Run & Protect

A practical approach to business cybersecurity

Security decisions can feel disconnected: accounts, devices, email, backups and suppliers all carry different responsibilities. Business cybersecurity starts with a clearer view of the environment, so you can prioritise improvements that fit your business.

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The challenge

Start with the right problem

Useful security work connects the risk to a practical action. We help define the areas to review, the responsibilities involved and the changes that need their own implementation scope.

Where this service fits

This page covers the business view: understanding exposure and agreeing priorities. Detailed rollout of sign-in, access and device controls is planned under security, identity and device management, and recovery planning under backup and disaster recovery.

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Scope

What the engagement can cover

  1. Identity and access

    Review sign-in protection, privileged access and account lifecycle needs.

  2. Devices and email

    Consider endpoint controls, email protection and configuration within the agreed environment.

  3. Data and resilience

    Review access practices, recovery arrangements and user awareness needs.

How it works

A clear route from discussion to delivery

An agreed assessment identifies gaps and dependencies. We prioritise remediation, plan changes and validate the controls implemented. Ongoing monitoring is a separate service decision.

  1. Understand

    Discuss your business, users, systems and immediate concerns.

  2. Prioritise

    Separate urgent issues from planned improvements and agree the scope.

  3. Deliver

    Carry out the agreed work with a clear point of coordination.

  4. Review

    Document what has changed and consider the next priorities.

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Scope and costs

Know what is included

No service can guarantee that incidents will never occur. This is not a promise of 24/7 monitoring, penetration testing, incident response or certification. Any of those would need its own specific scope.

How work is scoped

  • Ongoing care. Routine care maintains an agreed existing environment. Support hours, onsite coverage and how urgent issues are handled depend on your agreement.
  • Scoped projects. Material changes, such as migrations, security rollouts, new offices or a new website, are scoped separately with their own plan, acceptance criteria and handover.
  • Third-party costs. Licences, cloud consumption, third-party products, advertising spend and hosting costs are identified in the relevant proposal rather than assumed to be included.

Questions you may have

Still have a question?

Can you help with Cyber Essentials?

Readiness and remediation support can be discussed as a separately scoped piece of work. Certification decisions are made by an authorised certification body, not by Northbridge.

Is backup the same as cybersecurity?

Backup supports recovery, while security controls address a broader set of risks. Both should be considered, with their own scope and validation.

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Next step

Discuss the next step

Tell us what you want to improve, what you have in place today and any important constraints. We can discuss whether this service fits your needs and what should happen next.

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