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Cyber Security: More Than Protection — It’s Peace of Mind

At String, we know that behind every system is a person trying to keep it safe — often with too little time, too much complexity, and far too much at stake.
Because cyber threats don’t just put data at risk. They shake confidence. They slow teams down. They cast doubt over every decision. And when you’re the one responsible? It’s a heavy weight to carry alone.
That’s where we come in.
We don’t just patch and protect — we partner. We help you build cyber resilience from the inside out, with smart systems, active monitoring, and expert guidance that fits your business, your budget, and your bandwidth.
Because real cyber security isn’t just about defence.
It’s about finally feeling secure.

Security and continuity

Cyber Threats Have Evolved. So Should Your Protection.

Cybercrime isn’t what it used to be.

Gone are the days of clunky malware and obvious scams. Today’s threats are fast, adaptive, AI-powered — and part of a billion-pound industry built on outsmarting businesses like yours.

These attacks don’t knock on the front door. They slip through unnoticed, learn your systems, and wait.

That’s why modern security isn’t just a toolkit — it’s a mindset.
And at String, we help you stay ahead of the threat curve with protection that’s intelligent, agile, and always evolving.

Because cyber security isn’t just about stopping breaches.
It’s about outsmarting the people trying to cause them.

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The String approach to cyber security

01

Defend your infrastructure

We take a layered approach to protection — firewalls, filtering, detection, testing — all working together to defend every corner of your infrastructure. No gaps. No guesswork. Just solid, tested defence.
02

Protect your endpoints

Laptops, phones, tablets — they’re the front lines. We lock them down with advanced protection, device management, and encryption, so your people stay protected wherever they work.
03

Prepare for the worst

If something goes wrong, we get you back up — fast. With rapid recovery and rollback, we restore your systems within the hour. No panic. Just control.
04

Educate your people

Cyber threats often start with a click. We train your team to spot risks, act quickly, and avoid simple mistakes that cause serious damage. Knowledge is protection.

Why choose String for your Security?

Protection and recovery

Today’s threats evolve fast — and tomorrow’s won’t wait. Our Security and Continuity solutions protect your business from every angle, while giving you the power to recover quickly if something goes wrong. You stay secure, resilient, and ready to embrace innovation — without the risk. Because security isn’t just about holding the line. It’s about moving forward with confidence.

Integrated, next-gen security

We bring next-generation protection to every corner of your setup — from on-premises to hybrid cloud. Our security is fully integrated, meaning fewer gaps, fewer headaches, and full visibility across your infrastructure. Smart, scalable, and built to stay ahead of the threat. Because your systems shouldn’t just be connected — They should be protected together.

Mobile device management

Keep every device in check — without the chaos. We help you manage, secure, and control your company’s mobile devices from one central place. Encrypt data, wipe lost devices, protect emails, manage apps, and block offline access — all without disrupting your team’s flow. Because mobile shouldn’t mean vulnerable. It should mean flexible, safe, and secure.

Disaster recovery

If disaster strikes, we’re already on it. Our Disaster Recovery solution is built for speed and stability — helping you recover critical data and systems within the hour, so business doesn’t grind to a halt. It’s your safety net, your back-up plan, your peace of mind — all in one. Because when everything’s on the line, you need more than a promise. You need a plan.
The Sporting House – Microsoft 365 Cloud

Microsoft 365 Cloud Technologies Help Drive Olympian Levels of Success

Challenge

Whilst Sporting House had enjoyed rapid growth, their strategy was to significantly accelerate this. They were also acutely aware that their then IT service model was inadequate to support their ambitious plans for a number of reasons.

Solution

String worked with Sporting House to develop a new Microsoft cloud-centric IT strategy, that would leverage Microsoft 365 to support their wider business strategy.
“ We selected String because of their clear understanding of our strategic requirements, and were able to articulate how they, and Microsoft technologies could help us to achieve these. Our relationship with String has proven an extremely rewarding one, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with them moving forwards.”
Lee Cunliffe
Finance Director, The Sporting House
Jones Harris Chartered Accountants

Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Technologies Drive Paperless, Secure & Remote Office

Challenge

Jones Harris wanted to move to a fully paperless operation, without any interruption to the business. The company had a major dependency on a local Microsoft SQL Server database for their line-of-business applications, which limited their choices in terms of a potential cloud-only solution.

Solution

String worked with Jones Harris to help them adopt a hybrid-cloud solution, providing the optimal blend of Microsoft 365 cloud services, with the high performance computing power required by their LoB. Jones Harris now make full use of Microsoft's Power Platform, utilising Power BI for business intelligence, and Power Automate for business process automation.
“ String worked very closely with our internal guys, planning it out, mapping it out. There was absolutely no break in service, we were expecting there to be a few bugs, but it was a really smooth and impressive operation to get everything across and migrated. Absolutely top notch work, the String team!”
Martin Wigley
Director, Jones Harris Chartered Accountants
Ludlow Wealth Management - Azure Virtual Desktop

Access to Key Line of Business Applications Hosted on Microsoft Azure

Challenge

The increasing demand for online meetings, driven by the Covid crisis, meant that the Remote Desktop Solution was unable to provide an acceptable user experience. When the time came to refresh their IT infrastructure, we worked with the Ludlow team to ensure that the next upgrade cycle would address the changing end-user requirements, while further enhancing their cyber security and providing a high degree of scalability to cope with their ongoing growth.

Solution

Working with Ludlow, we produced a business case that showed that moving to Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop solution, and hosting their LoB application on Microsoft Azure would provide a more secure, cost-effective alternative to purchasing a physical server cluster. Their LoB application was migrated to Azure, and presented to end-users as a Published Application, removing the need for them to connect to a separate virtual desktop to access the app. Azure Backup was used to provide backup and business continuity and to further enhance Microsoft's already robust resilience measures.
“ String has consistently provided us with innovative IT solutions, without compromising our cyber security. The whole team are a pleasure to work with, and we consider them a trusted extension to our own team.”
Rob Brown
Chief Operating Officer, Ludlow Wealth Management Group
One Fylde - Microsoft Modern Workplace

Identifying Microsoft Modern Workplace as the Best Choice for the Client

Challenge

Following a merger between two organisations, our client found themselves with a disjointed IT service that comprised two large on-premise data centres, various security technologies, and a variety of remote access solutions. The result was a costly, difficult to manage IT infrastructure, with a poor user experience due to a lack of standardisation in the way IT was used. Of concern was that, as a large care provider, the client was responsible for the safe-keeping of a large amount of personal medical and financial data. Plus, users had become used to creating work-arounds to allow them to access and share sensitive information. The complexity of the IT infrastructure also meant they were suffering frequent service outages.

Solution

We discussed the opportunity for them to move away from their large, unwieldy on-premises infrastructure and instead to move to a wholly Microsoft cloud-based IT service. From our early discussions it was clear that such a move would allow us to radically re-imagine their approach to document and information management, business processes, and information security. The concept was embraced enthusiastically by the client, and it was agreed to move on to an initial business case analysis exercise. Firstly, however, we were engaged to stabilise the existing infrastructure, and to address the inadequate business continuity provision. The move to Microsoft Modern Workplace has allowed One Fylde to ensure data is more secure and improve workplace processes. All 400 users were able to access all relevant documents securely from any location. And the client can now enjoy the very latest in innovations from Microsoft on almost a weekly cycle.
“ One Fylde started to work with String at a time where our IT infrastructure was causing problems almost on a daily basis. The problems were meaning staff couldn't do their job to support people with learning disabilities in the way we wanted. String became involved with us and worked as a 'real' partner, feeling like part of the team to solve the immediate problem and with an eye to a longer-term more sustainable solution. We are now in a position where I can sleep at night and our staff are seeing the benefit of the huge amount of work that has gone on. And on a seperate note the whole team at String are really friendly, personable and supportive, working with us and continuing to support us to look at the future. ”
Tracey Bush
CEO, One Fylde

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