IT Infrastructure & Security Cheltenham
CHELTENHAM BUSINESSES
If your infrastructure and security were reviewed tomorrow, would they hold up?
Cheltenham asks harder questions of its businesses than most towns its size, with GCHQ based in the town and the Golden Valley cyber development growing on its doorstep. Clients and insurers now expect servers, networks and backups that can actually stand up to scrutiny, and we can tell you where yours would fall short before anyone else does.
A straightforward look at your infrastructure and security, in plain English.
Sound familiar?
Servers that are one failure away from a crisis
The physical server in the cupboard is five, seven, maybe ten years past its warranty. Nobody is quite sure what happens if it fails on a Tuesday morning, and replacing it always seems to slip to next quarter.
A network nobody has actually mapped
Firewalls and switches bought in different years, remote access added in a hurry when someone needed it, and no one left who can say with confidence what is connected to what, or why.
Backups you are hoping work, not testing
The backup job runs every night and nobody has checked whether it would actually restore. In a town where a client questionnaire or an insurance renewal can ask that exact question, hoping is not good enough.
We understand the pressure Cheltenham firms are under
You run a professional services or finance business around Montpellier, Lansdown, Battledown or Benhall, and the conversation about IT security has changed. Clients now ask for evidence, not reassurance. Insurers want specifics before they will renew cover. And with GCHQ based in the town and the Golden Valley cyber development growing nearby, Cheltenham has quietly become a place where “secure enough” is measured against a higher bar than it used to be. You do not need to become a security expert yourself. You need someone who can look honestly at what you actually have and put it right.
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 Cheltenham businesses, that means infrastructure and security work carried out to the same standard we would expect to be judged against ourselves.
How it works
1. A short, no-obligation conversation
Tell us what you are running and what is worrying you, whether that is an ageing server, a client security questionnaire, or a backup you have never actually tested. Fifteen minutes, no pressure.
2. We review your infrastructure and security controls
We look at your servers and virtualisation, your network and firewalls, your backup and disaster recovery setup, and the controls around them, endpoint detection, email security, MFA and patching, and tell you plainly what we find.
3. A clear picture and a priority list
You get an honest account of where you stand, what needs fixing first and what can wait, written for a business owner to use, not a jargon-heavy report to file away.
The businesses that get caught out are rarely the ones without a plan. They are the ones who assumed last year’s plan still held.
What better looks like
Your servers are current, monitored and covered by a disaster recovery plan you have actually seen tested. Your network is documented, your firewalls are configured properly, and remote access is locked down instead of left open by habit. When a client or an insurer asks about your security, you have a straight answer, not a shrug.
- A server and network setup someone else understands as well as you do
- Backups you know would actually restore, because they have been tested
- Security controls, MFA, endpoint protection and patching, applied consistently rather than patchily
- A confident answer when a client, auditor or insurer asks about your security
Book a free infrastructure and security review
Tell us about your setup and we will get back to you within one working day.
Or call us directly: 01452 701355 · Business enquiries only · Response within one working day · No obligation.
Not ready to talk yet? Take the cyber risk assessment first
A short self-assessment that shows you where your biggest security gaps are likely to be, before you commit to anything. Useful whether or not you ever get in touch with us.
Common questions
No, we are based at Waterwells Business Park in Gloucester and serve businesses across Cheltenham and the surrounding region on-site and remotely. The distance has never been a barrier to a good response time.
No. Most of what we find can be improved rather than replaced. We will tell you honestly what is working, what is at risk, and what actually needs attention, in that order.
Yes, this is one of the most common reasons Cheltenham businesses contact us. We review your current setup against what is being asked and close the gaps, including working towards Cyber Essentials where that is what is needed.
A first conversation takes about fifteen minutes. The review itself is scoped to your setup, small businesses are often looked at within a week, and you get a plain-English report, not just a checklist.
If ongoing infrastructure and security work is what you need rather than a one-off review, our managed IT services in Cheltenham cover exactly that, alongside day-to-day IT support in Cheltenham for the problems that crop up in between. Many of the same conversations also touch on cyber security in Cheltenham specifically, or want a straight answer on Cyber Essentials before a client or insurer asks. If Microsoft 365 in Cheltenham is part of the picture, it is worth folding into the same conversation, and if you are not sure where to start, just get in touch and we will point you the right way.