Your people are on sites, in vans and at clients' premises far more than in the office. We help North East construction firms and trades give mobile teams secure access to what they need, get sites connected and meet the security requirements of bigger contracts.
Site managers, surveyors and engineers need email, drawings and job information on laptops, tablets and phones wherever they are.
Site cabins need internet, WiFi and sometimes CCTV long before a fixed line could be installed.
Working from an out of date drawing is expensive. Teams need one reliable place for the latest revision.
Certain public sector contracts require Cyber Essentials, and main contractors increasingly ask subcontractors about security.
Phones and tablets get lost, damaged or passed between workers, so company data on them needs protecting.
Businesses paying suppliers and subcontractors by bank transfer are prime targets for fake invoices and changed bank details.
Construction businesses and trades work differently from office based firms. The office may be small, but the business runs across vans, cabins and clients' buildings. Site managers need the latest drawings, surveyors need to share photos and reports, and the office needs timesheets, job costs and invoices to flow back without chasing.
Cyber Fits is a family run IT company based in Sunderland, supporting businesses of around 5 to 100 staff across Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Teesside. We set up and support IT that works for mobile teams, keeps company data safe and helps you win the contracts you are going for.
We set up Microsoft 365 so staff can get to email, Teams and files from a laptop, tablet or phone, with multi factor authentication protecting every account. Company devices are managed centrally, so we can push out apps and settings, keep them updated and remotely wipe a lost or stolen device. Where staff use their own phones, we can protect company data in work apps without taking control of their personal device.
A new site cabin often needs internet from day one, well before any fixed line could be installed. We supply and configure business 4G and 5G routers with suitable antennas, set up WiFi for the cabin and welfare units, and keep the site network separate from any visitor or subcontractor devices. Where a site needs remote monitoring, we can install CCTV that you can view from your phone. When the job finishes, the kit comes back and goes to the next site.
For the main office, our sister brand Cyber Fibre provides business broadband, and Virtual Voice Office provides business phones that ring on mobiles, so calls reach the right person whether they are in the office or on site.
Building from an old revision of a drawing is one of the most expensive mistakes on a job. Many smaller contractors still rely on email attachments, shared drives and files saved on individual laptops. We help you set up a clear structure in SharePoint or your chosen document system, with sensible folders per project, controlled access for subcontractors and clients, and version history so you can always see what changed and when. If you use specialist construction software, we make sure the devices and connections it relies on are dependable.
The UK Government has required suppliers bidding for certain central government contracts to hold Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus since 2014. The current guidance is Procurement Policy Note 014, published in February 2025, which applies to central government departments, their agencies, NHS bodies and non departmental public bodies; other public bodies may choose to follow it. Main contractors often pass similar expectations down to their supply chain.
Cyber Essentials checks five controls: firewalls, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection and security updates. We help construction firms get ready by fixing the gaps across office computers, laptops and mobile devices, and help with the questionnaire. Certification itself is carried out by an independent certification body, and it needs renewing each year.
Construction firms pay a lot of suppliers and subcontractors by bank transfer, which makes them targets for fake invoices and emails claiming bank details have changed. Email security, multi factor authentication and a simple rule of confirming any change of bank details by phone on a known number prevent most of these losses.
We are a local team that understands businesses where most people are not at a desk. You get managed IT support with a helpdesk your team can call from site, engineers who visit when needed and one fixed monthly cost. Book a free IT review to see how your setup could work better for your teams.
Yes. We supply and configure business 4G and 5G routers with suitable antennas, set up WiFi for the cabin and keep it secure. We can also add CCTV you can view remotely.
It depends on the contract. Central government guidance requires Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus for certain higher risk contracts, and some other public bodies and main contractors ask for it too. Check the tender documents, and we can help you prepare if it is required.
We help you set up one controlled place for project documents, usually in SharePoint, with clear folders, access control and version history, so everyone opens the current revision.
If the phone is managed by us, we can lock it and remotely wipe company data, and multi factor authentication means a lost device on its own does not give access to company accounts.
Yes. We look after office computers, servers, networks, phones and broadband alongside site equipment and mobile devices.
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Book a free, no obligation IT review. We will look at your setup, tell you honestly what needs attention and give you a clear fixed monthly price.
