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Improving Cyber Security
For businesses concerned about risk, phishing, email security, MDR, SIEM, policies, and cyber resilience.
Understand the practical steps your business can take to reduce risk, protect employees, and strengthen cyber security without unnecessary complexity.
Start with these
Three articles to begin
A hand-picked opener plus the two most useful follow-ups. Read one, read all three, either way you'll come out with a clearer view.
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Guide Compliance & Risk
The Smart Way to Achieve Cyber Essentials? Get the Right IT Support
Cyber Essentials is the UK's baseline cyber-hygiene certification, but passing it, and staying compliant, takes more structure than most SMEs have in-house. Here's how the right IT support makes it practical.
ReadAsh Asha · 3 min read -
Guide Cyber Security
Employee cybersecurity training: What your business needs to know
Antivirus and firewalls protect your systems. Employee training protects your people, and your people are the most common way attackers get in. Here's what effective training looks like.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 8 min read -
Case study Company News & Case Studies
How Safer Business Network Protects Sensitive Data at Scale
How Sereno helped Safer Business Network strengthen security across devices, email, and staff access, without adding complexity.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 3 min read
Cyber security is not just something you read about once
Understanding the risks is useful. But the real challenge is making sure the right protections are in place, configured properly, reviewed regularly and managed over time.
That is where managed security makes the difference.
Sereno's managed security service brings the key areas together under one clear service: device security, email security, employee security, monitoring, reporting, support and practical advice when something changes.
Start with the fundamentals
Longer reads that give you the whole picture on one topic.
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Guide Microsoft 365
Top 10 Microsoft 365 Security Features Every Business Can Utilise
Top Microsoft 365 security features and how they can be leveraged to beef up their security game regardless of its scale or sector.
ReadSahaj Arrora · 7 min read - Guide
Cyber Security
Employee cybersecurity training: What your business needs to know
Antivirus and firewalls protect your systems. Employee training protects your people, and your people are the most common way attackers get in. Here's what effective training looks like.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 8 min read -
Guide Cyber Security
Don't Get Caught in the Net: Top Fishing Scam Types to Watch Out For
Phishing attacks have evolved well beyond suspicious emails. From voice calls to fake QR codes, here's a plain-language guide to the most common types, and how to spot each one.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 10 min read -
Guide Cyber Security
Preparing for the Unpredictable: A Comprehensive Guide on Disaster Recovery Plan for Small Business
Disasters, from cyber attacks to floods to a spilled coffee, are rarely preventable, but their impact is. This guide walks through how to build a disaster recovery plan that keeps a small business running when something goes wrong.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 15 min read -
Guide Compliance & Risk
Shielding Your Business: The importance of having an IT Security Policy
Read about the dangers of not having an IT security policy in place, and why implementing a multi-layered one is essential to protect your business against cyber-attacks.
ReadReymart David · 8 min read -
Guide Cyber Security
A Basic Guide to Cyber Security for Financial firms 2023
Financial firms hold exactly the data criminals want, and smaller firms are increasingly the target. Here are the biggest threats facing the sector and the practical steps that keep your clients' data safe.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 8 min read
Reading a lot?
A quick conversation is often faster than the reading. No pitch, no follow-up spam.
Understand the acronyms
MDR, SIEM, SOC — plain-English breakdowns of what they mean and whether you need them.
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Explainer Cyber Security
Why SIEM is the Missing Piece in Your Cybersecurity Stack | Sereno IT
MDR reacts and a SOC responds, but without SIEM tying it together, you're missing the timeline that shows how an incident actually unfolded. Here's what SIEM adds, and why it now makes sense for businesses of every size.
ReadReymart David · 7 min read -
Explainer Cyber Security
Your Emails Are at Risk: How MDR SOC Keeps Microsoft 365 Safe 24/7
Email is the most common entry point for cyberattacks, and Microsoft 365's interconnected ecosystem makes it a particularly valuable target. MDR SOC adds the layer of protection that spam filters and MFA alone can't provide.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 7 min read -
Explainer Cyber Security
Device-Level MDR SOC: The Missing Piece in Your Cybersecurity
70% of breaches originate at endpoints, the laptops and desktops your team uses every day. Device-level MDR SOC adds 24/7 monitoring and expert-led response at the endpoint level, where attacks most often begin.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 10 min read -
Explainer Cyber Security
MDR Explained: Why Your Business Needs 24/7 SOC Protection In 2025
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) goes beyond traditional cybersecurity by actively hunting threats already inside your systems. 24/7, with human experts acting the moment something is confirmed.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 7 min read -
Explainer Cyber Security
What is privilege creep and how to prevent it?
Privilege creep is when employees quietly build up access they no longer need, one of the most common and most exploitable gaps in business security. Here's how it happens, and how to stop it.
ReadReymart David · 8 min read
Quick self-checks
Practical checklists you can run in an afternoon.
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Checklist Cyber Security
Tips on how to prevent phishing attacks in an organisation
Phishing remains one of the most common causes of business data breaches. This guide covers how to recognise the signs, what technical defences to put in place, and what employees need to know.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 9 min read -
Checklist Cyber Security
My email has been hacked! What should I do next?
A hacked email account can expose your contacts, finances, and business data within hours. Here's how to confirm it's happened, contain the damage immediately, and prevent it from recurring.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 10 min read
Recent developments
What changed and what to do about it.
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News Cyber Security
New Google and Yahoo email requirements – don't let your emails get blocked!
From February 2024, Google and Yahoo require SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication for senders exceeding 5,000 daily emails. Businesses that don't comply risk their emails being blocked or marked as spam.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 1 min read -
News Company News & Case Studies
London IT Support Company Sereno achieves Cyber Essentials Plus certification.
Sereno IT has been awarded Cyber Essentials Plus certification, independently verified by IASME across around 1,000 digital assets, demonstrating robust protection against cyber threats.
ReadSereno IT Support Team · 2 min read
See it in practice
How a real client tightened their cyber posture.
Ready when you are
Need a clearer view of your cyber security setup?
If you are not sure what is already covered, what is missing, or whether managed security would make sense for your business, we can help you work through it.
No jargon. No pressure. Just a practical conversation about your users, devices, email, data and current security setup.
Accreditations & Partnerships
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- Microsoft Solutions Partner
- Google Workspace Partner
- Cyber Essentials Plus
- Cloudtango Top 25 UK MSP
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For businesses managing remote teams, laptops, freelancers, mobile devices, VPNs, and flexible working.
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