Cybersecurity for Oxford businesses —
research, NHS, spinout-grade controls.
Servnet designs, deploys and runs cybersecurity for Oxford firms with regulators paying attention — Oxford University + 39 colleges, OUH NHS Foundation Trust (John Radcliffe + Churchill + Nuffield + Horton), Oxford spinout cluster (Oxford Nanopore, OxBotica), Oxford Science Park + Begbroke + Harwell research tenants, BMW Cowley automotive supply. Cyber Essentials Plus through to NHS DSPT, research export-control compliance, and SOC 2 Type II.
Why Oxford cyber programmes have their own profile
Oxford concentrates world-leading research + NHS teaching hospital + research spinouts + BMW automotive manufacturing — each with regulatory load and threat surface distinct from generic mid-market.
Research export-control + dual-use compliance
For Oxford University research with export-controlled or dual-use elements, cyber controls aligned to UK Strategic Export Control Lists and university-specific compliance requirements.
OUH NHS Foundation Trust + DSP Toolkit
For OUH (John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield, Horton) and broader BOB ICB-affiliated organisations, cyber work lands against DSP Toolkit, HSCN-aligned segmentation, NIS Regulations 2018.
SOC 2 + ISO 27001 for Oxford spinout cluster
For Oxford Nanopore, OxBotica, Oxford Sciences Innovation portfolio companies serving regulated US / EU customers, cyber programmes land against SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001.
IT/OT segmentation for BMW Cowley supply chain
For BMW Cowley supplier-chain customers, IT/OT segmentation, Purdue-model alignment, OT-aware NGFW, automotive supply-chain flow-down requirements.
What Servnet cyber delivers in Oxford
NGFW design + deployment
Multi-site FortiGate, Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower, Juniper SRX deployments.
EDR / XDR + 24×7 monitored response
CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Sophos with eyes-on-glass triage.
Identity, MFA + conditional access
Entra ID, Okta, PingFederate hardening; PAM (CyberArk, BeyondTrust) for privileged roles.
Cyber Essentials Plus + ISO 27001 + SOC 2
For Oxford firms tendering into NHS, central government, or US-customer regulated business.
Research export-control + dual-use compliance
For Oxford University and Harwell-class research customers, export-control-aware cyber controls aligned to UK Strategic Export Control Lists.
Incident response retainer with on-site
Retainer customers get guaranteed in-hours and out-of-hours response with engineers physically dispatched into any OX postcode.
Oxford cyber clients we work with
- ▸Oxford University + 39 collegesUniversity departments + colleges — research-data classification, JANET edge security, export-control compliance for dual-use research, lab-network isolation.
- ▸OUH NHS Foundation Trust + BOB ICBOUH (John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield, Horton) + BOB ICB-affiliated — DSP Toolkit evidence, HSCN-aligned segmentation, clinical-system hardening.
- ▸Oxford spinout clusterOxford Nanopore, OxBotica, Oxford Sciences Innovation — SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, cloud-landing-zone hardening, AWS / Azure security posture.
- ▸Harwell Campus + UKRI / RALHarwell Campus, UKRI Rutherford Appleton Lab — research-data classification, dual-use research compliance, NCSC-aligned controls.
- ▸BMW Cowley supplier chainBMW Cowley supplier-chain — IT/OT segmentation, Purdue-model alignment, OT-aware NGFW, automotive flow-down requirements.
- ▸OCC + Oxon CC + 4 districtsOCC + Oxon CC + 4 districts — NCSC CAF mapping, Cabinet Office MCSS, CCS-framework supply.
How we run cyber for Oxford clients
On-site within hours into City Centre + Science Park
For monitored-response customers, P1 incident in OX-postcodes typically has engineer in motion within an hour and on-site inside 2–3 hours from Surrey HQ via M40.
Quarterly operational reviews
For OUH, SOC 2-regulated spinouts, BMW-supplier customers we run quarterly reviews against the firm's controls register.
Out-of-hours windows aligned to sector
University around term cycles, NHS around DSPT audit windows, automotive supply around production cycles.
Quarterly threat briefings for executive sponsors
For university CIOs, OUH exec leads, spinout CISOs we run a 60-minute quarterly briefing.
Oxford cybersecurity — common questions
Do you have an Oxford office or driving from Surrey?
Our HQ is in Surrey but we maintain working engineer cover in Oxfordshire for ongoing customers. For monitored-response retainers, engineer in motion within an hour of page, on-site in OX-postcodes typically inside 2–3 hours via M40.
Can you handle research export-control compliance for Oxford University?
Yes — for Oxford University research with export-controlled or dual-use elements, cyber controls aligned to UK Strategic Export Control Lists.
Can you handle NHS DSP Toolkit for OUH / John Radcliffe?
Yes — we work with OUH and BOB ICB-affiliated organisations on DSP Toolkit evidence.
Do you do SOC 2 Type II for Oxford spinout customers?
Yes — SOC 2 Type I and Type II readiness work for Oxford Nanopore-class spinouts and Oxford Sciences Innovation portfolio companies.
Can you handle IT/OT segmentation for BMW Cowley supplier-chain?
Yes — Purdue-model alignment, Fortinet OT-aware NGFW deployment for automotive supply-chain customers.
How do you price cyber for a 100-user Oxford firm?
Three-tier model — Foundation, Resilience, Regulated.
Other services we deliver in Oxford
Need cyber that holds up to NHS, SOC 2 or export-control audit?
One call — direct to a cyber engineer. We'll size the gap and price the closure.