North Vault is an independent security consultancy built for small businesses — no jargon, no scare tactics, just clear advice on protecting the data your clients trust you with.
Practical, prioritised security — sized for a five-person practice, not a five-thousand-person enterprise.
We take a plain-English look at the systems you rely on every day — your network, your devices, your logins — and tell you where you're exposed. You'll get a written report that leads with a "what matters most" summary, not forty pages of technical noise.
Most small businesses already have the tools to be secure — they're just not switched on. We tighten the settings in the M365 or Google Workspace you already use, so there's nothing new to learn and no downtime for your team.
Most breaches start with a person, not a firewall — a convincing email, a tired click. We run practical training your staff will actually remember, then test it with a simulated phishing campaign so you know where the gaps really are.
All findings are explained in business terms, not tech-speak — so you know exactly what to fix and why it matters.
North Vault is run by me, alone — a UK-based sole trader, not a call centre or a faceless agency. When you work with North Vault, you work with the person who did the assessment, wrote the report, and will pick up the phone.
I work with small businesses — typically five to twenty-five people — in fields like accountancy, law, estate agency and dental practice: businesses holding real client data and real client trust, usually without a dedicated IT or security team to look after either.
I also work with businesses that already have a small IT team in place — often there's room to cut costs significantly on tools, licensing and cover without sacrificing performance or protection.
North Vault is insured for Professional Indemnity, Public Liability, and Cyber Liability, so you're protected as well as your systems.
Small businesses are targeted precisely because they're under-protected — and they deserve proper security without enterprise pricing or enterprise jargon. That's the whole reason North Vault exists.
No obligation, no hard sell — just a straightforward conversation about where your business stands.