Case Study
Enhancing cybersecurity for a legal conveyancing firm
A Bradford law firm — Legal / Conveyancing — Bradford — Under 10 employees
A Bradford law firm was operating with critically outdated systems and virtually no security in place. The firm approached iTVerse to assess the situation and fix it comprehensively.
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End-of-life servers
Small Business Server 2011 and Windows Server 2012 — both unsupported and hosting critical business data.
No MFA anywhere
Not a single account had Multi-Factor Authentication — every login was a single point of failure.
No network protection
A basic router with no security provision — no anti-spam, no web filtering, no intrusion prevention.
Manual disk backups
Nightly disk swaps as the only backup — a single failure away from catastrophic data loss.
Security Appliance
Full security appliance deployed at the gateway — advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention and secure VPN.
2FA VPN
Two-Factor Authentication enabled for all VPN access, ensuring only authorised users could connect remotely.
Cloud Backup
Manual disk backups replaced with a cloud solution providing data redundancy and straightforward recovery.
Web & Email Protection
Web protection with forward-scanning deployed. Email redirected through anti-spam to block phishing and malware.
Endpoint Protection
USB ports locked and a robust endpoint security solution deployed across all company devices.
Phishing & malware reduced
Significant reduction in incidents following deployment of the full security stack.
Staff confidence up
Employees reported greater confidence in the security of their systems and data.
Secure remote access
2FA VPN gave the team reliable remote access without compromising the network.
Data protection improved
Cloud backup eliminated the daily data loss risk of the manual disk process.
Future considerations
Continual improvement and working towards Cyber Essentials certification as the next step.