Cyber Security Consultancy and Services
Cyber security is fundamental to protecting an organisation’s information assets and ensuring digital services remain safe. In a complex threat landscape, strong leadership and informed decision-making are essential to maintaining regulatory compliance and supporting organisational objectives. M8 Solutions’ cyber security consultancy services provide expert-led insight, practical assurance, and strategic guidance.
Features
- Strategic cyber security leadership delivered through flexible CISOaaS models
- Cybersecurity strategy development aligned to NHS governance and regulatory requirements
- Independent cyber security audits covering DSPT, CAF and compliance frameworks
- Threat monitoring and incident response with real-time detection and analysis
- Security architecture review and network infrastructure hardening for NHS environments
- Endpoint, device and medical technology security including EDR and MDM
- Vulnerability management including scanning, remediation planning and continuous improvement
- Penetration testing and ethical hacking identifying infrastructure and application weaknesses
- Secure cloud and hybrid architecture design supporting NHS digital services
- Executive cyber reporting providing clear metrics, insights and risk visibility
Benefits
- Improves cyber governance clarity across NHS organisations without increasing workload
- Reduces cyber risk through proactive threat monitoring and incident response
- Accelerates decision making using clear executive reporting and actionable insights
- Strengthens regulatory compliance across DSPT CAF and NHS security frameworks
- Reduces operational disruption by improving preparedness for cyber incidents
- Improves collaboration between clinical technical and leadership teams during incidents
- Reduces reliance on permanent hires through flexible cyber security support
- Improves visibility of vulnerabilities enabling prioritised remediation and continuous improvement
- Enables secure digital transformation without slowing NHS operational delivery
- Supports confident technology decisions through independent vendor and architecture assurance
Pricing
- Education pricing available
Service documents
Request an accessible format
Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
7 4 2 8 4 0 8 5 7 5 3 6 0 1 2
Contact
M8 SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Tracy Scriven
Telephone: 07925051060
Email: tracy@m8solutions.co.uk
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Security Services
- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Security quality assurance (QA) and testing
- Other
Service scope
- Service constraints
- No
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- No
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
- Dependant on agreed service levels
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Developed Vetting (DV)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Chief digital and data roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Chief information security officer | £1,650.00 |
Cyber security roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate cyber security testing | £1,050.00 | |
| Lead cyber security penetration testing | £1,050.00 | |
| Principal cyber security testing | £1,050.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- No
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- No
- Cyber Essentials Alternative
- None of the criteria
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- D2995467-44e9-4934-a970-bb8b35e0ed39
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
- New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
- Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
- Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
- Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
- Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
- Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
- Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
- Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
- Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
- Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
- Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
- Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
- Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
- Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
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