Cyber Security Manchester

Local, CREST-accredited cyber security for Manchester businesses: penetration testing, Cyber Essentials and certification, and SOC consulting and support.

Manchester’s professional-services, digital, financial and creative businesses face growing cyber threats and rising demands, from clients, insurers and tenders, to prove their security. Solusec provides the full range of cyber security services, scoped to what your business actually needs.

What we do for Manchester businesses

Testing and assurance

CREST-accredited penetration testing for your networks, web apps, cloud and AI systems, plus vulnerability assessment.

Certification and compliance

As a Cyber Essentials and IASME Cyber Assurance Certification Body we handle Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and IASME Cyber Assurance.

Detection, response and monitoring

SOC consulting and support and incident response to spot and stop attacks.

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Talk to us

We are based in Albrighton and work across the region, remotely and on site where it helps. Tell us what you are dealing with and we will tell you honestly what you need, including if that is less than you expected.

Common questions

What cyber security services do you offer in Manchester?

The full range: penetration testing (including AI and LLM), Cyber Essentials and IASME certification, SOC consulting and support, incident response and vulnerability management.

Do you work with Manchester businesses?

Yes. Work for Greater Manchester businesses is delivered primarily remotely, with onsite visits available and any travel quoted up front.

How do we get started?

Book a free call. We will tell you honestly what you need and what you do not, agree a fixed price, and move fast. No obligation.

Cyber security support in Manchester

Not every organisation in Manchester needs a certificate. Plenty need someone senior to look at what they actually have and say plainly which risks are real. Given the largest digital, software and professional services concentration outside London, alongside substantial manufacturing and logistics, the honest answer is often that the exposure is smaller than feared in one place and larger than expected in another.

What we typically find is cloud-first with small physical footprints, which should be fast, except that developer and designer machines are routinely excluded from the managed estate. That is not a failing, it is what happens when a business grows faster than the systems supporting it. The useful work is deciding which of those gaps actually matters given who you are and what you hold, rather than fixing everything at once.

We work as consultants, not as a platform vendor, so we are not trying to move you onto a monthly licence. Manchester engagements usually run remotely, with an on-site day only where the estate needs it. Where this turns into ongoing work it is usually fractional CISO support or SOC support over your existing tooling.