Is your business one audit away from a serious compliance problem?
Most UK businesses are carrying hidden data protection risks — outdated policies, uncontrolled access, or systems that have never been tested against UK GDPR or Cyber Essentials. We find the gaps and fix them, so you can face any regulator, auditor or client with confidence.
Aligned by design
Compliance isn't just a legal checkbox — it's the difference between a business that survives a breach and one that doesn't. LANIX helps organisations across the UK understand exactly where their data lives, who can access it, and whether their controls would hold up under scrutiny. We turn complex regulatory requirements into practical, everyday IT and process improvements — no legal jargon, no guesswork.
LANIX keeps your business audit-ready and your data properly protected.
Find out exactly where your data lives
Most data breaches start with data nobody knew existed. We map every personal and sensitive data flow across your systems so there are no blind spots.
Controls that actually work in practice
We don't just write policies — we align access, logging and retention controls to how your team actually works, so compliance is embedded rather than bolted on.
Ready for any auditor, any time
Clear, up-to-date evidence you can hand to a regulator, a client due-diligence team or your board without scrambling to pull documents together.
What changes for your business
Once the work is done, the uncertainty disappears. You can tell your board, your clients and your insurer exactly how your data is protected — and prove it.
No more guessing whether your data practices would survive regulatory scrutiny — you will have the evidence to prove they do.
A clear, documented picture of every personal and sensitive data flow, so nothing slips through the cracks.
Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certification, opening doors to public sector contracts and better cyber insurance terms.
Compliance that stays current — not a project that dates immediately because nothing was embedded into your workflows.
What clients say about their LANIX compliance work
Businesses across the UK use us to get certified, stay audit-ready and prove to clients and insurers that their data is properly protected.
“We passed Cyber Essentials first time. They did the readiness work, fixed the gaps and prepared all the evidence for us.”
“Our GDPR position went from a folder of good intentions to documented policies and controls we can actually stand behind.”
“A large client put us through a supplier security audit and we sailed through it. Two years ago that would have cost us the contract.”
What LANIX provides
Data mapping and privacy impact assessments.
Policy and procedure alignment with UK data protection rules.
Technical controls for access, logging and retention.
Staff awareness and training on data handling.
Documentation for regulators, auditors and boards.
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus
LANIX takes London businesses all the way through Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus — from initial gap analysis to certification and annual renewal. It is the fastest route to demonstrating credible security to clients, insurers and public sector buyers, and it underpins the wider compliance work on this page.
Cyber Essentials
A government-backed baseline covering firewalls, secure configuration, access control, malware protection and patching. We prepare your environment, close the gaps and guide you through certification.
Cyber Essentials Plus
The same controls, independently tested through hands-on technical audit of your devices and cloud services. We remediate first, so the assessment is a formality rather than a risk.
- Readiness assessment against all five control areas
- Remediation of devices, cloud tenants and policies before assessment
- Evidence pack and documentation prepared for the assessor
- Annual renewal managed alongside your ongoing IT support
Where compliance work fits into the bigger picture
Compliance depends on the controls underneath it. These are the services London businesses most often combine with a data protection programme.
Security, Compliance & Resilience
The strategic umbrella: a single posture covering threat protection, regulatory compliance and the ability to recover when something goes wrong.
Cybersecurity Enhancement
Network hardening, endpoint protection and security controls that raise your defensive baseline against everyday threats.
Data Backup & Recovery
Designed, implemented and tested backup and disaster recovery so critical data comes back quickly after an incident.
FAQs
We focus on translating requirements into practical IT and process changes. We can work alongside your legal advisers where needed.
Yes. We can align projects with recognised frameworks to support certification efforts.
Cyber Essentials covers the five technical controls — firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection and security update management — that regulators expect as a baseline for protecting personal data. Achieving Cyber Essentials gives London businesses documented, government-backed evidence that appropriate technical measures are in place, which sits directly alongside your data protection policies, retention rules and audit trail.
Most London SMEs complete Cyber Essentials in a few weeks: a readiness assessment and gap analysis, remediation across endpoints, Microsoft 365 and network controls, then submission through an accredited certification body. Cyber Essentials Plus adds an independent hands-on technical audit, which we schedule once remediation is verified so the assessment passes first time. We then manage annual renewal as part of your ongoing IT support.
We plan changes in phases and prioritise high-risk areas first, minimising disruption to everyday operations.
Some changes may involve updated systems or workflows; we provide training and clear instructions to ease adoption.
Yes. GDPR is a legal framework governing how you handle personal data. Cyber Essentials is a government-backed security certification proving you have the technical controls in place to defend against the most common cyberattacks. You can be fully GDPR-compliant on paper and still have systems that are wide open to attack. Both are necessary for a business that wants to be genuinely protected and audit-ready.
Beyond the risk of ICO fines, the practical impact is often worse: lost business contracts that require compliance certification, reputational damage if a breach becomes public, and weeks of reactive remediation work under pressure. Addressing compliance proactively is significantly cheaper and less damaging than dealing with the fallout of an audit failure.
Absolutely. Most of our clients don't have dedicated IT staff. We handle the technical assessment, remediation and certification submission on your behalf, and explain everything in plain English throughout. You focus on running your business — we take care of the compliance work.
Cyber Essentials involves a self-assessment questionnaire verified by a certifying body, confirming you have the five baseline security controls in place. Cyber Essentials Plus goes further — an independent assessor tests your systems directly to verify those controls work in practice. Plus carries more weight with public sector clients and insurers, and we make sure your systems pass the hands-on audit first time.
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