Most professional firms have a cyber gap. Most don't find it until it's too late.
Shield Cyber Services works with UK professional and regulated firms to identify where cyber risk actually sits in their business — before an incident makes it visible. No software to sell. No jargon. No pressure.
Cyber incidents in professional firms rarely start with a sophisticated attack.
They start with a shared password. An unreviewed user account from an employee who left six months ago. A cloud platform nobody is fully administering. A phishing email that reached the wrong inbox at the wrong moment.
The firms that experience incidents aren't careless. They're busy. And the gaps that create exposure are often invisible until something forces them into view.
Shield Cyber Services exists to find those gaps early — and explain them in a way that actually makes sense to a firm principal or practice manager, not an IT team.
Shield Cyber Services works with professional and regulated firms using a measured, advisory-led approach to cyber risk.
No jargon
Plain English explanations
No fear tactics
Honest, balanced assessment
No pressure
Advisory-led, your pace
The risks that matter most to professional firms right now.
Access Control
Who has access to what — and should they?
Former staff accounts. Shared logins. Admin access that was granted temporarily and never removed. In professional firms, access management is rarely audited until something goes wrong.
Email & Phishing
Email is still the primary attack surface.
Impersonation attacks, misdirected emails, and credential harvesting via phishing affect professional firms at a rate that's increased significantly since 2022. Most firms have limited visibility into what controls are actually active on their mail platform.
Regulatory Exposure
GDPR and ICO obligations don't pause for busy periods.
UK professional firms handling client data carry obligations that don't disappear because the risk feels low. A breach — however small — triggers notification requirements. Most firms have never tested whether their incident response process actually exists.
Five minutes. Four questions per area. A clear picture of where you stand.
Context Snapshot
Tell us your firm size, sector, and cloud platform. This shapes how we weight your responses — the risk profile for a 12-person accountancy practice differs from a 180-person law firm.
Risk Indicators
Answer questions across four areas: access control, email security, device management, and incident readiness. No technical knowledge required.
Scored Summary
Receive a plain-English summary of your risk position: Low, Medium, or Elevated — with the specific themes that drove your score.
Optional Discovery Call
If your results indicate material exposure, we'll offer a 15-minute call. No pitch — just a frank conversation about what your score means and what addressing it would involve.
You'll Know Exactly Where You Stand
You'll know exactly where you stand — and what to do next.
Risk Indicator
A clear Low / Medium / Elevated rating across four exposure categories — not a single aggregated score that obscures where the real issues are.
Exposure Themes
Plain-English descriptions of the specific areas driving your risk level. No technical jargon. Written for decision-makers, not IT departments.
Recommended Next Step
A clear, honest recommendation — whether that's no action needed, a specific fix you can action yourself, or a signal that a deeper review is appropriate.
Optional 15-Minute Call
If your results suggest material risk, you'll receive an invitation to speak directly with an advisor. One call. No pitch. No obligation.
This diagnostic does not provide technical reports or legal advice.
Start Your Diagnostic NowBuilt for Professional and Regulated Firms
Built for professional and regulated firms handling sensitive client data.
This diagnostic is for you if...
Not suitable for
10–200
Users in your organisation
Advisory-led. Results-first. No retainer required.
10–200
Users — the firm size where cyber risk is highest and most overlooked
5 min
Average time to complete the diagnostic
4 areas
Access, email, devices, and incident readiness — assessed together
0
Software sold. We are advisors, not resellers.
Start Your Assessment
Complete this short diagnostic to understand your cyber risk position.
Context Snapshot
Step 1 of 4
Used only to personalise your results. Never shared.
What UK firm principals actually ask us.
No. The diagnostic was built to give firm principals an honest view of their cyber risk position — not to generate a lead list for a software vendor. If your results don't indicate material risk, we'll tell you that. There's no pressure to engage further.
Find out where your firm is exposed. It takes five minutes.
Most cyber incidents in professional firms are preventable. They happen because the gap was never made visible. The diagnostic exists to change that.
No account required. No credit card. No sales call unless you want one.