cyber-essentials-plus-expert SKILL.md skillA

cyber-essentials-plus-expert from grcengclub/claude-grc-engineering is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add grcengclub/claude-grc-engineering/cyber-essentials-plus-expert@git:20260711.aa59951

Pins git:20260711.aa59951 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
grcengclub/claude-grc-engineering
Path
plugins/frameworks/cyber-essentials-plus/skills/cyber-essentials-plus-expert/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260711.aa59951, committed Jul 11, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 26, 2026
Size
9,000 bytes
Repository stars
430
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

UK NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) v3.3 Danzell expert. Reference-depth framework plugin with assessment, scope determination, and evidence checklist — backed by the SCF crosswalk. Five core controls: Firewalls, Secure Configuration, User Access Control (MFA mandatory for all cloud services), Malware Protection, and Patch Management.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# UK NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) Expert

Reference-depth expertise for **UK NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) v3.3 Danzell** (effective 27 April 2026). This plugin bundles the SCF crosswalk (26 SCF controls → 5 CE+ controls) with framework-specific context.

## Framework identity

- **SCF framework ID**: `emea-gbr-cyber-essentials-requirements-3-3`
- **Region**: EMEA
- **Country**: GB
- **Regulator/Certifying bodies**: UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and IASME Consortium (accredited certification body)

## Framework in plain language

Cyber Essentials Plus is a UK government-backed certification scheme that requires organisations to demonstrate they have implemented five foundational technical security controls: Firewalls, Secure Configuration, User Access Control, Malware Protection, and Patch Management. CE+ is the independently-verified tier — unlike self-assessed Cyber Essentials, an accredited assessor conducts hands-on technical testing of the organisation's systems to verify the controls are in place and effective. The scheme is mandated for UK government supply chain contracts involving personal data or sensitive information, and is widely adopted as a…
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add grcengclub/claude-grc-engineering/cyber-essentials-plus-expert@sha256:8e1a255c774f499b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260711.aa59951, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_hohk4dftvoew5v6w.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hohk4dftvoew5v6w)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 26, 2026 and Jul 11, 2026, about one every 76 days.

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git:20260426.f7a94622026-04-26 f7a9462 8,948 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9000 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

grcengclub/claude-grc-engineering · 430 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hohk4dftvoew5v6w
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=grcengclub/claude-grc-engineering/cyber-essentials-plus-expert
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8e1a255c774f499bafa4e19805efe793892942bfb121437475a6a1eddd6c74fc

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