Cyber security in Lisburn
Cyber security in Lisburn for firms that would rather prevent an incident than explain one. From our office at Lisburn Enterprise Organisation, we secure Microsoft 365 accounts, laptops, email and networks for Lisburn businesses, prepare them for Cyber Essentials, and keep watch around the clock. It is practical protection, sized for small and medium-sized organisations and explained without jargon.
Cyber security services for Lisburn businesses
Most attacks on small firms are not sophisticated. They begin with a stolen password, a convincing invoice email or a laptop that has missed months of updates. Our service closes those doors first, then adds monitoring so that anything which does get through is spotted quickly.
- Microsoft 365 security. Multi-factor sign-in on every account, conditional access, admin rights limited to the people who need them, and alerts for risky sign-ins.
- Email protection. Phishing and malware filtering, plus SPF, DKIM and DMARC on your domain, so criminals cannot easily send email that appears to come from you.
- Endpoint protection and patching. Managed protection on every laptop and desktop, timely updates, and encryption so a lost device is not a data breach.
- Backups you can rely on. Microsoft 365 and server data copied separately from the originals, with restores tested, so ransomware is a bad day rather than the end of the business.
- 24/7 monitoring and response. Every TechState™ level includes 24/7 monitoring. From TechState™ Assured, 24/7 Cyber Response is included as well, so a live threat is contained at any hour.
Cyber Essentials for Lisburn firms
Cyber Essentials is the UK government-backed scheme that certifies five basic controls: firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection and security update management. Larger customers, public sector buyers and insurers increasingly ask for it, and it is a sensible baseline whether anyone asks or not.
We get you there in three steps. First, we check your devices, accounts and network against the controls and list what fails. Next, we fix the gaps, which usually means unsupported software, missing multi-factor sign-in or admin rights shared too widely. Finally, we help you complete the self-assessment, which is marked by an IASME-licensed certification body. If you need Cyber Essentials Plus, which adds an independent technical audit, we prepare you for that too.
For Lisburn manufacturers and engineering firms that supply larger companies, the certificate is often a condition of the supply contract.
Local security support, minutes from your door
Security work is not all remote. Replacing a firewall, separating guest Wi-Fi from staff systems or finding the forgotten PC under a warehouse desk are easier in person. From Enterprise Crescent, most of Lisburn is within about fifteen minutes, and on-site support within twenty miles is part of the standard service.
If something goes wrong, such as a mailbox that may have been compromised, the first steps happen remotely: passwords reset, sessions signed out, forwarding rules checked. A visit follows if the evidence points to a particular device.
We protect organisations right across Northern Ireland, but Lisburn is where we are based and where we can be with you soonest.
What cyber security costs, and how we price it
With us, cyber security is not a separate product bolted on later. It is built into each TechState™ level, priced per user, per month. Foundation includes the essential controls. Assured adds advanced controls, Cyber Essentials readiness and 24/7 Cyber Response. Verified adds independently audited controls and Cyber Essentials Plus readiness.
The certification fee itself is set by the scheme according to the size of your organisation and paid to the certification body, not to us.
For the published certification fees and typical UK preparation costs, and an indicative monthly figure for your own business:
Who we protect in Lisburn
The threats are much the same everywhere; what is at stake differs by business.
- Professional practices. Solicitors, accountants and financial advisers in the city centre hold exactly what criminals want: client identities, bank details and completion monies. Email impersonation is the commonest threat, and the one we harden against first.
- Manufacturers and engineers. Firms on Knockmore Hill, Lissue and Blaris, where one infected workshop PC can stop production and design files are valuable intellectual property.
- Retail and hospitality. Sprucefield and city-centre businesses whose card payments and guest Wi-Fi must be kept apart from office systems.
Before you choose a cyber security company
Ask any provider, including us, these three questions.
- Will you fix the basics before selling tools?. Multi-factor sign-in, patching and backups prevent most incidents. Expensive products on weak foundations do not.
- What happens at three in the morning?. Find out whether an alert out of hours leads to action, or only to an email that waits until morning.
- Who holds the keys?. Admin accounts should belong to your business, protected by multi-factor sign-in, with the provider given delegated access.
For a fuller checklist, read the Buyer's Guide.
Sectors with the most to protect in Lisburn
Security reading for Lisburn firms
Questions from Lisburn
Yes. We check your devices, accounts and firewall against the five Cyber Essentials controls, fix the gaps and help you complete the self-assessment, which an IASME-licensed certification body then marks. Cyber Essentials readiness is part of TechState™ Assured, and Cyber Essentials Plus readiness part of TechState™ Verified.
There are two parts. The certification fee is set by the scheme in bands by organisation size and paid to the certification body. Preparation depends on how many gaps there are to fix. Our cost guide lists the current published fees with sources.
Yes. We are based in the city, so firewall installs, network changes and in-person checks are a short drive away, and on-site support within twenty miles of our office is part of the standard service.
Call us straight away and do not delete anything. We reset the password, sign the account out everywhere, check for forwarding rules and other changes attackers leave behind, and work out who needs to be told. If personal data may have been exposed, you may need to report it to the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of it.
It has strong security features, but many depend on your licence and need setting up for your business; older tenancies often carry settings nobody has revisited. We review and harden the configuration as part of the service.
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