Cyber security
Understand where your business is exposed, prioritise practical controls and connect security with the people, systems and cloud services you rely on.
About This Service
Cyber security works best as a set of connected controls rather than a single product. J700 helps businesses review and coordinate security across users, accounts, email, devices, Microsoft 365, data and day-to-day IT management.
It is for organisations that want a clear view of their current risks and a practical plan shaped around their systems, users and working practices.
The service helps identify gaps, prioritise proportionate improvements and maintain security controls as the business and its technology change.
How it is delivered
J700's UK-based team supports businesses across Lancashire, Greater Manchester and the wider North West, remotely and onsite where required.
Common Challenges
Identity and access are difficult to control
Review user and administrator access, account lifecycle, multi-factor authentication and appropriate privileges.
Email remains a common route for mistakes and attacks
Assess filtering, anti-phishing measures, account security and practical ways for people to handle suspicious messages.
Devices and applications fall behind on updates
Coordinate supported endpoint protection, secure configuration and structured patch management.
Microsoft 365 settings have grown without review
Review identity, applications, sharing and administrative settings against the organisation's current needs.
Backup exists, but recovery priorities are unclear
Review backup and recovery planning as resilience controls alongside preventive security measures.
Security tools and responsibilities are disconnected
Bring technical controls, people, ownership and regular review into one practical plan.
Layered Security Model
Practical awareness and clear responsibilities
Multi-factor authentication and access control
Filtering, anti-phishing and secure delivery
Endpoint protection and patch management
Cloud account and app security
Data protection and business resilience
Ownership, review and proportionate decisions
What's Included
Email protection considerations, including filtering and anti-phishing controls.
Endpoint protection and device security considerations.
Identity, multi-factor authentication and access-control considerations.
Cloud account and application security considerations.
Structured OS and application patch management.
Data protection and business continuity controls.
Guidance on the Cyber Essentials framework.
Practical awareness and safer working practices, agreed for your organisation.
Microsoft 365 and email
J700 can review identity, MFA, administrative access, Microsoft 365 settings, sharing and relevant email protections. Recommendations depend on licensing, configuration and the agreed service scope.
Endpoints, patching and monitoring
Endpoint protection, secure configuration and structured updates reduce avoidable exposure. Monitoring applies only to the systems and coverage agreed in the service; it is separate from round-the-clock human support.
Backup and recovery
Backup and recovery are part of the wider security posture, although they are not direct Cyber Essentials controls. J700 can review data protection, recovery priorities and continuity planning without promising that every item can always be recovered.
Cyber Essentials
J700 can review the current environment, identify gaps and support preparation for Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus. J700 does not certify organisations or guarantee an assessment outcome.
RUN / DEFEND / TRANSFORM
RUN keeps day-to-day technology supported. DEFEND coordinates proportionate controls across people, identity, devices, cloud and data. TRANSFORM introduces change with security and governance considered from the start.
What Is Included
Review user and administrator access, multi-factor authentication and appropriate account controls.
Assess relevant account, application, sharing, filtering and anti-phishing settings.
Coordinate supported device configuration, malware protection and endpoint security.
Use structured update management and agreed monitoring for the systems included in the service.
Review backups, recovery priorities and business continuity alongside preventive controls.
Identify gaps and prepare the five technical control areas for independent assessment. Support does not guarantee certification.
What We Protect
Accounts, access and authentication
Filtering and anti-phishing controls
Laptops, desktops and endpoint protection
Cloud accounts, apps and admin
Backup and recovery planning
Firewalls, connectivity and network controls
Your local IT team
Security is not only a technology issue. J700 helps connect suitable technical controls with clear ownership, practical awareness and day-to-day IT management.
People and working practices
Agree practical awareness and escalation routes around the way your team handles email, accounts, devices and data.
Technical maintenance
Coordinate patching, endpoint management, identity, Microsoft 365 and agreed monitoring instead of treating each as an isolated tool.
Responsibilities and review
Clarify who owns decisions and revisit controls as users, systems and business requirements change.
Connected managed IT
Where J700 manages the wider environment, security controls can be maintained alongside routine support and technology planning.
About J700 Group
Microsoft Partner
Theo Paphitis #SBS Winner 2022
Backed by 31 years' IT industry experience
UK-based helpdesk with offices in Rossendale and Bury
2015
Established
2
Offices
How We Deliver It
Discuss your users, systems, cloud services, data and current security concerns.
Agree proportionate improvements based on risk, operational needs and the technology in use.
Connect identity, endpoint, email, patching, backup and human controls with managed IT where appropriate.
Revisit priorities as the business, threats and technology change.
Benefits
Focus attention on relevant risks and practical next steps rather than isolated warnings.
Coordinate technical measures with people, responsibilities and working practices.
Keep cyber priorities linked to Microsoft 365, cloud, backup and the wider managed environment.
Review controls as systems, users and business requirements change.
Service reassurance
Microsoft Partner. Theo Paphitis #SBS Winner 2022. Backed by 31 years' IT industry experience. UK-based helpdesk, with offices in Rossendale and Bury.
FAQs
The scope can include identity and MFA, email, Microsoft 365, endpoint protection, patching, monitoring, backup and recovery planning, awareness and Cyber Essentials preparation. The right combination depends on your environment and requirements.
J700 can review the five technical control areas, help address identified gaps and support preparation for Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus. Certification and the independent verification required for Cyber Essentials Plus are not provided or guaranteed by J700.
No security approach can remove every risk. Layered controls can reduce exposure, make incidents less likely and improve how the business prepares and responds.
Technical controls work alongside clear responsibilities, practical awareness and safer working practices. Any training or awareness activity is agreed for the organisation rather than assumed as part of every service.
Identity, patching, endpoint management, Microsoft 365, monitoring and backup are easier to maintain when they are coordinated with day-to-day IT management. J700 can connect these areas within an agreed managed service.
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