Cyber Security Consultancy Services
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Expert Cyber Security Guidance For Improving Resilience & Protecting Operations
Akita provides cyber security consultancy services for organisations throughout London and the UK, helping businesses identify risks, improve regulatory compliance, strengthen Microsoft security environments, and develop practical cyber security strategies.
Our consultants combine advanced technical expertise with real-world business understanding to assess your current security posture, prioritise areas of risk, and create achievable roadmaps that improve resilience against evolving cyber threats.
Whether you’re looking to meet regulatory requirements such as NIS2, achieve Cyber Essentials certification, strengthen Microsoft 365 security, or develop a long-term security strategy, our team can provide the guidance, assurance and expertise needed to protect your organisation:
About Akita’s Cyber Security Consultancy
Akita provides cyber security consultancy services for organisations across London and the UK, helping businesses identify risks, improve compliance, strengthen Microsoft security environments and build effective cyber security strategies.
Our consultants assess your security posture, identify vulnerabilities and provide practical recommendations that reduce risk and improve resilience.
By combining technical expertise with business understanding, we help organisations stay ahead of evolving threats, meet regulatory requirements and align security investments with operational objectives.
Talk to our cyber security consultants to discuss your security challenges and develop a strategy tailored to your organisation.
Why Cyber Security Consultancy Is Crucial For Operations
Organisations need a proactive approach to security for the following reasons:
- Evolving Threat Landscape: Organisations are continually at risk from new cyber threats that can disrupt operations and damage reputations.
- Devastating Consequences: The financial and operational impact of a cyber attack can be severe, affecting bottom line and stakeholder trust.
- Proactive Risk Reduction: Our cyber security consultancy identifies vulnerabilities in your systems and processes to strengthen your defences against potential threats.
- Tailoring Protection: Akita’s cyber security consultants can create custom strategies to reduce your risk profile and safeguard your business.
- Regulatory Compliance: Staying on top of industry and wider regulation including NIS2 and DORA.
Cyber security consultancy safeguards data by protecting sensitive information from unauthorised access. Our consultants assess your data security posture, address vulnerabilities, and implement encryption, access controls, and data loss prevention measures to ensure confidentiality and integrity.
We also help organisations meet compliance requirements, avoiding fines and maintaining regulatory standards.
Akita’s Cyber Security Consultancy Audit Services
With in-house experts in a broad range of security areas, we can provide an audit offering that’s tailored to your needs:
Network Security
Checks on firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, VPN configurations, wireless networks, and overall network architecture to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential attack paths that could allow unauthorised access to business systems.
Endpoint Security
Reviews security controls across laptops, desktops, servers, and mobile devices, including antivirus and anti-malware solutions, patch management processes, device encryption, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities to reduce the risk of compromise.
Cloud Security
Assesses cloud environments such as Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, and other defined SaaS platforms, reviewing identity and access management, security configurations, email security, data protection controls, and compliance with industry best practices.
Application Security
Performs vulnerability assessments and security testing of business applications, websites, APIs, and custom software to identify coding weaknesses, security flaws, and potential points of exploitation before they can be abused by attackers.
User Access Controls
Evaluates how user accounts, permissions, privileged access, and authentication methods are managed to ensure employees only have access to the systems and data required for their roles and that strong security controls are enforced.
Data Security and Encryption
Reviews how sensitive business information is stored, transmitted, classified, and protected, including encryption standards, backup security, data retention policies, and controls designed to prevent data loss or unauthorised disclosure.
Compliance
Assesses compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and contractual obligations such as GDPR, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, NIS2, and other sector-specific requirements, identifying gaps that could result in financial, legal, or reputational risk.
Incident Response
Examines incident response plans, escalation procedures, breach notification processes, and disaster recovery arrangements to determine whether the organisation can effectively respond to, contain, and recover from a cyber security incident.
Physical Security
Reviews physical access controls, visitor management procedures, surveillance systems, environmental controls, and security measures protecting offices, datacentres, and critical infrastructure from unauthorised access or physical threats.
Security Awareness
Evaluates employee cyber security awareness programmes, phishing simulations, training records, and security culture initiatives to ensure staff can identify and respond appropriately to common cyber threats and social engineering attacks.
Vulnerability Management
Assesses vulnerability scanning, risk prioritisation, remediation processes, patch deployment, and reporting procedures to ensure newly identified security weaknesses are identified, monitored, and resolved in a timely manner.
Business Continuity
Evaluates business continuity planning, backup strategies, system resilience, and recovery objectives to ensure critical services can continue operating or be restored quickly following a disruption, cyber attack, or major incident.
Third-Party and Supply Chain Security
Reviews the security posture of key suppliers, outsourced service providers, and technology partners to identify potential risks introduced through third-party access, data sharing, or interconnected systems.
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Reviews the effectiveness of identity governance, multi-factor authentication (MFA), privileged account management, single sign-on (SSO), and user lifecycle processes to minimise the risk of credential misuse or unauthorised access.
Monitoring & Threat Detection
Assesses security logging, monitoring tools, SIEM platforms, and threat detection processes to determine whether suspicious activity can be identified, investigated, and addressed before it develops into a significant security incident.
Akita’s Security Consultancy Approach
Our cyber security consultancy is bespoke to requirements and business risk profile. Depending on the needs of the organisation, our approach will typically encompass four phases:
Gap Analysis
Our baseline of assessment of your cyber security will include actions such as assessing networks, systems, applications, and data to identify potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Through additional measures such as penetration testing and vulnerability scanning (as desired), and other assessment techniques, we gain a comprehensive understanding of your current security posture.
Strategy Development
Based on findings our team of experts will then work closely with your organisation to develop a customised cyber security strategy based on our findings. This strategy considers operational objectives, risk profile, and compliance requirements. We prioritise security initiatives based on their potential impact and feasibility, ensuring you tackle priorities. We’ll also breakdown technology and procedural measures so you can assess where process can shape security.
Remediation & Implementation
Following consultation and with a clear strategy in place, we proceed to remediate any identified vulnerabilities and implement any necessary security controls. This may involve strengthening access controls, implementing encryption, or deploying additional protection solutions. We’ll break down measures that can potentially be carried out by your team. And provide more information about how we can complete your requirements: from deploying security measures to reformulating internal policies.
Ongoing Management & Support
Cyber security doesn’t stand still - and neither does your organisation. So we offer ongoing consultancy services and banked time to provide advice and periodic checks on your IT security and ensure it remains fit for purpose – both in terms of scope and configuration. And should it be required, we can also provide 24/7 system monitoring courtesy of our NOC team to monitor potential threats within your IT systems.
Cross-industry Cyber Experience
Our team of cyber security experts brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and industry certifications to every project we undertake. With a proven track record of delivering successful consultancy projects across London and the UK, we stand as a trusted partner in safeguarding businesses against cyber threats.
Our team holds a range of industry-leading security certifications, including CompTIA Security+, SC-900 Microsoft Security, SC-300 Microsoft Security and Cyber Essentials Assessor.
With years of experience providing cyber security solutions, we’ve worked with organisations of all sizes and across various sectors, from finance and healthcare to manufacturing and retail.
One organisation we’ve worked with is an industry trade body who came to us after experiencing a breach in their systems. Our consultancy covered a variety of angles from which to tackle their issues, starting with our investigation, followed by a cloud review, an Intune deployment and finally a Microsoft Defender Rollout.
As a result of our investigation, remediations and consultancy service as a whole, we significantly strengthened their defence against external threats. Coupled with regular user awareness training and a proactive security maintenance plan, the organisation now has piece of mind that they have effective measures in place for protection.
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Wider Cyber Security Services
Akita is a leading managed service provider. Beyond cyber security consulting, we deliver a broad range of IT security solutions to meet the challenges of a broad range of organisations. To discuss more please get in touch:
- 24/7 Systems Monitoring
- In-house Cyber Essentials Assessors
- Assessment Of Systems & Policies
Engage Akita’s Cyber Security Consultancy Services
To find out more about our cyber security consultancy services, please get in touch with a member of our team:
London: Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HN
Kent: Unit 15 Nepicar Park, London Road, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7AF
Surrey: Dorset House, Regent Park, Kingston Road, Leatherhead, KT22 7PL
Call us on: 0330 058 8000
Email us on: [email protected]
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Cyber Security Consultancy FAQ
How can a cyber security consultant help my organisation?
Akita's cyber security consultants help organisations understand and reduce cyber risk through a combination of security assessments, strategic guidance and practical remediation planning. We review your people, processes and technology to identify vulnerabilities, improve resilience and ensure your security controls support wider business objectives. Whether you're strengthening Microsoft 365 security, preparing for Cyber Essentials or developing a long-term security strategy, our consultants provide clear, actionable recommendations tailored to your organisation.
Do you provide cyber security consultancy for Microsoft 365 environments?
Yes, Akita has extensive experience helping organisations secure Microsoft 365 environments, including Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, Exchange Online, SharePoint and Intune. Our certified consultants can assess your existing configuration, identify security gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen access controls, device security, threat protection and compliance across your Microsoft ecosystem
Can you help with compliance requirements such as NIS2, DORA and GDPR?
Akita works with organisations across a range of sectors to improve compliance with regulatory and industry frameworks, including NIS2, DORA, GDPR and Cyber Essentials. Our consultants can assess your current position, identify areas of non-compliance and provide practical guidance to help you implement appropriate policies, processes and security controls.
How often should organisations review their cyber security strategy?
Akita recommends reviewing your cyber security strategy at least once a year, or whenever significant business, technology or regulatory changes occur. Rapid growth, cloud migrations, acquisitions, new compliance requirements or emerging cyber threats can all introduce new risks. Our consultants can provide periodic reviews to ensure your security strategy remains aligned with your organisation's objectives and risk profile.
Do you provide cyber security consultancy for organisations outside London?
Absolutely. Alongside Central London, Akita has offices in North London, Kent, Essex, Reading and Surrey. And with remote access technology, we can provide cyber security consultancy services to organisations throughout the wider UK too.
What industries do your cyber security consultants work with?
Akita supports organisations across both the public and private sectors, including professional services, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, healthcare, education, finance and not-for-profit organisations. Our consultants understand that every sector faces different security challenges and compliance requirements, enabling us to deliver recommendations tailored to your operating environment and risk exposure
What are the signs that my organisation needs a cyber security review?
Many organisations engage Akita when they are experiencing business growth, adopting new technologies, preparing for compliance audits, migrating to the cloud or responding to emerging cyber threats. Other warning signs include ageing IT infrastructure, concerns about Microsoft 365 security, failed compliance assessments or uncertainty around current security controls. If your organisation has not reviewed its cyber security posture recently, a professional assessment can help identify vulnerabilities before they become business risks.
