Good security isn't one product you switch on — it's layers that work together, and someone watching them so you don't have to. We protect the places attackers actually go: your staff's devices, your email and Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace logins, your website, and your people. The result we're after is simple: when something looks wrong, it's caught and dealt with early, and you can tell your board the question's covered.
What makes us different is that we do both sides of security under one relationship. Most providers either defend or test — we do both. We run ongoing protection across your endpoints, identity and email through tools like Microsoft Defender and the Huntress managed-detection stack, which has a security operations team investigating alerts around the clock so a real threat doesn't sit unnoticed overnight. And we run penetration testing as a regular service that probes your defences the way an attacker would, rather than a one-off project you book and forget. Where the risk calls for it, we add application control with ThreatLocker so only approved software can run, and we protect WordPress websites with Wordfence. It all sits on always-on monitoring through Datto RMM, with email signatures and policy kept tidy through CodeTwo. Because the team that tests your perimeter, the team watching your devices, and the team running your backups are the same people, incidents close faster.
The other thing we do that a tool list won't show is reach out first. When we see dangerous email or web activity at a customer, we send an advisory before they've noticed anything — proactive, not waiting for the call.
This suits any organisation that needs more than "antivirus is on" — particularly healthcare, professional services, education, faith-based organisations and charities, where compliance, duty of care or donor trust raise the stakes. For those that need certification, we prepare you for ISO 27001 and the Essential Eight: mapping the controls, building the evidence and closing the gaps, managed through SecureFrame. We're not a certified auditor and don't pretend to be — the audit goes to an accredited firm. Our job is the preparation that makes the audit a formality rather than a surprise. It's also work we know first-hand: alongside the R&D Tax Incentive, Real World has received a Commonwealth cyber security grant to develop security solutions for small business.
What's included
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint — managed posture and vulnerability response
- Huntress Managed EDR — endpoint detection and response with a 24/7 managed security team behind it
- Huntress Managed ITDR — identity threat detection across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace logins and email
- Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training — phishing simulations and staff training delivered as a managed programme
- Huntress Managed SIEM — log collection, correlation and investigation across your systems
- Productised penetration testing — recurring external pen tests sold as an ongoing service, not a one-off
- ThreatLocker application allowlisting and ringfencing where the threat model warrants it
- Wordfence application firewall and intrusion detection for WordPress sites
- CodeTwo email signature governance for policy and compliance
- Compliance preparation for ISO 27001 and the Essential Eight — managed through SecureFrame; we prepare you, accredited auditors certify you
- Datto RMM always-on monitoring across managed endpoints
- Identity hardening — MFA, conditional access and password manager rollout
- Security advice grounded in your sector — duty of care, compliance, donor trust
Why it matters
Watched around the clock, not just installed
We protect the surfaces that matter — your staff's devices, your Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace logins and email, and your systems' logs — using the Huntress managed-detection stack, with a security operations team investigating alerts 24/7 so a real threat doesn't sit unnoticed. We pair that with daily Microsoft Defender posture management to cover the gap between an automated alert and a meaningful response, and add ThreatLocker application control where the risk calls for it. Staff training runs alongside, lifting phishing resistance through simulations and short modules.
We test and defend — both sides, one relationship
Most providers only sell defensive monitoring. We also run offensive testing as a regular service: recurring external penetration tests that probe your defences the way an attacker would, sitting alongside the day-to-day monitoring — all under one relationship, so you're never bounced between a pen-test firm, a separate security team and your IT provider.
We reach out before you notice
When we detect dangerous email or web activity at a customer, we issue an advisory rather than waiting for them to find out. That's the rhythm — proactive, not reactive.
Real coverage for the real risks
Endpoints, email, web, identity and people. A website being probed is a different risk to a phishing wave hitting a medical practice, so we tune the response to the threat surface rather than running the same checklist everywhere.
More than 'antivirus is on'
We're built for organisations with compliance or duty-of-care obligations — healthcare, professional services, education, faith-based organisations and charities — where 'we have antivirus' simply isn't a sufficient answer.
Compliance preparation, honestly framed
We help you prepare for ISO 27001 and the Essential Eight — running compliance management through SecureFrame, building the evidence trail and sitting alongside you through the readiness work. We're not a certified auditor and don't pretend to be; the audit itself goes to an accredited firm. What we do is the preparation that makes the audit a formality rather than a surprise.
Technologies we use
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Huntress (Managed EDR, ITDR, SAT, SIEM)
- Productised external penetration testing
- Wordfence
- CodeTwo
- SecureFrame (compliance management — ISO 27001, Essential 8 preparation)
- ThreatLocker
- Datto RMM
- Microsoft 365 Security