CYBERsecurity for uk businesses
UK SMEs are now the primary target for ransomware and business email compromise attacks but most are still protected like it's 2015.
RefynIT brings the same layered defence approach used by organisations many times their size to small and medium businesses, at SME-appropriate pricing.
THE WEAKEST CLIENT ON A NETWORK IS THE WEAKEST CLIENT IN THE BUSINESS.
WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
Cybersecurity isn't a feature you add - it's the foundation everything else sits on. That's why every RefynIT client receives the full security stack regardless of size or budget. Identity, endpoint, email, network, and data protection layers all working together to close the attack vectors that matter.
Most SME breaches happen through gaps in basic controls - missing MFA, unpatched systems, untrained users clicking phishing emails. We close those gaps by default.
| Security Layer | Refyn Lite | Refyn Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoint Detection & Response Behavioural threat detection with active response on every device | ✓ | ✓ |
| Next-Gen Antivirus Behavioural antivirus with malware detection on every endpoint | ✓ | ✓ |
| Identity & Access Management MFA enforcement, conditional access, privileged account monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email Security Phishing protection, attachment sandboxing, business email compromise defence | ✓ | ✓ |
| Patch & Vulnerability Management Known-vulnerability patching on schedule to close attack vectors | ✓ | ✓ |
| Backup & Recovery Verified, encrypted backups with scheduled restore testing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security Awareness Training Quarterly phishing simulation and user education reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24/7/365 SOC Monitoring & Response Dedicated Security Operations Centre team monitoring alerts and responding to threats around the clock | — | ✓ |
| User-Facing Incident Support Helpdesk access for security questions, suspicious emails, and user-side incident response | Pay-as-you-go | ✓ |
The difference is the human response layer. Complete adds 24/7 SOC monitoring and unlimited user-facing support.
Lite clients still have helpdesk access when they need it but pay per ticket rather than including it in the monthly fee.
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CYBER ESSENTIALS. CONTINUOUSLY READY, NOT ANNUALLY PANICKED.
Cyber Essentials is the UK government-backed cybersecurity baseline now required by most insurers, public sector buyers, and larger organisations. It's becoming a non-negotiable, but most businesses treat it as an annual scramble: weeks of evidence gathering, last-minute fixes, certification, then ignored for 11 months until renewal.
RefynIT does it differently.
how it works
Our Compliance Management service runs on a dedicated platform that continuously assesses every device on your network against the Cyber Essentials controls. As new devices join your domain or Microsoft 365 tenant they're automatically added to the assessment. As issues are remediated the platform auto-updates.
You see the same view we see, a real-time compliance dashboard showing exactly where you stand against the standard at any moment.
what’s not included.
The certification itself. Cyber Essentials must be issued by an independent IASME-accredited certification body, and that's the right way for the scheme to work. We prepare your environment, gather evidence, and manage the process; the certification body validates and issues. Their fees are separate and paid directly to them.
Available alongside both Refyn Lite and Refyn Complete contracts. The platform itself supports over 25 compliance frameworks including Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, GDPR, NHS DSPT, and more.
We're focusing on Cyber Essentials as the standard offering and broader framework support is available on request as the business grows.
For pricing please enquire.
Want to understand Cyber Essentials in plain English before we talk?
Read our guide
FAQ
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Yes. SMEs are now the primary target for opportunistic attacks because they're easier to breach than enterprises and pay ransoms more readily. The UK Government's 2025 Cyber Security Breaches Survey found that around half of UK SMEs experienced a cyber incident in the previous 12 months.
The good news is that most attacks are opportunistic rather than targeted - meaning the right baseline controls are usually enough to make attackers move on to easier targets.
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Traditional antivirus matches files against a database of known threats. It works against everything we've seen before - and nothing we haven't.
EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) watches behaviour instead of files. It can detect novel attacks, ransomware patterns, and living-off-the-land techniques that signature-based antivirus completely misses. For any business operating in 2026, antivirus alone is no longer sufficient.
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A Security Operations Centre is a team of dedicated security analysts watching activity across our clients' environments around the clock. When alerts fire, such as suspicious logins, malware behaviour, data exfiltration patterns - the SOC investigates, triages, and responds in real time.
The difference between automated alerting and human SOC response is the difference between "your security system noticed something at 2am" and "your security system noticed something at 2am, investigated it, and stopped it before you woke up."
SOC coverage is included in Refyn Complete. It's the layer that turns security tooling into security outcomes.
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We're not a dedicated incident response firm, but we can stabilise, recover, and rebuild - and we work with specialist Incident Recovery (IR) partners for active breach scenarios.
If you're mid-incident, contact us urgently rather than going through the standard enquiry form. Time matters during a live breach.
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Increasingly required by clients, suppliers, and regulators - particularly in regulated sectors. Most insurers now demand evidence of specific controls before issuing or renewing policies: MFA enforcement, EDR deployment, regular backup testing, security awareness training.
RefynIT's standard service meets most insurer requirements by default, which means our clients typically pass cyber insurance assessments without additional configuration work.
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For most of our clients, the technical controls required for Cyber Essentials are already in place from day one - that's how RefynIT operates by default.
What our Compliance Management service adds is the structured process around certification through a co-managed portal: gap assessment, documentation, evidence gathering, technical attestation, submission, and ongoing readiness. We handle the certification process end-to-end so you get the badge with minimal disruption.
For Cyber Essentials Plus (the audited tier required by many government suppliers and larger organisations), we prepare your environment ahead of the assessment and coordinate with certified assessors directly.
READY TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT your IT?
No commitment. No fear-selling. Just a straight conversation about where you're exposed and what's worth fixing.