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Cyber security · Lurgan, Northern Ireland

Cyber security in Lurgan

Cyber security in Lurgan for food processors, manufacturers, trades and the shops and offices of the town centre. Business Technologies NI keeps Lurgan firms' accounts, devices and data protected from our office in Lisburn, prepares them for Cyber Essentials and keeps their systems under watch day and night.

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Where the risk sits for Lurgan producers

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council names agri-food, health and life sciences and advanced manufacturing as its priority sectors, and Lurgan has a strong food-processing base. In food production a ransomware attack does not only lock files: it can halt a line, spoil stock and break delivery commitments to retailers.

Production systems are often the weakest point. Line PCs run older software because the machine they control needs it, they are rarely restarted for updates, and they frequently share a network with office laptops that receive email every minute of the day.

Our cyber security in Lurgan, layer by layer

Most incidents start with a password or an email. We deal with those first, then with the factory floor.

  • Production PCs. Kept patched where the equipment allows, protected, and separated from office and guest networks, with updates timed around shifts.
  • Microsoft 365. Multi-factor sign-in, conditional access and limited admin rights.
  • Email. Phishing filtering and SPF, DKIM and DMARC on your domain.
  • Recovery. Backups held separately and restored regularly to prove they work.
  • Response. 24/7 monitoring at every TechState™ level; 24/7 Cyber Response from TechState™ Assured.

Planning for a bad day

Even well-protected firms should know what they would do if systems went down. We agree with you which systems matter most, how long the business can manage without them, and who does what in the first hour. The PSNI Cyber Crime Centre's free tabletop exercises 1Source 1Cyber Protect: the PSNI Cyber Crime Centre's help for businesses (PSNI, accessed 2026)www.psni.police.uk/safety-and-support/online-safety/cyber-protectSee in Sources are a good way to rehearse that plan with your team without anything actually breaking.

The plan should cover the practical questions: where the latest good backup is, how long a restore takes, who tells customers and suppliers, and whether orders can be taken on paper for a day. Lurgan firms that have answered those questions before an incident recover far faster than those working them out during one.

What Northern Ireland's figures show

PSNI statistics show 3,894 crimes flagged as online in 2025/26, 4.2% of all recorded crime and up on the previous year 2Source 2Police Recorded Crime Bulletin, period ending 31 March 2026 (PSNI, 2026)www.psni.police.uk/system/files/2026-05/525903612/Police%20Recorded%20Crime%20Bulletin%20Period%20Ending%2031st%20March%202026.pdfSee in Sources. Fraud and cyber crime are mostly reported to Report Fraud 2Source 2Police Recorded Crime Bulletin, period ending 31 March 2026 (PSNI, 2026)www.psni.police.uk/system/files/2026-05/525903612/Police%20Recorded%20Crime%20Bulletin%20Period%20Ending%2031st%20March%202026.pdfSee in Sources, so the true number affecting businesses is higher. If money is moving or the fraud happened in the last day, call 101 so the PSNI can try to stop it 3Source 3Reporting fraud (PSNI, 2026)www.psni.police.uk/safety-and-support/keeping-safe/protecting-yourself/scams-and-fraud/reporting-fraudSee in Sources.

Across the whole UK, the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2026 recorded attacks or breaches at 43% of businesses 4Source 4Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/2026 (UK-wide) (GOV.UK, 2026)www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cyber-security-breaches-survey-20252026/cyber-security-breaches-survey-20252026See in Sources. Those UK-wide numbers apply to Lurgan firms as much as anyone. The NI Cyber Security Centre, set up by the Department of Finance in 2020 5Source 5Cyber Security Centre launched (Department of Finance, 2020)www.finance-ni.gov.uk/news/cyber-security-centre-launched-0See in Sources, publishes free guidance on the basics 6Source 6NI Cyber Security Centre (NI Cyber Security Centre, accessed 2026)www.nicybersecuritycentre.gov.uk/See in Sources.

Cyber Essentials for food and manufacturing suppliers

Retail and manufacturing customers increasingly ask suppliers for Cyber Essentials, and some for Cyber Essentials Plus. We test the five controls, fix the gaps and support the self-assessment; Cyber Essentials Plus readiness comes with TechState™ Verified. Shops and offices moving into the town centre benefit from the same baseline from day one.

Security is built into each TechState™ level, per user, per month, and the certification fee goes to the certification body. On-site support is part of the standard service in Lurgan and across Northern Ireland.

Sectors

Lurgan sectors we protect

Manufacturing

Ransomware defences for Lurgan's food processors and production lines.

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Construction

Secure payments and project files for builders across the borough.

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Retail & Hospitality

Safe card payments and Wi-Fi for businesses in Lurgan town centre.

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Questions & answers

Questions from Lurgan

Yes. We schedule updates and changes around your shifts, separate production PCs from office systems and test backups so a recovery is quick if it is ever needed.

Sources

  1. 1.Cyber Protect: the PSNI Cyber Crime Centre's help for businesses, PSNI, accessed 2026.↩https://www.psni.police.uk/safety-and-support/online-safety/cyber-protect
  2. 2.Police Recorded Crime Bulletin, period ending 31 March 2026, PSNI, 2026.↩https://www.psni.police.uk/system/files/2026-05/525903612/Police%20Recorded%20Crime%20Bulletin%20Period%20Ending%2031st%20March%202026.pdf
  3. 3.Reporting fraud, PSNI, 2026.↩https://www.psni.police.uk/safety-and-support/keeping-safe/protecting-yourself/scams-and-fraud/reporting-fraud
  4. 4.Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/2026 (UK-wide), GOV.UK, 2026.↩https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cyber-security-breaches-survey-20252026/cyber-security-breaches-survey-20252026
  5. 5.Cyber Security Centre launched, Department of Finance, 2020.↩https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/news/cyber-security-centre-launched-0
  6. 6.NI Cyber Security Centre, NI Cyber Security Centre, accessed 2026.↩https://www.nicybersecuritycentre.gov.uk/
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