Cybersecurity, SOC & SASE UK

Why backup alone is not enough

Most businesses have some form of backup in place. Far fewer have a genuine disaster recovery (DR) plan. The difference matters: a backup is a copy of your data. A DR plan is the tested, documented process by which you restore business operations after a failure — and the infrastructure that makes it possible.

The rise of ransomware has made this distinction critical. Modern ransomware attacks specifically target backup systems, encrypting or corrupting backups alongside live data. An untested, unmonitored backup is not protection.

What genuine cyber resilience looks like

• Immutable backups — backups that cannot be encrypted or deleted by ransomware
• Offsite / cloud backup — geographically separated from primary data
• Regular restore testing — backups that are never tested are not backups
• Defined RTO and RPO — how long can you be down? How much data can you lose?
• DR runbook — documented, tested recovery procedures
• SOC and detection — identifying threats before they cause damage
• Endpoint protection — EDR and managed endpoint security

Compliance-driven demand

Regulatory requirements — ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, GDPR, sector-specific frameworks — are increasingly requiring organisations to demonstrate documented, tested DR capability. Open Way Technologies has access to partners that deliver compliance-aligned backup and DR solutions across industries.

What Open Way Technologies does

We assess your current backup and DR posture, identify gaps, and introduce you to the right managed service provider from our network. All partners are ISO 27001 certified and experienced with enterprise and mid-market environments.

Why cybersecurity is now a buy-side decision

Cyber has moved from an IT line item to a board-level, commercial issue. The incoming UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill widens regulation to managed service providers, data centres and — critically — supply chains. Even organisations that are not directly in scope are increasingly required by their regulated customers to demonstrate security controls, incident-reporting arrangements and tested continuity plans, or risk losing the work.

At the same time, the NCSC has reported a sharp rise in significant incidents, mandatory reporting windows are tightening, and government has told the UK's largest firms that cyber oversight sits with the board. The result is a clear, growing buying need.

A full security operation, not point tools

We match you with providers who deliver security as a managed operation, structured around a 24/7 Security Operations Centre:

• Threat detection & response: Managed Detection & Response (MDR), Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) and Network Detection & Response (NDR).
• Attack surface & risk management: vulnerability management, autonomous penetration testing, and server & workstation patching.
• Perimeter & network: managed firewall and intrusion protection, advanced DNS security.
• The human layer: security awareness training, email security, and dark web monitoring.
• Microsoft 365 security: hardening and monitoring for the platform most businesses now run on.
• Incident response & remediation: tested plans and a team to call when it matters.

SASE & zero-trust access

For distributed teams, we also cover SASE and zero-trust access — identity-driven security that replaces the legacy perimeter and secures users wherever they work.

Aligned to recognised frameworks

We structure security advisory around the NIST functions — identify, protect, detect, respond, recover — and the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, with Cyber Essentials / Cyber Essentials Plus as a defensible baseline. Nothing important is left as an afterthought, and we match you with the right provider for each gap.