Our Investment:

• Highly skilled, certified and experienced consultants (Skylight PVX “Expert”)
• Internally deployed in both lab and live environments within NetUtils infrastructure
• Managed Service Provider

Our History with Accedian:

NetUtils have a long history in providing network performance solutions culminating in our partnering with Accedian.

We have been in partnership with Accedian for just over a year allowing us to deliver what we believe is the best application and network performance tool on the market today.

Our Opinion:

Accedian delivers high-performance network and user experience monitoring of any application, any cloud or any network.  With its 4 clicks to diagnosis, of a potentially complex problem in a complex environment, it shortens the time to resolution beyond all expectations.

Our Investment:

• Early adoption of the solution into the NetUtils portfolio
• Technical expertise in design, deployment and management
• Managed Service Provider

Our History with Cato Networks:

NetUtils were early adopters of the Cato Networks solution into our portfolio when they entered the UK market in 2016.  Aligning with this fast growing, emerging organisation has allowed us to be at the forefront of the Cloud revolution, bringing a security focused, SD-WAN solution to our customers.

Our Opinion:

Cato Networks took a revolutionary approach, building a cloud native network from the ground up, as a single, converged cloud service. This has allowed them to consider all aspects of the solution without compromise, adopting a security first approach to the SD-WAN challenge. Cato Networks represent a true alternative to the traditional SD-WAN, MPLS providers.

Our Investment:

Despite how much is spent on security, threats to the network keep increasing. To give our customers an additional layer of defence CyGlass was the natural fit for NetUtils, giving network visibility, policy assurance and threat detection without additional hardware, software or people.

Our History with CyGlass:

NetUtils prides itself on having a pedigree in networking so the welcome addition of CyGlass to our portfolio it a testament to their network centric solutions, broadening the vast products and services we have to offer our customers and giving them assurance of a multi-layered defence against network threats.

Our Opinion:

A simple and effective solution that identifies, detects and responds to threats to your network without the hassle. With CyGlass our customers can work securely when working remotely, use their networks in the fight against ransomware and if needed augment or even replace their SIEM.

Our Investment:

• Certified to the highest level since 2003 with ENS accredited engineers
• Extensive hardware investment within the NetUtils datacentres
• Preferred support partner status
• Managed Service Provider
• Hardware subscription facilities

Our History with Extreme Networks:

Premier Extreme Networks partner providing the highest levels of technical design and support services within the service provider, media, healthcare and public sector.

Our Opinion:

Extreme Networks combine industry-leading edge to core solutions that streamline and simplify every aspect of network operations.

Our Investment:

• Fortinet Advanced Partner status
• Systems integrator specialist
• Managed Service Provider
• Qualifications: NS7

Our History with Fortinet:

Over 15 years in partnership including customers within charity, media, enterprise and public sector.

Our Opinion:

Great products, great pricing and a great choice if you’re looking for a vendor you can grow with.

Our Investment:

Our team of security experts are constantly working to bring best of breed products to our customers. This recent investment in Heimdal for inclusion of their products in to the NetUtils portfolio and their incorporation into our managed service offerings is testament to the quality of the Heimdal solution.

Our History with Heimdal:

NetUtils have a long history in protecting the endpoint through partnerships with various vendors. Our latest partnership with Heimdal represents a culmination of this experience and allows us to bring a best of breed solution to our customers.

Our Opinion:

As the threat landscape continues to evolve and network and security vulnerabilities exposed, the need for a layered approach to your security is prevalent. Our partnership with Heimdal supports us in giving our customers those additional layers of security that is needed.

Our Investment:

Our team of security experts are constantly working to bring best of breed products to our customers. As the rise of comprised credentials continues to grow the recent investment in ID Agent and their Dark Web monitoring is one of the many services we deliver to help our customers enhance their security posture and mitigate risk.

Our History with ID Agent:

NetUtils’ long-standing history with identity and access management naturally meant providing our customers with intelligent awareness of stolen and compromised credentials within our customers organisation is crucial. The ability to continuously monitor the dark web is key in our effort to support our customers’ staff and their business continuity.

Our Opinion:

Whilst there is always a risk that attackers will compromise a company’s systems through advanced attacks, most data breaches exploit common vectors like known vulnerabilities, unpatched systems and unaware employees. This platform gives us the ability to provide actionable cyber security threat intelligence enabling us to proactively protect our customers from the risk of a costly data breach.

Our Investment:

• Deployed extensively across the NetUtils datacentres providing backup and disaster recovery for us and our customers
• Highly trained professionals specialising in back up and disaster recovery
• Managed Service Provider

Our History with Infrascale:

Since 2016 NetUtils have been in partnership with Infrascale to provide best in class back up and disaster recovery services both as on-premise solutions and as a very cost-effective managed service.

Our Opinion:

A solid backup and disaster recovery solution is critical to mitigate ransomware, protect against disasters and to simply keep your data safe.

Our Investment:

• Juniper Select PSS Partner (Partner Support Specialist) able to provide 1st and 2nd line Juniper support
• JNCIP certified professionals
• All our engineers are trained and certified around the entire Juniper solutions portfolio
• Specialists in Radius AAA, with a history dating back to 1999

Our History with Juniper Networks:

Over 15 years as a premier Juniper PSS partner with customers within the service provider, travel, local government and public sector.

Our Opinion:

For many organisations Juniper is the go-to for firewalls, switches and routers. With Juniper’s cutting-edge developments and end to end connected security solutions using AI and machine learning, they remain a leading force in the ever-evolving networking and cybersecurity space.

Our Investment:

Your email gateway is a critical element in your network defences protecting you against phishing, 0-day malware, impersonation, spoofing and other types of cyber attacks.  NetUtils recognise the criticality of this aspect of defence and have invested in finding a market leading but cost effective solution. In bringing this solution to our customers as a managed service you benefit from the efficiencies of scale while still gaining from a class leading solution.

Our History with Libraesva:

NetUtils have long been protecting our customers from cyber threats. The inclusion of a class leading email security gateway was a natural evolution of our mission to provide a complete end to end security portfolio to our managed service customers.

Our Opinion:

With the majority of malicious activity coming from email compromise our decision to partner with Libraesva gives us the opportunity to provide complete protection against advanced threats and attacks, in order to prevent malware, ransomware, malicious URL’s and attachments, phishing & BEC. A cost effective solution to ensure our customers businesses can run uninterrupted.

Our Investment:

• Managed Service Provider
• Fully certified engineers
• Used to train NetUtils staff internally

Our History with KnowBe4:

The partnership with KnowBe4 grows from strength to strength with many years of technology investment.

Our Opinion:

The need for continuous staff training around social engineering in any day and age is vital. KnowBe4 is the world’s largest Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing Platform and with so many options to choose from makes this a very flexible solution for all organisations.

Our Investment:

• Managed Service Provider
• Staff certified to the highest level required

Our History with Mist:

The newly formed partnership with Mist Systems was a strategic move for NetUtils to bring the latest WLAN emerging technology to benefit our customers and have seen this happen very quickly.

Our Opinion:

As a niche player in the WLAN arena and owned by Juniper Networks with constantly evolving technologies this makes it a tick in the box for us.

Our Investment:

With a rich legacy around the Radius AAA protocol and a long history in cyber security, NetUtils were perfectly placed to form a close partnership with Nokia, a flagship vendor with a rich legacy of their own.  This partnership represents a unique vehicle to share Nokia’s formidable capabilities traditionally housed in the telco arena with NetUtils enterprise customers.

Our History with Nokia:

NetUtils have held a specialism around Radius AAA platforms for many years, deploying large scale carrier grade installations throughout the UK and Europe.  Through our continuous search for best of breed solutions we were soon led to Nokia.  With the partnership initially focused around the AAA solution it has been a natural evolution to also position Nokia’s exciting cyber security products to our customers and the wider SME market.

Our Opinion:

This newly formed partnership with Nokia brings the breadth of experience and end to end solutions needed to help our customers secure themselves against today’s evolving threats.

Our Investment:

• Skilled engineers with o365 & azure
• Specialists in licensing, implementation, training and security management

Our History with Office 365

Our decision to skill up on all things Office 365 was largely to ensure our customers were able to maximise its use in the context of their organisations as well as ensure security, network performance, visibility, access and backups were also taken care of. It’s easy to miss those things.  

Our Opinion:

Turning a long business-critical set of tools into a SaaS offering affords huge savings and other ROI gains within an organisation. Doing it right and taking the unknown into account is an essential step to keep. 

Our Investment:

• Palo Alto Networks Select Partner able to provide 1st and 2nd line support
• PCNSE certified engineers
• All our engineers are trained and certified around the various solutions that make up the Palo Alto Networks portfolio

Our History with Palo Alto Networks:

In partnership since 2016 and initially specialising in next-gen firewalls. NetUtils engineering led involvement with Palo Alto Networks quickly expanded to incorporate the entire security platform.

Our Opinion:

Palo Alto Networks delivers an end-to-end security platform covering many aspects of cyber defence.  It’s proven technology regularly leads in the Gartner quadrant with many other vendors struggling to keep up. Palo Alto Networks continues to innovate allowing NetUtils to provide trusted, best in class security solutions to our customers.

Our Investment:

• Deployed internally as our own primary method of testing our internal systems
• Managed Service Provider
• Technically trained, certified staff
• Marketing and sales effort has helped introduce this cutting edge technology into the UK marketplace

Our History with Pcysys:

NetUtils have partnered with Psycys for a number of years with significant investment made in order to allow us to bring this best in class solution to our customers as a managed service.

Our Opinion:

It is our view that pen testing and the insight it brings is a crucial tool in the arsenal against cyber attacks. But traditional pen testing is no longer fit for purpose in today’s fast changing environments, instead a process of continual assessment and automated testing is now critical in providing the levels of real time visibility required. Psycys provides this level of automation and control without the traditional lag between tests.

Our Investment:

• Elite partner status
• MSSP – full managed Service Capability
• Highly trained engineers across the entire range

Our History with Pulse Secure:

Over 10 years specialising in this product from when it was with Juniper and now Pulse Secure (2014), We’ve been on their journey all the way with Pulse, from VPN, NAC, Cloud, SSO and Load-Balancing all converging into a full Zero Trust Access solution.

Our Opinion:

A truly great solution set, best of breed and worthy of sincere consideration by any organisation.

Our Investment:

• Proven technology and method deployed across entire internal infrastructure
• 24/7/365 support desk
• Qualified, experienced cybersecurity professionals responding to security alerts
• Managed Service Provider

Our History with Skout (SOC):

While Skout is a more recent partnership, NetUtils have been providing Security Operations services for over five years, protecting our customer’s critical infrastructure from attack. Skout brings a new level of protection and reporting all based on class-leading technology.

Our Opinion:

Cyber security is a complicated topic that can take attention and investment away from the day-to-day demands of any company. A managed SOC closes the gap between the executive suite and the technical experts, giving you real visibility of your network and any threats found within.

Our Investment

• Certified pre and post-implementation engineers
• Widely deployed across the entire NetUtils infrastructure
• Managed Service Provider

Our History with Thycotic

NetUtils have a long history in identity and access management, with Privileged Access Management (PAM) being a natural evolution of this journey. NetUtils have been in partnership with Thycotic for several years providing both on-premise and managed services powered by the Thycotic portfolio of products.

Our Opinion

Thycotic’s enterprise-grade PAM solution is not only best in class but is also easy to deploy, manage and use. It’s availability in both cloud and on-premise makes it a flexible solution suitable for every organisation.

Network Performance Assurance & Visibility

Network and application performance degradation are a daily occurrence for most companies. Diagnosing these issues are part of your daily responsibilities, however, no matter what network diagnostic tools you do use it is important to understand what symptoms and the most likely root causes are.

In a world where organisations are always on the cost attributed to even 1 second of application and or network downtime is quantifiably significant. Disruption is not really tolerated by staff and customers and let’s face it, downtime is a no.

How We Can Help

NetUtils can support in quantifying the cost of performance degradation with a few easy steps with meaningful calculations of the impact of performance degradation on the productivity of the overall business, and also of your IT team. Allowing you to evaluate the ROI for a network and application performance monitoring and management tool

Our fully managed service will quickly and efficiently troubleshoot network and application performance so there is no impact to customer experience, your brand or your bottom line.

The Result

Reliable end-to-end quality of service of application and network service delivery.

NetUtils Fully Managed Services

Outsourcing your IT comes with many benefits – a reduction in costs, a more qualified resource, reduced training overheads, increased efficiency and more time to concentrate on your business. Competitiveness and up to date systems/technologies are also a big plus.

How We Can Help

NetUtils managed services help you prevent unexpected network service/security issues and downtime within your business. From Gartner leading Disaster Recovery (DRaaS) to fully hosted firewalls and change management services, we’re here to help.

Cost-effective, scalable and stress free

NetUtils Professional Services

NetUtils provide a complete portfolio of fully managed services leveraging our technical expertise working in the network and security industry for over 25 years.

Fill the skills gap and sleep easy at night

• We tailor a set of fully managed IT service solutions to meet your business and security requirements.
• Flexible billing options
• Reduce your teams’ responsibility for the health and security of your network
• Robust SLAs ensure we’re held accountable to the services we provide
• Hand off the day to day maintenance, free up your team to focus on core business objectives
• Continual improvement of your network health and security posture against meaningful targets

The Result

Our professional services give you access to a million-pound team for a fraction of the cost.  We will take complete ownership of all or parts of your network, alleviating the strain, while providing the peace of mind that you have a team of experts working tirelessly on your behalf.

Penetration Testing

“A method for gaining assurance in the security of an IT system by attempting to breach some or all of that system’s security, using the same tools and techniques as an adversary might.” (www.ncsc.gov)

It’s tempting to see penetration testing as simply a means to satisfy an upcoming certification or compliance requirement. However, this risks making it a tick-box exercise, which adds little value to the long-term security of your business.

How We Can Help

Penetration and security testing remains a strong component of the NetUtils Managed Service offering. We can help you determine the aims and objectives of any testing. If you do have a certification or compliance action looming, we can offer practical advice on the scope and the approach of any testing.

This will help you to make a considered investment in the context of your short and longer term business goals.

How It Works?

• Phase 1 Define the scope
• Phase 2 Plan the test
• Phase 3 Execute the test
• Phase 4 Learn from the test

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Despite the risk of compromised credentials, traditional methods of identifying and managing privileged accounts still rely on manual and time-consuming tasks performed on an infrequent or ad hoc basis.

Even in the most sophisticated IT environments privileged accounts are all too often managed by using a common password across multiple systems, with unauthorised sharing of those credentials and default passwords that are never really changed, making it all too easy for malicious actors to take advantage of the gaps in your security.

How We Can Help

NetUtils takes away the burden of implementing and managing this process with a fully managed PAM solution including support and installation.

• Allowing all of this to be run centrally
• Making it cost-effective
• Skill set of engineers for deployment
• High priority for us so doesn’t have to be for yours
• Systematise the process
• Removing the management burden
• Providing 3rd party secure access

The Result

We’ll remove external and internal organisational risk that comes from unsecured passwords and unmanaged privileged accounts, allowing your IT team to focus on what matters to your business.

Security Awareness & Simulated Phishing

Social engineering is the art of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving you in order to gain control over your computer system. The hacker might use the phone, email, snail mail or direct contact to gain illegal access.

Phishing, spear phishing and CEO Fraud are all examples of social engineering.

How We Can Help

The size of the problem security awareness solves vs the money it costs to buy means you should just do this. Everyone knows what it is, everyone knows it’s important, NetUtils just make it easy.

Stop your users from leaving the front door open.

• We do this all for you
• Low cost fully managed
• Planning, reporting, auditing and ongoing training
• Our managed services have proven to reduce an organisations phish prone percentage from 37.9% to 4.7% over 12 months of continued training
• Using the platform shows you how you compare to your peers within the industry
• Engaged and aware user base

The Result

We’ll enable your human firewall; where staff are empowered to report suspicious emails with a single click of a button.

SOC Services

The 2019 State of the SOC Report notes “Time wasted spinning wheels was behind some of the biggest pain points identified by those surveyed. Approximately one in three said the time spent on reporting and documentation was their biggest complaint. Meantime, 27% said alert fatigue was their biggest source of pain, while 24% cited false positives. Other common complaints were out-of-date systems or applications, false negatives, and lack of visibility.”

How We Can Help

Understanding you have a problem, what the problem is and having enough time to respond meaningfully is key. Let NetUtils be your expert pair of eyes and safe pair of hands.

• Cost-effective
• Teams of experts proactively go looking for problems
• Access to data analysts
• The technical expertise to remove the noise
• Experts pan for problems (gold)

The Result

Identifying threats and vulnerabilities are quick with less expense, improved collaboration and full reporting all aid in less compromise to your network.

Vulnerability Scanning

Almost half of UK businesses (46%) and a quarter of charities (26%) report having cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. Like previous years, this is higher among medium sized businesses (68%), large organisations (75%) and high-income charities (57%) *.

It has never been more critical for organisations to easily identify and resolve weakness in vital IT systems which expose their valuable corporate and customer data to exploitation.

How We Can Help

NetUtils can provide full vulnerability scanning, assessment and reporting to proactively identify susceptibilities in your critical IT infrastructure.

After establishing a thorough understanding of your objectives, we propose a structured and staged programme of works that will meet each of your goals.

• Remote automated scanning is fast and easy to set up
• Fully managed by our highly skilled technical engineers
• Compliant report generation
• Multiple scans at no extra cost

How It Works

• Phase 1 Initial setup and training
• Phase 2 Scanning
• Phase 3 Remediation

SOC Services

Cyber security is largely about patterns. Understanding how to spot and react to those patterns represents the real challenge. The closer you get to real time analysis of those patterns the more elaborate and costly the solution can be.

Our software navigates that ocean of data to hunt down threats and anomalies enabling our specialised analysts to provide an effective response, fast.

Should you find yourself in the worst-case scenario this solution will aid you in accurately interpreting data you may find yourself inundated with in order to promote resolution, future proofing and compliance.

Disaster Recovery & Cloud Back Up

We all understand the need to protect our organisations in the event of the worst-case scenario, but disaster recovery doesn’t need to cost a fortune. Chances are you have a backup solution in place but is it a backup you can actually use?

Rapid Failover from Anywhere

You can failover a single virtual machine (VM), applications, a whole network, or site locally or in the cloud.

Reduce Hardware Costs

When the cloud and intelligent software join forces, good things happen. Erase expensive hardware and complex steps from the disaster recovery equation so you can bring your business back to life in minutes, significantly reducing your RTO.

Build DR Your Way

You decide how you want to deploy failover for your business. Our DRaaS solution is delivered as a physical and virtual appliance and includes DR software and flexible cloud storage targeting.

NetUtils Professional Services

Any kind of network breach can be disastrous for any business, often setting a company back months and costing thousands of pounds. During these times of crisis, you need expertise, insight and resource.

Should you suffer a breach there are typically four steps to be taken

• Find the source of the problem and fix it
• Perform a security audit
• Damage control
• Retrain and refocus

Whether you need us to supplement your IT Team while they focus on the problem or if you need us to take the lead on the resolution, NetUtils have the skills and resource to help.