Cybersecurity for Liverpool businesses —
healthcare, maritime, research-grade.
Servnet designs, deploys and runs cybersecurity for Liverpool firms with regulators paying attention — NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB-affiliated trusts, Knowledge Quarter universities + research, Peel Ports + Liverpool 2 maritime logistics, Pier Head professional services, and LCRCA + 6 Merseyside authorities. Cyber Essentials Plus through to NHS DSPT and operational-resilience-grade controls.
Why Liverpool cyber programmes have their own profile
Liverpool concentrates the regulated estates of one of the UK's largest ICBs (Cheshire & Merseyside), the Knowledge Quarter research cluster, maritime operations with NIS Regulations implications, and 7 Merseyside authorities — each with distinct regulatory load.
NHS C&M ICB + DSP Toolkit + the 9 trusts
For LUHFT, Mersey Care, Alder Hey, Liverpool Women's, Wirral, Warrington & Halton, Bridgewater, NW Boroughs, Mid Cheshire, cyber work lands against DSP Toolkit, HSCN-aligned segmentation, NIS Regulations 2018.
NIS Regulations 2018 for Peel Ports + maritime
Peel Ports and Liverpool 2 container terminal fall under NIS Regulations 2018 as Operators of Essential Services — cyber controls must demonstrate appropriate security measures and incident reporting capability.
Research-data classification for Knowledge Quarter
For University of Liverpool, LJMU, Liverpool Hope and Liverpool Science Park, cyber programmes address research-data classification, funded-project IP protection, JANET edge security.
NCSC + Cabinet Office for LCRCA + 6 authorities
For LCC, LCRCA, Sefton, Wirral, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton we configure to NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, Cabinet Office MCSS.
What Servnet cyber delivers in Liverpool
NGFW design + deployment
Multi-site FortiGate, Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower, Juniper SRX deployments — including resilient WAN for multi-borough LCRCA estates.
EDR / XDR + 24×7 monitored response
CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Sophos rollouts with eyes-on-glass triage — Liverpool-priority handling.
Identity, MFA + conditional access
Entra ID, Okta, PingFederate hardening; PAM (CyberArk, BeyondTrust) for privileged roles.
Cyber Essentials Plus + ISO 27001
For Liverpool firms tendering into NHS, central government or maritime primes, CE+ readiness and assessment.
NIS Regulations support for maritime
For Peel Ports and Liverpool 2 customers, NIS-Regulations-aligned cyber controls, OES self-assessment support, NCSC CAF mapping.
Incident response retainer with on-site
Retainer customers get guaranteed in-hours and out-of-hours response with engineers physically dispatched into any L postcode.
Liverpool cyber clients we work with
- ▸NHS C&M ICB + 9 trustsLUHFT, Mersey Care, Alder Hey, Liverpool Women's and 5 other C&M trusts — DSP Toolkit evidence, HSCN-aligned segmentation, clinical-system hardening, medical-device network isolation.
- ▸Peel Ports + Liverpool 2 maritimePeel Ports, Liverpool 2 container terminal, Mersey Maritime — NIS Regulations 2018 alignment, OT-aware NGFW, operational-resilience controls.
- ▸Knowledge Quarter universitiesUniversity of Liverpool, LJMU, Liverpool Hope, Liverpool Science Park — research-data classification, JANET edge security, lab-network isolation.
- ▸Liverpool professional servicesPier Head + Albert Dock professional firms — SRA / ICAEW-aligned controls, M365 + Azure hardening, MFA + conditional access.
- ▸LCC + LCRCA + 6 authoritiesLCC, LCRCA, Sefton, Wirral, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton — NCSC CAF mapping, Cabinet Office MCSS, CCS-framework supply.
- ▸Liverpool creative + FACTFACT, Liverpool Sound City — content-protection controls, IP exfiltration prevention, secure media-transfer pipelines.
How we run cyber for Liverpool clients
On-site within hours into Pier Head + Knowledge Quarter
For monitored-response customers, P1 incident in L-postcodes typically has engineer in motion within an hour and on-site inside 4–5 hours from Surrey HQ via M6 / M62.
Quarterly operational reviews
For NHS C&M, NIS-Regs maritime and Liverpool council customers we run quarterly reviews against the firm's controls register.
Out-of-hours windows aligned to sector
Maritime customers have 24×7 operational tolerance; NHS work around DSPT audit windows; council work outside business hours. Engineers on-site for cutover.
Quarterly threat briefings for executive sponsors
For NHS exec leads, port-operator CISOs, council CIOs we run a 60-minute quarterly briefing.
Liverpool cybersecurity — common questions
Do you have a Liverpool office or driving from Surrey?
Our HQ is in Surrey but we maintain working engineer cover in the North West for ongoing customers. For monitored-response retainers, engineer in motion within an hour of page, on-site in L-postcodes typically inside 4–5 hours.
Can you handle NHS C&M ICB DSP Toolkit work across multiple trusts?
Yes — we work with C&M ICB-affiliated organisations on DSP Toolkit evidence, particularly Big Question 6 (technical security) and Big Question 7 (incident response). Can scale across multi-trust engagements.
Do you understand NIS Regulations 2018 for Peel Ports?
Yes — for Operators of Essential Services like Peel Ports + Liverpool 2 we work on NIS-Regulations-aligned cyber controls, OES self-assessment support, NCSC CAF mapping, and the incident reporting infrastructure that NIS requires.
Are you on CCS framework for LCRCA + 6 councils?
Yes — CCS G-Cloud 14, Technology Services 4 and Cyber Security Services 4. Applicable to LCC, LCRCA, Sefton, Wirral, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton.
Can you do Cyber Essentials Plus for a Liverpool research-supply customer?
Yes — frequent engagement for Knowledge Quarter and Liverpool Science Park-class customers, particularly where research funding requires it.
How do you price cyber for a 100-user Liverpool firm?
Three-tier model — Foundation, Resilience, Regulated. Indicative pricing on first call.
Other services we deliver in Liverpool
Need cyber that holds up to NHS, NIS or maritime audit?
One call — direct to a cyber engineer. We'll size the gap honestly and price the closure.