your level and to move up to the next one when your customers or your business are ready.
Frequently asked questions
Is SS NovaTech the certifying body for SMB1001?
No. SMB1001 is issued by Dynamic Standards International and certification is decided by the standard’s own process. We help you prepare and put the required controls in place.
Which SMB1001 level should we aim for?
It depends on your size, industry and customer requirements. We help you choose a realistic starting level and a plan for moving up over time.
How long does preparation take?
It varies with your starting point. A gap assessment will give you a realistic timeframe and the steps involved.
Do we need to buy new software?
Not necessarily. We review what you already have and recommend new tools only where there is a genuine gap.
Start your SMB1001 journey
Contact us for a conversation about your goals and a plan for getting your business certification-ready.