Cybersecurity for Manchester businesses —
real on-site engineers, regulator-grade controls.
Servnet designs, deploys and runs cybersecurity for Manchester firms with regulators and ransomware actors paying attention — Spinningfields law and finance, NHS Greater Manchester ICB-affiliated trusts, MediaCity broadcast estates, Trafford Park manufacturing IT/OT, and the GM Combined Authority. Cyber Essentials Plus through to Operational Resilience-grade controls, with engineers attending Manchester sites on-site when something goes wrong.
Why Manchester cyber programmes have their own profile
Manchester concentrates the regulated estates of North-West finance, North-West healthcare, broadcast media and a growing manufacturing IT/OT estate — each with its own regulatory load and threat surface. Generic "cyber managed service" doesn't land here.
FCA-aligned controls for Spinningfields finance
Manchester financial-services firms (asset managers, brokers, professional services in M3) carry FCA Operational Resilience obligations the same as the City of London. We map cyber controls to the firm's Important Business Services and Impact Tolerances, ready for SMF attestation.
NHS Greater Manchester ICB + DSP Toolkit
For the GM ICB and the 10 trusts within it, our cyber work lands directly against DSP Toolkit assertions, HSCN-aligned segmentation, NIS Regulations 2018, and the NHS-specific Boundary Security and Authentication standards.
IT/OT segmentation for Trafford Park + manufacturing
For Trafford Park manufacturers and the broader North-West industrial belt, IT/OT segmentation is the first cyber priority — keeping IT-side ransomware out of the SCADA / PLC / MES layer. Fortinet SD-WAN, segmentation, isolation, and monitored OT-aware EDR.
Cabinet Office baseline for GM public sector
For Manchester City Council, the GM Combined Authority and the 9 other GM authorities we configure to NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework profiles, Cabinet Office MCSS, and CCS framework-supplied software / appliances.
What Servnet cyber delivers in Manchester
NGFW design + deployment
Multi-site FortiGate, Palo Alto PA-Series, Cisco Firepower and Juniper SRX deployments — including dual-fabric design for Spinningfields trading floors and resilient WAN edges for multi-borough GM Council estates with diverse Internet circuits.
EDR / XDR + 24×7 monitored response
CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Sophos rollouts with eyes-on-glass triage — Manchester-priority handling with engineer dispatch into M-postcodes inside the agreed SLA. Out-of-hours by retainer or 24×7 contract.
Identity, MFA + conditional access
Entra ID, Okta and PingFederate hardening — passwordless rollouts for M3 financial-services customers, conditional-access policies that survive an SRA or FCA review, and privileged-access management (CyberArk, BeyondTrust) where the role demands it.
Cyber Essentials Plus + ISO 27001 audit support
For Manchester mid-market firms tendering into NHS, central government or financial services, we run Cyber Essentials Plus readiness, remediation and assessment — and act as the technical evidence layer behind an ISO 27001 ISMS.
IT/OT segmentation for North-West manufacturing
For Trafford Park, Oldham, Rochdale and broader North-West industrial customers we design and deploy IT/OT segmentation — Purdue-model alignment, Fortinet OT-aware NGFW, monitored OT traffic, ransomware-resistant network architecture.
Incident response retainer with on-site attendance
Retainer customers get a guaranteed in-hours and out-of-hours response with engineers physically dispatched into any GM postcode for a serious incident. We hold the forensic kit ready — write-blockers, capture devices, sealed evidence bags.
Manchester cyber clients we work with
- ▸Spinningfields legal + financeM3 / M4 law firms (DLA, Pinsent, Eversheds, Slater Heelis), asset managers and accountants — email security, DLP, client-confidentiality controls, mobile hardening for partners working remotely.
- ▸NHS Greater Manchester trusts + ICBThe GM ICB and constituent trusts (MFT, Pennine, Salford Royal, Stockport, Tameside) — DSP Toolkit evidence, HSCN-aligned segmentation, clinical-system hardening, medical-device network isolation.
- ▸MediaCity broadcast + post-productionBBC, ITV, dock10 and Salford Quays facilities — broadcast-systems isolation, content-protection controls, Adobe / Avid / Resolve workstation hardening, secure media-transfer pipelines.
- ▸Trafford Park + North-West manufacturingM17 industrial estate and broader Oldham / Rochdale / Bolton manufacturers — Purdue-model IT/OT segmentation, Fortinet OT-aware NGFW, monitored OT traffic, ruggedised endpoint security.
- ▸GM Councils + Combined AuthorityManchester City Council, GMCA, Transport for GM, GM Fire & Rescue — NCSC CAF mapping, Cabinet Office MCSS, CCS-framework supply, public-sector aware SOC monitoring.
- ▸Higher education + researchUniversity of Manchester, MMU, Salford — research-data classification, JANET edge security, lab-network isolation for funded research projects with classification requirements.
How we run cyber for Manchester clients
On-site within hours into Spinningfields / MediaCity
For monitored-response customers, a P1 incident in M3 / M50 typically has an engineer in motion within an hour of the page and on-site inside 4 hours from Surrey HQ via the M6. For long-term Manchester contracts we maintain North-West engineer cover.
Quarterly operational reviews
For NHS, FCA and SRA-regulated customers we run quarterly reviews against the firm's own controls register and Impact Tolerances (where applicable) — fed straight into the firm's own Senior Management Function or Executive attestation cycle.
Out-of-hours change windows that fit Manchester
Trading-floor firewall, EDR rollout or DC migration work happens Friday-evening to Sunday-evening so Spinningfields and the financial estate are clean on Monday open. Engineers are on-site for cutover, not remote-only.
Quarterly threat briefings for executive sponsors
For FCA SMF holders and NHS executive leads we run a 60-minute quarterly briefing — what changed in the threat landscape, where Manchester peers got hit, what the regulator is signalling. Plain English, decision-ready.
Manchester cybersecurity — common questions
Do you have a Manchester office or are you driving up from Surrey for every incident?
Our HQ is in Surrey but we maintain working engineer cover in Greater Manchester for ongoing customers. For monitored-response retainers, an engineer is in motion within an hour of the page and on-site in M3 / M4 / M50 typically inside 4 hours. For high-volume Manchester contracts we add a dedicated North-West-based engineer to the team.
Can you run Cyber Essentials Plus for an NHS GM trust supplier?
Yes — Cyber Essentials Plus for NHS supply-chain qualification is a frequent engagement for us. Readiness, remediation and assessment, with the Manchester-specific NHS GM ICB context built into the gap-closure plan. Typical timeline 4–6 weeks for a 50–200 endpoint estate.
Do you do IT/OT segmentation for a Trafford Park manufacturer?
Yes — Purdue-model alignment, Fortinet OT-aware NGFW deployment, IT/OT VLAN architecture, monitored OT traffic, ransomware-resistant segmentation. We work with North-West manufacturers running SCADA, PLC and MES systems and understand the safety-critical constraints around change windows.
Can you handle the NHS DSP Toolkit for a Manchester trust?
Yes — we work with NHS GM ICB-affiliated organisations on DSP Toolkit evidence, particularly Big Question 6 (technical security) and Big Question 7 (incident response). We don't become your DPO but we provide the technical layer behind the toolkit assertions.
Are you on the Crown Commercial Service framework for the GM Combined Authority?
Yes — CCS G-Cloud 14, Technology Services 4 and Cyber Security Services 4 frameworks. Applicable to Manchester City Council, GM Combined Authority, the 9 other GM local authorities, GMP, GMFRS, Transport for Greater Manchester and central government departments based in Manchester.
How do you price cyber for a 100-user Manchester firm?
Three-tier model — Foundation (CE+ controls, MFA, email security, EDR), Resilience (above + 24×7 monitored response + quarterly review), and Regulated (above + Operational Resilience-grade mapping + incident retainer). Indicative pricing on first call; full quote once we've scoped the estate.
We're a North-West fintech pre-FCA authorisation — can you get our posture right before we apply?
Yes — we work with Manchester and broader North-West scale-ups to land Cyber Essentials Plus, SOC 2 Type I, ISO 27001 and FCA-authorisation-aligned controls in the right order ahead of regulatory submission. Most reach a defensible posture in 3–6 months.
Other services we deliver in Manchester
Need cyber that holds up to a Manchester regulator review?
One call — direct to a cyber engineer who has done this for North-West firms like yours. We'll size the gap honestly and price the closure.