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title: The difference between CEM & CTM
description: Difference between the Cyber Trust Mark and the Cyber Essentials Mark in a table.
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# [The difference between CEM & CTM](https://www.raynsecure.com/blog/the-difference-between-cem-ctm)

 Written by [Naresh Parshotam](https://www.raynsecure.com/blog/author/naresh-parshotam) | Dec 14, 2023 11:49:29 PM

As we roll out our cybersecurity services, we're often asked to explain the difference between the Cyber Essentials Mark (CEM) and the Cyber Trust Mark (CTM). [Here's a link](https://raynsecure.com/resources/f/cybersecurity-certification-and-what-it-means-for-you) to a previous blog I wrote that gets into details of both the marks. To help clarify this a little further, I thought a tabular representation would be helpful. 

The main thing to note here is that there isn't much of a difference between CEM and CTM (Tier 1). Which mark you obtain is really dependent on where you are in your digitalisation journey, your risk profile, the size of your organisation, and your use of digital technologies. 

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