Cyber security used to be treated as a collection of products: antivirus, a firewall, backups and an annual training course. That is no longer enough. SMEs now rely on Microsoft 365, cloud platforms, SaaS applications, remote devices, connected networks and third-party suppliers.

Cloud storage can be more secure and resilient than keeping business data on a single server or device. It can provide strong physical security, encryption, geographic resilience, detailed logging and rapid recovery options that would be difficult for many organisations to build alone.

Cyber incidents affecting UK organisations are becoming more frequent and more disruptive. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled 204 nationally significant cyber attacks in the 12 months to August 2025, an average of four each week. Not every organisation can operate a dedicated security operations centre, but every UK organisation can take advantage of […]

Microsoft 365 sits at the centre of day-to-day work for many organisations. Email, documents, meetings, identities, devices and increasingly AI-assisted workflows all depend on the same connected platform. That integration makes Microsoft 365 productive, but it also means a compromised account or poorly governed SharePoint site can expose much more than a single mailbox.