Nobody running a twelve-person company needs a security department. What they need is the easy ways in closed off, someone watching the ways that have to stay open, and a phone number that gets answered when something looks wrong.
We build that up a layer at a time – protection on the computers, a lock on the Microsoft 365 accounts, a team who can spot a dodgy email – in whatever order makes sense for your business, at a pace you can afford.
The way a business usually gets caught isn’t dramatic. It’s a convincing email that looks like it came from a supplier, a password reused from a shopping site, or a laptop that quietly missed three months of updates.
Phishing, ransomware, malware, a slow leak of data – the names change, the route in rarely does. And the first sign of trouble is normally somebody else spotting it: a client asking why your bank details changed, or a file that won’t open on Monday morning.
So we’re not going to spend this page frightening you. The job is to close the easy routes in, keep watch on the rest, and make sure a real person picks up if it ever does happen.
If you are trying to work out which layer you actually need, MDR, EDR and antivirus compared explains what each one catches.
You don’t have to buy all of this. Most businesses we look after started with one layer and added the next when it made sense.
Every computer, laptop and server watched for anything that shouldn’t be there, with real people reviewing what turns up.
Watches your logins for the signs of a break-in and shuts a compromised account down before someone starts sending invoices in your name.
One protected place for every login your team uses, so nobody has to reuse the same password twice. Bought on its own, per user, per month.
Tighter control over the accounts that can change things – locked away, given out only when needed, recorded every time. Scoped before it’s priced.
Finds the weak spots before anyone else does, and the first scan is free – what’s at risk, why it matters, what to fix first.
Teaches your team to recognise a phishing email using real examples, not a lecture. No technical knowledge needed.
Goes further than training – shows you where the risk actually sits in your business, then brings it down over time.
The UK government-backed certification councils, NHS trusts and private clients ask for in tenders – we assess, fix the gaps and do the paperwork.
Email filtering sits underneath the lot as standard – phishing, spam and dodgy attachments stopped before they reach an inbox.
This is the bit most providers make awkward. If you’ve got your own IT person, or a setup that works fine, or you simply aren’t ready to hand everything over – you can still take the protection.
Computer Protection, Microsoft 365 Protection and our Password Manager are sold on their own, monthly, per computer or per user. No long tie-in, nothing to pay on sign-up, and no obligation to bring us the rest of your IT.
Privileged Access Management stands on its own too – we just scope it with you first, because what it costs depends on how many accounts can change things.
If you’d rather hand the whole lot over one day, we do that too. There’s no rush, and we won’t keep asking.
Been asked to certify, or had a harder set of questions from your insurer? Start with what Cyber Essentials is and what insurers now ask about your IT.
Client records, staff details, the things you’d rather not explain in an email to everyone you work with.
Recovering from a cyber attack costs considerably more than preventing one, and the bill isn’t only financial.
Trust takes years to build and one incident to dent. Being able to say plainly what you do about security is worth having.
Whether it’s a data protection obligation, an insurer’s questionnaire or a tender document, you can show what’s in place instead of hoping.
Most of what gets stopped would have cost you a morning at best and a week at worst.
We’re an IT company in Bournemouth that takes security seriously, rather than a security firm that turns up, sells you something and leaves. Which means the people protecting your systems are the same people who know how those systems are built.
That matters at four o’clock on a Friday. You ring 01202 237 273 and get someone who already knows your setup – not a queue and a ticket reference.
We look after businesses across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Blandford, Ringwood, Southampton and the wider Dorset and South Coast – and we come out when coming out is the right answer.
Free, no obligation, and it doesn’t turn into a sales call. We look at what you’ve got and at how your business actually works.
A plain-English report: what’s protected, what isn’t, and what we’d fix first if it were our business.
Start with one and add more when you’re ready. No big project, no rip-and-replace. Sorted.
The things business owners ask us before they change anything – whether they’re big enough to be a target and what happens if something gets through.
Ask us anything that isn’t here. You’ll get a straight answer.
Keeping your computers, networks and data out of the wrong hands – through a mix of software, monitoring and sensible habits. In practice it’s several small layers doing quiet work, not one big wall.
Small businesses are targeted constantly, and usually not on purpose – a lot of attacks are automated and go after whatever answers. Being small makes you easier, not uninteresting.
In layers: encryption where it belongs, monitoring across your computers and accounts, and tight control over who can reach what. No single measure carries the whole weight.
Where it can be contained automatically, it is. Where it can’t, you hear from us straight away in plain English – what it was and what it means for you. If you want a hand putting things right, we’re one call away.
It’s the opposite – it’s what replaces the spreadsheet. Everyone gets strong passwords they never have to remember, logins can be shared without being handed over, and access leaves with the person when they do. More on the Password Manager page.
A UK government-backed certification showing you meet a recognised baseline against common cyber threats. Plenty of tenders now require it, and insurers often price it in. More on the Cyber Essentials page.
The assessment. It’s free, and it’s the only honest way to answer that question – the right first layer for a five-person accountancy practice isn’t the right one for a forty-person manufacturer.
No obligation, no pressure and no scare tactics. We’ll look at what you’ve got, tell you plainly what we’d change, and leave you with a report you can act on whether or not you use us.
Or call 01202 237 273.
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