About our client

Providing services for a broad market that ranges from buy-to-let landlords to first-time buyers, it is a trusted broker for a growing number of businesses, investors and individuals.

The challenge

As a financial services provider, the company is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As a result, the business needs to comply with FCA operational resilience requirements. To do this requires robust, secure IT systems and software: any data breach can be catastrophic to a firm in this sector. Our client believed that its systems needed to be more robust and secure, so it turned to us for help.

The solution

Our client was using a Network Allocated Storage (NAS) system. This allowed users to access centrally stored information, including customer data. However, due to shared passwords, this system had major security issues. After conducting a full system audit, we proposed moving the company’s systems to Microsoft Azure – the enterprise level cloud platform. This allowed us to synchronise all of the company’s desktop computers with Azure Active Directory. With strong, multi-factor authentication, identity governance controls and features such as machine-learning that helps prevent suspicious login attempts, this is an ideal platform for financial services organisations.