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GuideCyber Essentials: A Practical Guide
What Cyber Essentials covers, what it asks of your team, and how to pass first time.
GuideSample Security Risk Report
See exactly what your free report covers: risk score, email spoofing checks, exposed services, leaked logins and a ranked action plan.
GuideSample Monthly Security Report
What managed clients receive every month: security score, key findings, threats blocked, patching and MFA status, and recommended actions.
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Sample Security Risk Report
See exactly what your free report covers: risk score, email spoofing checks, exposed services, leaked logins and a ranked action plan.
- Guide
Sample Monthly Security Report
What managed clients receive every month: security score, key findings, threats blocked, patching and MFA status, and recommended actions.
- Guide
Cyber Essentials: A Practical Guide
What Cyber Essentials covers, what it asks of your team, and how to pass first time.
Practical guidePhishing and Email Fraud
Practical steps to stop phishing, invoice fraud and email impersonation.
Practical guideRansomware Readiness
Prepare, protect and recover: a step-by-step ransomware readiness plan.
Practical guideSecure Hybrid Working
Keep people, devices and data secure wherever your team works.
Expert insightUK Threat Landscape 2026
The threats most likely to hit UK SMEs this year, and what to prioritise first.
Expert insightLessons from the 2025 UK Attacks
What the major UK cyber attacks of 2025 teach smaller businesses about resilience.
Expert insightAI, Deepfakes and Fraud
How criminals use AI voice and video to impersonate leaders and suppliers, and how to stop it.
GuideUK Cyber Regulation 2026
The rules and expectations affecting UK businesses in 2026, explained in plain English.
GuideChoosing a Security Partner
The questions to ask, and the red flags to avoid, when choosing a cyber security provider.
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Cyber Essentials Readiness Checklist
Check all five Cyber Essentials controls before you apply, so you pass first time.
- Checklist
Microsoft 365 Security Checklist
The settings that stop most Microsoft 365 account takeovers: MFA, admin roles, sharing and alerts.
- Checklist
Backup & Recovery Test Checklist
Prove your backups actually restore, with a step-by-step test and a results log.
- Checklist
New Starter & Leaver IT Checklist
Give new staff the right access on day one and remove it completely when they leave.
- Checklist
Payment & Bank Detail Change Checklist
A call-back process that stops invoice and bank-detail fraud before money leaves.
- Checklist
Legal: Conveyancing Fraud Checklist
Protect completion monies and client accounts from Friday-afternoon fraud.
- Checklist
Finance: Client Money & Payment Fraud Checklist
Controls that protect client money, payment approvals and FCA expectations.
- Checklist
Healthcare: DSPT Evidence Checklist
Gather the evidence you need for your Data Security and Protection Toolkit submission.
- Checklist
Recruitment: Candidate Data Checklist
Keep CVs, ID documents and payroll data secure and GDPR compliant.
- Checklist
Accounting: HMRC Scam & Client Data Checklist
Stop HMRC-themed phishing and protect client records during tax season.
- Checklist
SME: First 10 Security Basics
The ten controls every small business should have in place first.
Checklist7 Security Checks for Recruitment Agencies
Score your agency on MFA, safe CV handling, candidate ID checks and four more controls, with a fix for every gap.
Checklist7 Security Checks for Accountancy Practices
Score your practice on MFA, agent access, payment verification and four more controls, with a fix for every gap.
Checklist5 Client Security Questions Every Accountancy Firm Should Answer
The questions clients, insurers and auditors are asking, the answers they expect, and the evidence to have ready.
Checklist5 Microsoft 365 Security Checks for SMEs
Five checks that close the most common Microsoft 365 gaps, plus quick wins you can do this week.
Visual guideHow to Spot a Malicious CV or Candidate Email
An annotated field guide for recruiters: what a weaponised application looks like, and what to do before you click.
Visual guideHMRC Impersonation: What Accountancy Teams Should Check
Fake HMRC emails, texts and calls, annotated, and the checks your team should make every time.
ChecklistIf Your Recruitment Agency Lost Access to IT Tomorrow
A continuity checklist for keeping candidates working, clients served and contractors paid when systems go dark.
Visual guideAI Phishing: Realistic Examples and Warning Signs
One page for your team: what AI phishing looks like, six warning signs that still work, and what to do.
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Information Security Policy Template
An editable, plain-English security policy you can adapt and adopt today.
- Template
Acceptable Use Policy Template
Set clear rules for devices, email, internet and AI tools across your team.
- Template
Incident Response Plan Template
Who does what, and when, in the first hours of a cyber incident.
- Template
Supplier Security Questionnaire
Assess the security of suppliers who handle your data or connect to your systems.
VideoPasswords & Authentication
Module 1: strong passwords, password managers and MFA, your first line of defence.
VideoSpotting Phishing Emails
Module 2: how phishing emails trick staff, and the warning signs to check before you click.
VideoRansomware & Malware
Module 3: how malware gets in, what ransomware does, and how to recognise and prevent it.
VideoRemote Working & Device Security
Module 4: keeping laptops, phones and home Wi-Fi secure wherever your team works.
VideoSocial Engineering
Module 5: how attackers manipulate people rather than systems, and how to outsmart them.
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