Baseline Cyber Security, London
Know your baseline.Close the gap.
Practical cyber security, Cyber Essentials readiness, and modern workplace IT for small businesses. Delivered by someone who's spent nearly two decades keeping the lights on for much larger ones.
A baseline is the minimum secure state you can prove, not a best guess.
Most small businesses get "IT support": someone who turns up when something breaks. Few get a defined, documented baseline for their identity, devices and data: the thing insurers ask about after an incident, and the thing Cyber Essentials actually assesses. I set that baseline, get you certified against it, and keep it from drifting.
What I do
Cyber Essentials and security readiness
Gap analysis against the five technical controls, fixed before you submit, with the evidence ready for the assessor. Email security and penetration-test remediation fit here too.
Modern workplace and device management
Intune enrolment and compliance, Conditional Access that holds up to an audit without locking your own team out, monitored patching with failed updates caught early, and Copilot rolled out before it sees anything it shouldn't.
Business automation
Starter and leaver processes, approvals, software linked together so nothing needs entering twice, and one live dashboard instead of ten spreadsheets.
Strategic IT and ongoing support
A fixed number of hours held for you each month for planned work, not just firefighting, plus a senior second opinion on vendor choices and the roadmap.
How it works
- 01
Baseline assessment
A structured review of where you actually stand today: identity, devices, email, backups, and Cyber Essentials scope. You get a written report, not a sales pitch.
- 02
Remediation plan
Findings ranked by risk and effort, with a realistic timeline and cost. So you know what you're saying yes to before you say it.
- 03
Implementation
The fixes get made. If a specialist tool or third party is genuinely the better answer, I'll say so rather than build a workaround just to avoid it.
- 04
Hold the baseline
Ongoing retainer to keep configuration from drifting, keep certifications current, and be a phone call away when something breaks.
What it costs
Real prices, not a form you fill in just to find out what something costs. Bigger or ongoing work is scoped after a short review, so the number you get actually means something. Either way, you approve a ranked, costed plan before any work starts.
- Email Security Review
- £95 one-off
- Baseline Snapshot: Microsoft 365 & Entra review
- from £295
- Cyber Essentials gap analysis
- from £295
- Cyber Essentials full readiness & remediation
- from £750
- Managed patch management
- from £49/month
- Retained monthly support
- from £250/month
Cyber Essentials pricing is separate from the IASME certification fee, which you pay directly to the certification body.
Founder-led, not outsourced
Baseline Cyber Security is founder-led. Nearly 20 years in IT, most recently managing Microsoft 365, Intune and identity security for a large organisation. That experience is now applied directly to small businesses at a fraction of the cost of an in-house IT department.
Every engagement is delivered personally. No account handovers, no junior bench.
Book a baseline assessment
Tell me about your business and what's prompted the enquiry. It might be an insurer asking for Cyber Essentials, a client requiring it, or you just wanting IT that works properly. I'll reply within one working day.