Cyber Security West Midlands

CREST-accredited cyber security across the West Midlands: penetration testing, Cyber Essentials and certification, and SOC consulting and support, from a local, expert-led team.

CREST-accredited cyber security across the West Midlands: penetration testing, Cyber Essentials and certification, and SOC consulting and support, from a local, expert-led team.

From sole traders to multi-site employers, West Midlands organisations face growing cyber threats and rising demands, from clients, insurers and tenders, to prove they take security seriously. Solusec provides the full range of cyber security services across the region.

What we do for West Midlands businesses

Testing and assurance

CREST-accredited penetration testing for 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.

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Local and responsive

We are based nearby in Albrighton and work remotely first, with onsite visits across the West Midlands and Shropshire available where they genuinely help. You deal directly with an accomplished ethical hacker with 25 years across IT and cyber security. Solusec is CREST-accredited, a Cyber Essentials and IASME Cyber Assurance Certification Body, and our track record is independently verifiable. No sales team, no jargon.

Cyber security support in the West Midlands

Not every organisation in the West Midlands needs a certificate. Plenty need someone senior to look at what they actually have and say plainly which risks are real. Given the densest manufacturing economy in the UK, running from Coventry's advanced engineering through Birmingham's professional services to the metals and machining base across the Black Country, 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 shop-floor equipment running embedded software the vendor stopped supporting years ago, alongside small offices with no central device management and no asset list. 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. We are based in the region, at Albrighton in Shropshire, so most of the West Midlands is inside an hour. Where this turns into ongoing work it is usually fractional CISO support or SOC support over your existing tooling.

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.

Your details are handled by a real person, never fed into AI.

Cyber security by town and city in the West Midlands

What we see most often in the West Midlands

  • Shop-floor equipment running embedded software the vendor stopped supporting years ago
  • Family manufacturing businesses with one shared office computer
  • Professional firms in Birmingham holding client data under sector regulation as well

None of these is unusual and none of them is a reason to put the work off. They are simply the things worth checking before you commit to a date. If you want more detail, see fractional CISO support.

Common questions

What cyber security services do you offer in the West Midlands?

Penetration testing (including AI and LLM), Cyber Essentials and IASME certification, SOC consulting and support, SOC support, incident response and vulnerability management.

Are you local to the West Midlands?

Yes. We are based in Albrighton and work remotely first, with onsite visits across the region available where they genuinely help.

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.

Talk to an expert in the West Midlands

Local, CREST-accredited and straight with you. Free scoping call, fixed-price quote, no obligation.