Cyber Security in Clevedon

What is different about networks & security in Clevedon

Hospitality along the North Somerset coast has a security problem it rarely thinks of as one: the guest network. Hundreds of unknown devices connect every week, and where that network is not properly separated from the till, the booking system and the back office, every one of them is inside your business rather than beside it. Card payment obligations make this a compliance matter as well as a sensible one.

The second issue here is seasonal staff and shared logins. A venue that takes on people for a summer often ends up with accounts that outlive the season and passwords that everybody knows, and that is the access route that gets used later. Removing accounts promptly is unglamorous and matters more than most of what gets sold as security.

For a venue using Microsoft 365, individual accounts, MFA and a reliable joiner-and-leaver process cover much of the Cyber Essentials user-access control. Check Point separates guest traffic from operational systems and managed EDR watches the business endpoints, giving the certification work a practical route rather than a paperwork-only exercise.

Questions we get asked in Clevedon

Our guest Wi-Fi is on the same network as the tills. Is that a problem?

Yes, and it is one of the more common things we find in venues. Guest devices are entirely unknown and should be on a network that cannot reach the till, the booking system or the office at all. It is also a card payment obligation rather than only good practice, which makes it worth fixing sooner.

We take on seasonal staff every year. What should we be doing with accounts?

Removing them when the season ends, and avoiding shared logins in the first place. Accounts that outlive the person are the access route that gets used months later, and a shared password known to a dozen former staff cannot be audited or revoked meaningfully. It is administration rather than technology, and it is the thing most often skipped.

Can a seasonal venue achieve Cyber Essentials?

Yes. The important work is making the five controls repeatable as people join and leave: Microsoft 365 accounts and MFA, supported and updated devices, malware protection and a properly separated firewall. We help prepare that baseline and evidence; Cyber Essentials Plus then tests the controls independently.