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IT Consultancy Services & Security Guidance for Your Business

You’re excellent at what you do. But like most of our clients, navigating both information technology and cyber security probably isn’t your main area of expertise. Attempting to solve these challenges internally often becomes costly and time-consuming, leaving your business vulnerable while critical operations suffer.

That’s where our IT consultancy services come in.

Our IT consultants translate technology and security requirements into clear business benefits, helping you make confident decisions about your IT strategy while ensuring your business is protected from ever-evolving cyber threats. Because you don’t know what you don’t know, and you need specialist knowledge to help you make the right decisions about your technology investments and security posture.

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Where You Might Be Today

Most businesses seeking our IT consulting services share similar challenges:

  • Unsure if your current security measures are sufficient to protect your team during rushed moments, like when an account manager quickly clicks a dodgy link after checking emails on a Monday morning commute
  • Concerned about meeting cyber security requirements for new contracts or compliance standards
  • Feeling overwhelmed by emerging technologies and uncertain which solutions best fit your specific business needs
  • Worried about your employees making an innocent mistake like processing a fraudulent invoice or falling for CEO fraud
  • Wanting digital transformation to be a competitive advantage without creating security vulnerabilities
  • Looking for strategic planning that balances business goals with appropriate risk management
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IT Support, Consultancy Services

Why Choose Us?

  • Experienced team of dedicated IT professionals
  • Cost effective technology designed specifically for your business
  • Alignment to your corporate strategy

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    How Our IT Consultancy (and Cyber Security) Protects Your Business

    Our experienced team of IT consultants will help integrate technology and security planning into your company strategy, ensuring your IT doesn’t just support your business success – it actively protects your people, even when they’re being human and make an innocent mistake (phishing-resistant tech).

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    Strategic Planning

    We work closely with you to assess your security posture and create a roadmap that protects your business while supporting your business goals.

    • Aligning IT and security investments with key areas of your business strategy
    • Developing your security journey from foundation to enterprise-level protection
    • Creating clear, actionable IT security roadmaps
    • Preparing for Cyber Essentials or ISO27001 certification if needed

    Architecture Planning & Emerging Technologies

    Our IT consultants combine strategic plans with in-depth knowledge of emerging technologies, like phishing-resistant tech, to create secure system designs that safeguard your business – even during those rushed human moments.

    • Secure reference architectures based on proven best practices
    • Network segmentation to protect vulnerable legacy systems
    • Data protection strategies for intellectual property and sensitive information
    • Future-proof security solutions incorporating cloud computing where appropriate
    • Protection systems that work even when an employee leaves their laptop on a train etc
    Why cybersecurity is a board-level issue

    Security Assessment & Technical Expertise

    We evaluate your current security posture, identifying vulnerabilities before they become problems.

    • Comprehensive vulnerability assessments with our technical expertise
    • Security gap analysis against IT industry standards
    • Risk assessment and prioritisation for critical business data
    • Remediation planning and implementation guidance for new systems

    Project Management & Implementation

    Our project managers provide expert guidance on the roll-out of new security solutions, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal disruption to your business.

    • Security-focused project management and planning
    • Risk assessment and disaster recovery strategies
    • Testing methodologies that validate security measures
    • Staff training to create a security-aware culture across your business
    • Implementation of phishing-resistant security that protects your team even when they make an innocent mistake

    The Lumina Approach to IT Consultancy (and Cyber Security)

    Your Security Journey

    At Lumina, one of the leading IT consulting firms in Hertfordshire, we understand that every business’s cyber security needs are different and evolve over time. That’s why we’ve developed a clear, structured security journey that grows with your business.

    From Basic Foundation through to Enterprise Security Leadership, our consultants will help you navigate each step to create comprehensive protection that matches your business’s growth.

    Our IT & Cyber Security Consultancy Services Include:

    • IT Security Strategy Development: Aligning your security measures with business goals
    • Cyber Essentials & Compliance Guidance: Expert support for certification processes
    • Cloud Computing Security: Ensuring your cloud migration maintains proper security controls
    • Software Development Security Reviews: Building security into your custom applications
    • Digital Transformation Planning: Securely modernising your business processes
    • Vendor Assessment: Evaluating technology and security solutions for your specific business
    • Legacy System Security: Creating secure environments for older equipment and information technology
    • Phishing-Resistant Security Implementation: Deploying technologies like passkeys and FIDO security keys that protect against innocent clicks on malicious links
    • Data Protection Planning: Strategies to safeguard your intellectual property and business data
    • Technology Roadmapping: Planning future-proof, secure IT investments with new technologies
    • Disaster Recovery Planning: Ensuring business continuity during and after security incidents
    • Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating technology and security risks to support business success

    Why Choose Lumina IT Consulting Services?

    We’re not like other consulting firms in the IT & cyber security industry. Here’s what makes us different:

    We Get Business: We speak your language, not tech jargon. When you’re growing a business, you need consultants who understand business needs, not just technical ones.

    We Understand Human Nature: We know that even your most dedicated employees can make innocent mistakes during rushed moments. That’s why we implement security that works even when we’re human.

    Real Experience: For over 27 years, our experienced team has helped businesses like yours thrive securely in the digital world. We provide guidance based on in-depth knowledge of what works.

    Service That Shows We Care: Our service desk keeps winning awards not because we’re the biggest managed service provider, but because we treat your business like our own. Your business success is literally our success.

    The Perfect Size: We’re big enough to have all the specialist knowledge you need, but small enough that you’ll know your IT consultants by name. No generic advice or standardised plans – just real guidance tailored to your specific business.

    Ready to Take Your IT Security Strategy to the Next Level?

    Let’s discuss how our IT consultancy services can help your business thrive securely – even during those inevitable human moments when we make an innocent mistake!

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    If you would like to discuss our IT Consultancy services, contact us using the form (or call 01442 500890) to find out more.

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    Lumina Technologies provide a dedicated strategic IT consultancy service and will work as part of your organisation’s senior leadership team and assume responsibility for your strategic IT.

    If you would like to discuss our IT Consultancy services, contact us using the form or call 01442 500890 to find out more.

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    What our customers say

    The quality of IT Support provided by Lumina Technology is of the highest standard and is complemented by effective client liaison with impressive response times. Trap Oil Group plc has no hesitation in recommending Lumina as a dedicated and specialist group of IT professionals.

    Martin David
    Technical Director, Trap Oil Group plc

    Lumina Technologies has been Salamander Energy plc’s IT provider since start-up in 2005 and has supported us in London during our expansion across operational offices in SE Asia. Their professional approach, strategic advice and close co-operation have been essential in making this a success.

    John Bell
    Group Technical Director, Salamander Energy plc

    The Vita Group HQ staff have worked with Richard McBarnet and Lumina Technologies for over 9 years, with Lumina providing all our PC, server, phone, and software support. The services have included C-level executives based in London, Manchester, the US, as well as supporting home office IT as well. The service provided and intellectual capabilities are outstanding and we would highly recommend Richard and his Lumina team.

    Joe Menendez
    CEO, The Vita Group

    Hawkstone Management Services Ltd is a small company for which IT Outsourcing is realistically the only viable option. Lumina Technologies have successfully performed this role for over fifteen years. They also provide innovative solutions to keep pace with technological progress. I would have no hesitation in recommending Lumina to similar sized businesses.

    Stephen Pembury
    Hawkstone Management Services Ltd

    Lumina Technologies have taken the time to understand the requirements of our business and work as our strategic IT partner, enabling us to concentrate on delivering a high quality service to our clients and focus on our growth strategy. They have delivered a 100% cloud solution to our business with no underlying infrastructure costs or maintenance, which gives us scalability for our planned growth. It also means our business critical applications and data are securely accessible from virtually all our user devices. Lumina’s professional approach and strategic expertise is highly valued and their management of our IT – based on their in-depth knowledge, leaves us confident that our systems are available 24×7.

    Luke Harrison
    Keidan Harrison LLP

    Charles Douglas Solicitors LLP have been using Lumina Technologies for a number of years now and continue to be impressed by the technical know-how and contemporary knowledge of their senior management, who provide a timely, efficient and friendly service. Whether it is a small issue with one computer, or a strategic IT decision, they maintain a current knowledge of available technologies. Lumina are always at the other end of the phone to help resolve issues and minimise business interference. The technical knowledge of Richard and his senior team means that there has not been a problem that they can’t solve to date. I am sure we will continue to use them in the years to come.

    Charles Douglas
    Managing Partner, Charles Douglas Solicitors LLP

    The commercially sensitive and regulated nature of Lambert Energy Advisory’s business requires an IT provider able to maintain the highest levels of integrity and confidentiality, Lumina Technologies has consistently been unimpeachable in this regard over the nine years we have employed them.

    Patrick Agar
    Lambert Energy Advisory

    Richard and his team at Lumina have provided Perrett Laver Limited with high quality strategic and practical IT Services for over ten years. During this period, Perrett Laver has grown from 10+ colleagues based in London to nearly 100 colleagues located in six offices across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Richard and the Lumina team have not just been responsive to our ‘everyday’ IT needs, but have proactively sought to work with us on developing an infrastructure suitable for the type of operation we are today, and are planning to be months and years down the line. I would not hesitate to recommend Richard, especially for small to medium size business with growth in mind.

    Clementine McKinley
    COO, Perrett Laver Limited

    We worked with Lumina on a GDPR Audit. Richard was knowledgeable and professional throughout, and did the best he could to bring a dry topic to life through lots of real life examples and analogies. We were so impressed with the service Lumina provided and the value we got from partnering with them on this project – we couldn’t recommend them enough.

    Holly Cottingham, Vintec Laboratories

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