Cyber Security Solutions by Industry
The controls are broadly the same everywhere. What changes is which ones matter most, which regulator is watching, and what a bad day actually costs you.
Why does cyber security differ by industry?
Because the regulations, the data and the consequences differ. A dental practice faces ICO exposure over health records; a retailer faces PCI DSS and card fraud; a manufacturer faces production downtime. The underlying controls overlap heavily, but the priority order and the evidence you must keep do not.
Same foundations, different priorities
Every business we work with needs the same foundations: multi-factor authentication, current patching, controlled administrative access, segmented networks and recoverable backups. Nobody escapes those. What differs is what sits on top, and what you have to be able to prove.
A healthcare practice must complete the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit and can expect ICO attention if health records are exposed. A retailer taking card payments has PCI DSS obligations flowing through its acquirer. A law firm holds client confidential material under SRA rules and is a standing target for conveyancing payment fraud. The technical work overlaps; the evidence and the sequencing do not.
Where we work
Our client base is UK small and medium businesses, concentrated in Leicester and the East Midlands but delivered nationally for remote work. We pick sectors we understand rather than claiming coverage of everything.
Where a piece of work needs a specialism we do not hold in-house — a specific regulatory audit, for instance — we say so and bring in a partner rather than improvising.
- Healthcare — GP practices, dental practices, clinics, care providers
- Financial services — brokers, accountancy practices, independent advisers
- Legal — solicitors and conveyancers
- Retail and e-commerce — card-handling and online businesses
- Education — independent schools, academies and training providers
- Manufacturing and engineering — including firms with operational technology
Included in every engagement
Fixed scope, agreed in writing before we start. If the scope changes, we stop and re-quote rather than invoicing the difference.
Industry Solutions — your questions answered
Do you work with businesses outside these sectors?
We are a supplier to a large company that keeps sending us security questionnaires. Can you help?
Does our sector legally require a penetration test?
Question not answered here? Call +44 7424 967568 or email support@cipherknights.com.
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