Security Readiness & Assurance
Helping businesses understand, reduce, and document cyber risk.
Security failures are rarely caused by a single missing tool. They are usually the result of poor visibility, inconsistent controls, and lack of ownership over time.
Our security readiness and assurance services are designed to help SMBs understand their current security posture, address weaknesses in a structured way, and maintain environments that are defensible to insurers, auditors, and senior stakeholders.
This work sits alongside our managed IT services, but can also be delivered as a standalone engagement. We operate in Southend-on-Sea and the greater Essex area, and beyond.
What We Mean by Security Readiness
Security readiness is not about achieving a certificate and then moving on. It is about knowing where risk exists, what controls are in place, and whether they are being applied consistently.
We assess identity, access, devices, data, and configuration across your environment, focusing on practical weaknesses rather than theoretical threats. The outcome is a clear view of risk, supported by evidence, and a prioritised set of actions to address it.
Our approach is aligned with recognised best practice and guidance, including NCSC recommendations and Cyber Essentials requirements.
Assurance, Not Guesswork
Many organisations believe they are “secure enough” until an insurer, auditor, or regulator asks them to prove it, or when a data breach occurs.
Our assurance work focuses on evidence, not assumptions. We help ensure that controls such as multi-factor authentication, access restrictions, patching, backups, and monitoring are not only in place, but operating as expected.
This reduces uncertainty, supports compliance and insurance renewals, and gives senior stakeholders greater confidence in the business’s risk position.
How Does This Work In Practice?
Security readiness and assurance work commonly includes:
Security Readiness Assessments
A structured review of your current security posture, risks, and gaps.
Tenant Assurance Reviews
Focused assessment of Microsoft 365 configuration, access controls, governance, and logging.
Cyber Essentials Readiness and Management
Gap analysis, remediation, evidence preparation, and ongoing maintenance.
Insurance Readiness Audits
Evidence-led reviews aligned to common cyber insurance requirements.
Ongoing Assurance
Security does not stand still. IT environments change, staff change, and controls degrade if left unattended.
For businesses with ongoing assurance requirements, we provide periodic reviews and management to ensure controls remain effective and aligned with changing risk, compliance, and insurance expectations.
This avoids the cycle of last-minute panic ahead of renewals or audits.
Our Approach
These services are designed for SMBs that:
- Are regulated, audited, or insured
- Need to evidence their security controls to third parties
- Want clarity over their cyber risk exposure
- Prefer structured, proportionate improvements over reactive fixes
Our security readiness and assurance are best suited to organisations that want security controls to be put in place properly, and for them to be maintained and kept effective over time.
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With offices in London and South Essex, Plan It Support can provide managed IT security to help protect businesses large and small from the threat of cyber attacks. So whether you are looking for IT security for a small business, or IT support to manage your security across your nation-wide company, get in touch.