You"A big customer just sent us a security questionnaire."
SMB1001A current certificate gives them a recognised, independent answer to start from, instead of pages of claims they have to take on trust.
SMB1001 certification
Show customers you're secure. Win the work that depends on it.
SMB1001 is the Australian cyber security certification built for small and medium businesses. Five tiers, from Bronze to Diamond, so you start where you are and step up as you grow. We take you from first conversation to certified, and keep you there.
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SMB1001 GoldISO 27001 certifiedCertified DSI partnerARN SMB Partner of the Year 2024 & 2025
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Five tiers, from Bronze to Diamond
Start where you are and step up as you grow.
Sound familiar?
Someone is asking how secure your business is. Now you'll have an answer.
Most owners come to SMB1001 because a customer, an insurer or a tender needs proof. A certificate gives them something they recognise, and gives you a clear plan for what to fix.
You"Our insurer wants to know what controls we have."
SMB1001Silver is positioned as the baseline most insurers look for, which gives your broker something concrete to work with.
Source: CyberCert
You"We want to tender for bigger contracts."
SMB1001Certification shows buyers you meet a recognised standard. Higher tiers add an independent audit for buyers who want third-party proof.
You"We grew fast. IT just sort of happened."
SMB1001Bronze gives you a clear checklist of the essentials, so you know exactly what's covered and what isn't.
The five tiers
Start where you are. Step up when you're ready.
Each tier builds on the one below. You certify at the level your business needs today, and climb as your customers, contracts and risks grow.
Level 1 of 5
Bronze
Where everyone starts
- In a sentence
- Get the essentials in place
- Who it suits
- Sole traders and small teams taking their first formal step.
- What it shows
- You've covered the security basics every business should have.
- How it's verified
- Self-assessed and attested on CyberCert.
- Where we help
- A quick check of what you already have, then the basics: sign-in protection, updates and backups.
Starting-tier finder · 6 questions
Which tier should you aim for? Find out in a minute.
Six quick questions, including your industry, for a suggested target tier and the compliance rules worth knowing about. Your answers stay on this page.
How it works with Nueva
From first conversation to certified. One team the whole way.
Our cyber team plans it and our technology team puts the controls in. You deal with one partner, not a consultant, an IT provider and a certifier who never talk to each other.
- 01
Free security consultation
Tell us what's driving it, whether that's a customer, an insurer or a tender, and we'll suggest a sensible target tier. Free, with no obligation.
- 02
Readiness check
We check your setup against your target tier and give you a clear, prioritised list of gaps. Scoped and quoted at a fixed price.
- 03
Close the gaps
Our engineers put the missing controls in place, from sign-in protection and device updates to backups and policies, and help you gather the evidence.
- 04
Get certified
You complete certification on CyberCert with us alongside you. As a certified DSI partner, we can offer reduced certification rates.
- 05
Stay current, step up
Keep your certification current as the business changes, and move up a tier when you're ready. GRC as a Service can look after it for you.
Beyond Diamond
Growing into ISO 27001? Your SMB1001 work comes with you.
Some customers, tenders and industries ask for ISO/IEC 27001, the international standard for information security management. SMB1001 is a practical way to get there. The controls, policies and habits you build tier by tier become the foundations of an ISO 27001 management system, so you aren't starting again.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001
SMB1001
- Built for small and medium businesses
- Five tiers, step up as you grow
- Verified on CyberCert, with independent audit at the higher tiers
What carries forward
Your security controls, written policies, evidence and the habit of reviewing them.
ISO/IEC 27001
- Built for organisations ready for a full information security management system
- One certification covering the whole system
- Verified by external audit from an accredited certification body
Nueva holds both SMB1001 Gold and ISO 27001. We've made the same journey.
Talk to us about ISO 27001 →We hold ourselves to it
We've walked this path ourselves.
Nueva holds SMB1001 Gold and ISO 27001 certification. The steps we take you through are the ones we took, and the evidence we help you gather is the kind we keep for our own audits.
Standard
SMB1001 Gold
Nueva holds this tierCertifiedISO 27001
ARN Innovation AwardsSMB Partner of the Year 2025
ARN Innovation AwardsSMB Partner of the Year 2024
Standards and certification
Backed by the people behind the standard.
Security should be measured against a recognised benchmark, not just our word. These alliances let us take you from first assessment to an independent SMB1001 certificate.
Publisher of SMB1001
Dynamic Standards International
- Who they are
- The publisher of SMB1001, the tiered cyber security certification standard for small and medium businesses, from Bronze through to Diamond.
- How we work together
- As a certified DSI partner, we guide clients from readiness assessment through to certification, at reduced certification rates.
Certification platform
CyberCert
- Who they are
- The certification platform for SMB1001, where businesses complete, evidence and manage their certification.
- How we work together
- We use CyberCert to take clients through certification and keep it current. Nueva holds SMB1001 Gold itself.
Questions owners ask
Straight answers.
Still unsure? A security conversation costs nothing and usually answers the rest.
A cyber security certification standard for small and medium businesses, published by Dynamic Standards International (DSI). It has five tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. Each adds controls to the one below, so you certify at the level that fits now and step up later.
Get started
Start where you are. We'll get you certified.
Tell us what's driving it, and we'll map the shortest path to the tier you need.
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