A cyber security company for Belfast businesses
If you are looking for a cyber security company in Belfast that takes responsibility, rather than handing over a report and leaving, this is how we work. Business Technologies NI provides managed cyber security services to Belfast firms from our base in Lisburn: we harden Microsoft 365, protect email and devices, prepare you for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, and monitor your systems day and night.
Cyber security services in Belfast, managed rather than advised
Belfast has no shortage of security consultancies, penetration testers and product resellers. Many smaller firms need something simpler: one partner that sets up the right controls, keeps them working and answers when something looks wrong. That is managed security.
- Identity first. Multi-factor sign-in on every account, legacy sign-in methods blocked and unusual sign-ins flagged. Stolen passwords remain the usual way into a company's email.
- Phishing and impersonation defences. Mail filtering, link and attachment scanning, and domain authentication that makes your own address much harder to fake to your clients.
- Hardened, patched devices. Managed endpoint protection, encryption and timely updates on every laptop, including the ones used at home.
- Separate, tested backups. Copies of Microsoft 365 and server data held apart from the originals, so ransomware cannot take both.
- Monitoring and response. 24/7 monitoring on every TechState™ level, with 24/7 Cyber Response included from TechState™ Assured to contain a live threat whatever the hour.
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus in Belfast
For many Belfast businesses the question is not whether to get Cyber Essentials but how quickly. Central government contracts that involve certain personal data require it, larger clients increasingly write it into supplier terms, and insurers ask about the same controls.
We begin with a gap assessment against the five controls, fix what fails, and support you through the self-assessment with an IASME-licensed certification body. Cyber Essentials Plus adds a hands-on technical audit; we test the same things the assessor will, so the audit day holds no surprises. Readiness for Cyber Essentials is part of TechState™ Assured, and for Cyber Essentials Plus part of TechState™ Verified.
A certificate lasts twelve months, so we keep the controls in place all year rather than rushing before each renewal.
Do we come to Belfast? Yes, from Lisburn
Our only office is in Lisburn, at Lisburn Enterprise Organisation on Enterprise Crescent. Belfast city centre is around twenty to thirty minutes away by the M1, and every part of the city is inside the twenty-mile on-site radius of our standard service.
Most security work is remote by nature, so a Belfast firm gets the same speed of response as one next door to us. Firewall installs, network segmentation, office moves and staff briefings are done on site, at a time that suits you.
Belfast and Lisburn sit at the heart of our core service area, and we protect organisations right across Northern Ireland to the same standard.
Pricing cyber security for a Belfast firm
Security is part of our managed service rather than a separate line, priced per user, per month according to your TechState™ level. The levels differ in how far protection goes: essential controls at Foundation; advanced controls, Cyber Essentials readiness and 24/7 Cyber Response at Assured; independently audited controls, advanced threat protection and Cyber Essentials Plus readiness at Verified.
Certification fees go to the certification body and depend on the size of your organisation.
Rather than a list price, start here:
Belfast organisations we protect
What an attacker is after, and what an incident would cost, shapes where we start.
- Law firms and conveyancers. Practices around the Royal Courts of Justice handle client money and identity documents. Invoice and completion fraud is the threat we design against first.
- Accountants and financial advisers. Firms holding tax records, bank details and investment information, often for clients who expect evidence of good security.
- Technology and creative firms. Companies in Titanic Quarter and the Cathedral Quarter that hold client code, designs or data and are asked for security assurances by larger customers.
- Health and care providers. Clinics and care organisations handling sensitive health information that need strong access control and a clear record of who saw what.
Choosing a cyber security company in Belfast
Before you sign with anyone, weigh up these three points.
- Managed or one-off?. A penetration test or audit shows what is wrong on one day. Ask who fixes the findings, and who keeps them fixed.
- Is out-of-hours real?. Ask what happens when an alert fires at night: who sees it, and what they may do about it.
- Will they explain it?. You should understand your own security position well enough to answer a client's questionnaire yourself.
Our Buyer's Guide covers what to ask any technology partner.
Belfast sectors we secure
Security guides for Belfast firms
Questions from Belfast
Yes. We assess your systems against the scheme's controls, fix what fails, see you through the self-assessment with an IASME-licensed certification body, and prepare you for the Plus audit if you need it. Belfast firms on TechState™ Assured or Verified have this readiness built in.
Yes. Every part of Belfast is within the twenty-mile on-site radius of our Lisburn office. Most security work is done remotely; firewall installs, network changes and staff briefings are done in person when needed.
Mostly practical work: multi-factor sign-in, secure Microsoft 365 settings, email protection, patched devices, tested backups and someone watching for trouble. We set those up, keep them working and help when something looks wrong.
With us, security is included in a per-user monthly price set by TechState™ level. Certification fees are paid to the certification body. Our cost guide lists the published Cyber Essentials fees with sources, and Find Your TechState™ gives an indicative figure.
Yes. We help you answer supplier questionnaires on access control, backups, encryption and incident handling accurately, from the controls actually in place, and close any gaps they reveal.
Disconnect affected devices from the network but leave them switched on, then call us. We contain the damage, restore from the separate backups and help you decide who must be told, including the ICO if personal data is involved. On TechState™ Assured and above, 24/7 Cyber Response means this starts at any hour.
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