Cyber Security Tewkesbury
TEWKESBURY BUSINESSES
If a Bigger Customer Asked to See Your Security Policy Tomorrow, What Would You Show Them?
Tewkesbury’s logistics, distribution and manufacturing firms are increasingly part of someone else’s supply chain, and that makes you a target as well as a supplier. A clear, well-run security setup means you can answer that question with confidence instead of a scramble.
A straightforward conversation, no jargon, no obligation.
Does any of this sound familiar?
A customer’s security questionnaire lands in your inbox
A bigger customer, or their insurer, sends over a list of questions about MFA, backups, patching and incident response, and you’re not entirely sure how honestly you can answer every one.
One infected laptop could stop goods going out the door
With warehousing, despatch and production systems around Ashchurch and the M5 depending on a handful of shared machines, a single piece of ransomware could halt orders for days, not hours.
Security has been bolted on, not built in
The firewall was set up years ago, multi-factor authentication is patchy at best, and nobody in the business actually owns security. It gets attention only when something goes wrong.
You’re not imagining the pressure
Running a logistics, distribution or manufacturing business in Tewkesbury already means juggling suppliers, staff and customer deadlines without a dedicated security team to fall back on. When a customer starts asking pointed questions about your cyber security, or you hear about a competitor losing days of production to ransomware, it’s hard to know where to start or how much is actually needed. You don’t want to overspend on things that don’t matter, but you also can’t afford to be the reason a bigger customer’s supply chain gets disrupted. That’s a reasonable worry, and it has a straightforward answer.
System Force IT has supported businesses across Gloucestershire and the surrounding region since 2006. We are UKAS ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified, a Microsoft Solutions Partner, Cyber Essentials certified, a Certified 3CX Partner and a RIPE NCC Member. For Tewkesbury’s logistics, distribution and manufacturing firms, that means a partner who already understands what larger customers expect to see.
How it works
1. Book a free, no-obligation security review
A 20 to 30 minute call with one of our engineers, to talk through your current setup and what any customers or insurers have been asking of you.
2. We assess what you have against what’s expected
We review your endpoint protection, email security, MFA, firewall and backups against Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001-aligned practice, then put the gaps and priorities in a plain-English report.
3. You get a clear plan, and answers you can stand behind
Whether you make the improvements yourselves or ask us to, you’ll know exactly where you stand and how to answer the next security questionnaire honestly and confidently.
The weakest link in a supply chain is rarely the biggest company in it.
What better looks like
Instead of dreading the next security questionnaire, you answer it in minutes, because you already know what’s in place. Ransomware protection, email filtering and MFA run quietly in the background instead of being someone’s occasional afternoon project. Production and despatch keep moving because the systems behind them are properly protected.
- Confidently answer a customer’s or insurer’s security questionnaire, backed by evidence rather than guesswork
- Warehouse, despatch and production systems protected against ransomware and other common attacks
- Multi-factor authentication in place everywhere it matters, so a stolen password isn’t enough on its own
- One clear point of ownership for security, instead of it being nobody’s job until something breaks
Book a free security review
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Common questions
Yes, often more than smaller firms realise. Attackers increasingly target smaller suppliers precisely because they sit inside a bigger company’s supply chain and may have weaker defences, making you a route in or a way to disrupt shipments upstream.
Yes. We review what you currently have against what’s typically asked, MFA, endpoint protection, backups and incident response, and help you close any obvious gaps before you reply, or explain honestly what’s already in place.
Increasingly, yes, many larger customers now list it as a minimum requirement. We can guide you toward Cyber Essentials, or align your setup with ISO 27001 practice, at a pace that suits your business.
We plan changes around your operational hours wherever possible and prioritise low-risk improvements first, so despatch and production keep running while your security gets stronger in the background.
Cyber security works best alongside the rest of your IT. If you’d like a wider view, our IT support for Tewkesbury businesses and managed IT services in Tewkesbury pages cover day-to-day support and proactive management, while Microsoft 365 support looks at securing the email and document systems most questionnaires ask about. For more on our approach, see IT security and Cyber Essentials certification, or get in touch to talk through your specific situation.
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