01Defence
Defence & aerospace
Supply chain security, prime supplier questionnaires, and subcontractor data handling.
Def Stan 05-138JOSCAR
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Managed IT for regulated industries.
Managed IT for regulated industries means running your IT and proving it meets the rules at the same time: access controlled and evidenced, changes logged, security monitored, compliance kept audit-ready. For defence, fintech and engineering, the hard part is not the technology but showing a regulator or prime contractor that it is under control.
We hold IT, security and compliance under one roof: managed IT, MDR as standard, and the certification stack regulated buyers check. Evidence is ready whenever a customer, auditor or prime contractor asks.
Verified
ISO 27001 & 9001Certified by a UKAS-accredited certification body
Cyber EssentialsCertification body
Cyber Essentials PlusCertified
NCSC AssuredCyber Advisor
Regulated IT / 01 · The proposition
What does managed IT for regulated industries include?
Most regulated and high-stakes businesses inherit the same structure rather than choose it: an MSP, a security vendor and a compliance consultant. It works until something needs all three at once, a tender deadline, an audit, an incident, and the gaps between suppliers become somebody's problem. We run all three as one service.
01One team, not three. Managed IT, MDR, and the certification stack (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, NCSC assurance) come from the engineers who already run your estate.
02Compliance configured from the start. Access control, patching, logging and MDR are configured the way an ISO 27001 auditor and a Cyber Essentials assessor expect.
03Evidence on demand. Tender security sections, supplier due diligence questionnaires and audit requests are answered from records we already keep.
04UK-hosted options, run by a UK-based team. Where UK data residency is a requirement, your data and backups sit on UK-hosted infrastructure, often a condition of defence, aerospace and fintech diligence.
Regulated IT / 02 · What buyers check
The credentials due diligence teams check.
Procurement and compliance teams run the same checklist: independent certification rather than self-assessment, a live security operation rather than a tool nobody watches, and a route to evidence when an auditor asks. This is what we hold against it, led by Daniel McClure Fisher, CISSP, MCIIS.
AssuredNCSC Assured Service Provider (Cyber Advisor)Assured under the NCSC's Cyber Advisor scheme.
CertifiedISO 27001 & 9001, certified by a UKAS-accredited bodyIndependently audited information security and quality management.
CertifiedCyber Essentials certification bodyWe assess other organisations, and hold Cyber Essentials Plus ourselves.
IncludedMDR as standardManaged detection and response across every managed estate, with every alert triaged by an analyst.
Regulated IT / 03 · Sectors we work in
Sectors where due diligence is the buying gate.
Each sector has its own supplier checklist. The detail is on each sector page.
02Fintech
Fintech
Resilience for funder and partner diligence, with evidence for FCA operational resilience expectations.
FCA resilienceISO 27001Cloud hardening
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03Motorsport
Motorsport & engineering
Protecting CAD, CFD and design IP across Motorsport Valley, without slowing engineering down.
IP protectionCyber EssentialsLegacy systems
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04Space
Space tech
Export-control awareness, ISO 27001, and the expectations of ESA and UK Space Agency-funded work.
Export control awareISO 27001UKSA grant terms
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05All sectors
All regulated sectors
Energy, engineering, drones and other high-stakes operators.
EnergyEngineeringDrones
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Regulated IT / 04 · How it works
How we onboard a regulated client.
Bringing in a new IT and security partner is itself a due diligence event. What we own, and what your team owns, is agreed in writing from day one.
01
Audit & gap analysis
Your estate, your suppliers, and where compliance falls short.
02
Onboard & secure
A controlled handover, MDR and certification-backed controls in place, obvious gaps closed first.
03
Run with evidence
Support and monitoring day to day, with records and control evidence kept as we go.
04
Review & report for audits
Audit-ready reporting whenever a client, tender or certification body asks.
FAQ
Common questions
Can you support supplier due diligence and tenders?
Yes. Supplier security questionnaires, due diligence packs, and tender security sections are something we deal with regularly for defence, fintech, and engineering clients. We provide the evidence and the answers directly, backed by ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials certification body status, and NCSC assurance, rather than leaving you to interpret our certificates yourself.
Do you provide ISO 27001 evidence?
Yes. We hold ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification ourselves, issued by a UKAS-accredited certification body, and as a Cyber Essentials certification body we understand exactly what an auditor or a customer's compliance team will ask for. See our governance and audit services for how we support certification and evidence requests.
Where is our data hosted?
UK-hosted infrastructure is available for your environment and the systems we manage for you. Where a contract or grant condition requires UK data residency, as with some defence, space, and public-sector work, we build that in from the start rather than treating it as an afterthought, and we are clear about which parts of the estate sit with a third party provider.
Are you NCSC assured?
Yes. Dead Simple Computing is an NCSC Assured Service Provider under the Cyber Advisor scheme. See our NCSC assurance page for what the assessment covers and what it means for your organisation.
Can you work alongside our compliance team?
Yes. Many regulated clients keep their own compliance or risk function and want an IT and security partner who can produce evidence on request rather than take over the relationship entirely. We agree in writing what we own and what your team owns, the same way we do for co-managed IT clients.
Regulated IT / 05 · The whole stack
Security and evidence from the same team.
Once we run your IT, extending into managed security and audit-ready evidence is a configuration change, not a new vendor relationship.
01Secure itCyber Security, with MDR already included.
02Prove itEvidence for tenders and the board.
03Our NCSC assuranceWhat the Cyber Advisor assessment covers.
04All sectors we work inDefence, fintech, motorsport, space tech.
05Outsourced IT supportThe entire IT function, handed over.
06Switching IT providerA controlled handover from your supplier.
Regulated IT / 06 · What it costs
How much does managed IT for regulated industries cost?
We price per user or per device, agreed to your setup rather than a one-size package. See how our pricing works, or book a consultation for a figure against your estate.
Let's give you one team to answer for.
Book a consultation and tell us which certifications or questionnaires you are working against. We will show you what we hold, and what we would still need to confirm, in writing.