Compliance & Certification Wins

Real outcomes from London-regulated firms

Two production case studies: a GDPR file-storage migration for a City of London solicitors, and a Cyber Essentials certification in four weeks for a Holborn mid-size firm.

3 wks GDPR migration lead time
4 wks Cyber Essentials to cert
100% MFA enrolment
<48hr OS patch window

Compliance unblocked

Two firms. Two remediation projects. Specific outcomes, dated, named service pages.

GDPR-compliant file storage for a City of London solicitors practice — TechSquad London
🔒 Managed IT
City of London · 4-partner solicitors
GDPR file storage compliance — passed in 3 weeks.
Migration completed 3 weeks ahead of regulatory deadline.

Personal OneDrive accounts and an unmapped network drive were flagged by an outside compliance review. We migrated every client file to SharePoint with role-based access groups, retention policies, full audit logging, and client-matter folder separation.

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Cyber Essentials certification in four weeks for a Holborn mid-size solicitors — TechSquad London
🛡️ Cybersecurity
Holborn · 12-partner mid-size solicitors
Cyber Essentials certified in 4 weeks — client onboarding unstuck.
100% MFA enrolled, OS patch window cut to under 48 hours.

A regulated financial-services client required Cyber Essentials on the register before onboarding could start. We ran the IT health check, rolled out MFA, tightened Microsoft 365 conditional access, and applied the five CE technical controls — certification in four weeks.

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GDPR-compliant file storage — City of London solicitors

City of London · 4-partner solicitor's practice · 2026
The problem

A regulatory review had flagged that client case files and internal documents were being stored on a combination of personal OneDrive accounts and an unmapped network drive with no access controls or audit logging. With GDPR enforcement active and a 6-week deadline, they needed a proper solution — fast.

What we did

Migrated all file storage to a SharePoint environment with role-based access groups (partners, associates, admin), mandatory retention policies, full access audit logging, and client-matter folder separation. Set up the compliance baseline, trained the team on the new structure, and documented the process for future reference.

Result

Compliance review passed. Migration completed in 3 weeks — three weeks ahead of the regulatory deadline. SharePoint environment is now the standard file storage setup for every new client matter. See Managed IT Support →

Cyber Essentials certification — Holborn mid-size solicitors

Holborn · 12-partner mid-size solicitors · 2026
The problem

A regulated financial-services client had set Cyber Essentials certification as a hard precondition of onboarding. The firm's setup was patch-lagging laptops, no MFA on legacy admin accounts, no documented patching cadence, and no audit log for SharePoint access — four fails on the five Cyber Essentials technical controls.

What we did

Ran the free IT health check to baseline the gaps, then remediated: rolled out MFA across every account, tightened Microsoft 365 conditional access, brought OS patching inside a 48-hour cadence, and applied the Cyber Essentials technical controls (boundary firewalls, secure configuration, malware protection, access control, patch management). Submitted for certification on a fixed four-week timeline.

Result

Cyber Essentials certified in 4 weeks. 100% of staff enrolled in MFA, OS patch window cut from 30+ days to under 48 hours, regulated client onboarding completed on schedule. See Cybersecurity →

Got a compliance deadline?

Same shape projects as these two cases — fixed timeline, specific outcome, no heroics required. Get in touch and we'll scope the work.

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