Managed Cyber Security for Every Business
Enterprise grade cyber security, no matter the size of your business
J2 is an award-winning Cyber Security Focused Services Provider. Founded in 2006 we serve 700+ customers on 5 continents.
Users
Reports tell us 80% of cyber losses come about because of 8% of users.
Users – you and I – we are the weakest link in the fight against cyber criminals and with the right support we can be the strongest.
J2 starts with Users because we are the connection to every other area of digital risk in the cyber resilience framework. We use email, interact with the data, work on the machines and use the internet every single day.
Security controls must support where the user works from:
- User Activity Monitoring
- Awareness Training
- User Access Controls
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Password Analysis
- Productivity Measurement
Practical cyber resilience ensures that we secure the user and your business. Get in touch to talk about how we can secure your users today.
Do not become a victim of cyber crime because you lack visibility of user activity.
Over 90% of successful cyber attacks start in email.
Email is the most widely used business application in the modern workplace. It is also the most targeted.
Email is used to process orders, confirm bookings, send invoices and provides almost immediate capability to service your customers.
Cyber criminals target email because they understand the value they can unlock by breaking into your email environment. Using social engineering to trick your users or targeting misconfigurations they climb in to see what damage they can cause.
Let our experts secure your email, with services that provide coverage that fits your business whether you need to bolster security, ensure business continuity and backup of email, need enhanced compliance capabilities or want to ensure that your email is delivered securely. Securing the collaboration enabled by Microsoft 365. #letstalk.
- Email Security – Traditional threat detection combined with AI-driven insights to protect against phishing, malware, and modern email threats.
- Email Compliance – Ensure regulatory compliance through automated archiving, e-discovery, and retention policies. Protect senseitive data loss and ensure privacy with policy based Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and encryption.
- Email Continuity & Recovery – Instantly recover emails in their original format and location. Ensure business continuity, disaster recovery and enhanced compliance.
- Total 365 Tenant Protection– Protect the entire Microsoft 365 tenant with real-time threat monitoring to discover and remove threats.
- DMARC, SPF & DKIM – Secure your domains against impersonation and spoofing. Improve deliverability and ensure your emails reach inboxes, not spam folders.
Data
Data is the lifeblood of your business and today it is all digital. It is your competitive edge.
Cyber criminals know this and this is why they want to access, steal, destroy and encrypt your data to make you pay a ransom to get it back. Add to this the cost of regulatory fines, restoration and the reputational damage that comes from a data breach there is no option but to ensure resilience to keep your data secure.
#letstalk and have our expert team give you the protection you need
- Behavioural Data Loss Prevention understand intent before the data is stolen
- Insider Risk Management – to identify insider threats from malicious insiders or misguided or accidental usage.
- Managed Data Encryption – protecting your data at rest, or in use. Ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Proper Data Backup – we will make sure you have managed backup, with human confirmation, to allow you to recover from all unforeseen incidents.
- Data Destruction – when you no longer need to keep data, want to recycle hardware and make sure that your data is not accessed by unauthorised people.
Data resilience is in place to secure data through the journey through your business.
Machines
Everything you use in your business “lives” on a machine. Whether this is a stand-alone access control device, point-of-sale, server, desktop or laptop. These machines either sit within your business or somewhere out in the cloud.
These machines are all a possible entry point for an attacker. Cyber resilience for machines requires visibility of activity and the access to that machine for security and compliance, no matter where your people work from.
Do not let an unprotected machine be compromised. This will lead to massive losses through data theft, ransomware or operational downtime.
You cannot protect what you cannot see.
The expert team at J2 are here to protect your machines, the data on it and the users who access them, #letstalk.
- Managed Detection & Response – traditional end point protection is no longer enough. Gain extra visibility with the added security of our team of experts keeping an eye on your machines 24 hours a day.
- Patch Management – keeping your machines up to date automatically to prevent the exploitation of vulnerabilities.
- Full Disk Encryption and Device Level MFA – stop unauthorised users from getting on your machines and enhance compliance reporting.
- Machine Usage Analytics
- Enforce Location and Network Based Security Controls
Internet
The internet connects your business to the world and cyber criminals to your business. All parts of our business use the internet today. This is how we get our message out to customers and where we procure services.
We use the internet to connect outside services to internal resources to enable remote work.
Our users access email and send data across it and our machines are constantly connected to it.
Without basic controls, you will experience a compromise. We will work with you to ensure effective controls and secure access to the internet. We enable secure work from anywhere, within policy, without stopping creativity.
Securing the internet in your environment means first knowing where your risks are. The J2 Cyber Risk Assessment will show you how cyber criminals will find and exploit gaps in your environment to target and attack your business over the internet.
- Stop users from accessing dangerous websites
- Zero Trust Network and Internet Access
- Secure all digital assets across the internet
Securing your publicly visible resources and internet means a secure business.
Managed Cyber Security
Service
The fully managed cyber security service provides true security protection through enhanced visibility. We enable compliance with regulators requirements and go beyond a tick box exercise.
Managed cyber security for every business.
365 Security
Monitoring
Microsoft 365 is the most attacked platform on the planet, because it is the most widely used.
When a criminal tricks your users or gains access to your environment our team will detect, isolate and eradicate the threat before the damage is done.
Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
Honeypot as a
Service
Utilising deception technology to set a trap for attackers keeps them away from your actual infrastructure.
J2 deploys Honeypots to mimic real systems, track attacker tactics and prevent damage to your business.
Your digital early warning system
Intelligence Centre
Layered Phishing for Business Email Compromise
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
The rising cost of cybercrime
J2 Jargon Buster: What Does DMARC Actually Mean?
DMARC stands for:
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance.
Sounds technical. It doesn’t need to be.
Here’s what it really means in plain English.
DMARC is a security setting that stops criminals from pretending to send emails from your domain. If someone tries to send a fake email that looks like it came from: you@yourcompany.com
DMARC tells receiving email systems what to do:
• Allow it
• Send it to spam
• Reject it completely
It works by checking two other protections:
• SPF – are they allowed to send from this domain?
• DKIM – has the email been tampered with?
If those checks fail, DMARC enforces your rule.
Why does this matter?
Without DMARC:
• Anyone can spoof your domain
• Customers can receive fake invoices “from you”
• Your reputation suffers
• You may never know it’s happening
With DMARC:
• Impersonation is blocked
• You get visibility reports
• Your brand and customers are protected
In simple terms:
DMARC is your domain’s bodyguard. It makes sure emails claiming to be from you actually are from you. If you’re unsure whether your domain is protected, don’t guess.
Run a free domain check and see your score in seconds:
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If you want help interpreting the results, speak to J2.
If you don’t know your score, you’re guessing.
And guessing isn’t resilience.
Let’s remove the uncertainty.
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Threat Detection Isn’t About Alerts. It’s About Behaviour. Look at Our MDR.
Cybercriminals don’t announce themselves.
They blend in.
Most serious incidents begin with activity that looks almost normal: a user logging in slightly differently, an application behaving just outside its baseline, a slow movement through systems that no single alert flags as urgent.
This is why so many attacks remain hidden for weeks or months.
Traditional security tools generate alerts. Lots of them. But alerts don’t equal insight. And alert fatigue is one of the biggest reasons real threats get missed.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) take a different approach.
Instead of reacting to isolated alerts, MDR looks at behaviour over time. How systems usually operate. How users normally access data. How activity flows across an environment. When those patterns change in a way that signals genuine risk, security professionals step in immediately.
MDR operates quietly in the background. It works alongside your existing IT team and security tools, strengthening what you already have rather than replacing it. There’s no waiting for someone to interpret alerts and no unnecessary noise slowing decisions.
The result is simple and powerful:
• Reduced attacker dwell time
• Faster, more confident response
• Fewer disruptions to day-to-day operations
Cyber security doesn’t need to be complex. And it shouldn’t get in the way of running your business.
If you want proactive, human-led threat detection that reflects how modern attacks actually work — MDR is the place to start.
Speak to J2 and take control before the attacker does.
Talk to J2. Build visibility. Build resilience.
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Do You Know If the Cyber Attacker Is Already Inside?
Do you know if the attacker is already inside your environment?
Most organisations assume cyberattacks start with alarms, outages or ransom notes.
They don’t.
Modern attackers don’t break the door down. They slip in quietly. A compromised login. A subtle change in application behaviour. An unusual pattern of access at an odd hour. Then they wait, observe and move carefully, looking for opportunity.
Attackers win when no one is watching.
Without real visibility, organisations are left guessing. And by the time the threat becomes obvious, the damage is already done.
Global breach analysis consistently shows the same pattern: the longer a threat goes undetected, the greater the financial, operational and reputational impact. The IBM ‘Cost of a Data Breach Report’ confirms that extended detection times directly increase losses and disruption.
This is exactly the gap our J2 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is designed to close.
MDR isn’t another antivirus tool or noisy alerting platform. It’s a continuously delivered service where our cyber security professionals monitor behaviour across users, systems and devices, spotting what doesn’t belong and acting early.
At J2, we focus on visibility and behaviour, not guesswork. We detect threats while they are still small, quiet and containable, before they spread.
If you’re relying on alarms to tell you something is wrong, you’re already too late.
If you want to know what’s happening inside your environment and stop threats before they escalate, now is the time to act.
Talk to J2. Build visibility. Build resilience.
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Do You Know If the Cyber Attacker Is Already Inside?
Do you know if the attacker is already inside your environment?
Most organisations assume cyberattacks start with alarms, outages or ransom notes.
They don’t.
Modern attackers don’t break the door down. They slip in quietly. A compromised login. A subtle change in application behaviour. An unusual pattern of access at an odd hour. Then they wait, observe and move carefully, looking for opportunity.
Attackers win when no one is watching.
Without real visibility, organisations are left guessing. And by the time the threat becomes obvious, the damage is already done.
Global breach analysis consistently shows the same pattern: the longer a threat goes undetected, the greater the financial, operational and reputational impact. The IBM ‘Cost of a Data Breach Report’ confirms that extended detection times directly increase losses and disruption.
This is exactly the gap our J2 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is designed to close.
MDR isn’t another antivirus tool or noisy alerting platform. It’s a continuously delivered service where our cyber security professionals monitor behaviour across users, systems and devices, spotting what doesn’t belong and acting early.
At J2, we focus on visibility and behaviour, not guesswork. We detect threats while they are still small, quiet and containable, before they spread.
If you’re relying on alarms to tell you something is wrong, you’re already too late.
If you want to know what’s happening inside your environment and stop threats before they escalate, now is the time to act.
Talk to J2. Build visibility. Build resilience.
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Most Cyber Attacks Don’t Start With Alarms.
Most people imagine a cyberattack as something loud and obvious.
Systems going offline. Screens locking. Ransom notes appearing.
In reality, most attacks start quietly.
A compromised login that looks legitimate.
A small change in application behaviour.
An attacker moving slowly through an environment, watching, learning and waiting.
Cyber criminals don’t rush. They probe, test and observe. The longer they can stay unnoticed, the more damage they can eventually cause.
This is why detection time matters so much.
Industry breach analysis consistently shows that the biggest losses don’t come from the initial breach, but from how long the attacker remains inside undetected. The earlier unusual behaviour is spotted, the smaller the impact. The later it’s discovered, the harder it is to contain.
Traditional security tools are good at generating alerts, but alerts on their own don’t provide understanding. When teams are overwhelmed with noise, genuinely risky behaviour can blend in and go unnoticed.
Effective threat detection is less about reacting to individual alerts and more about understanding patterns over time:
• How users normally access systems
• How applications typically behave
• How activity flows through an environment
When those patterns change in meaningful ways, that’s when attention is needed.
This behavioural approach is at the heart of modern cyber resilience. Not assuming attacks won’t happen, but designing systems and teams to notice early signs, respond calmly and limit disruption.
If you’re reviewing how your organisation detects and responds to threats, it’s worth asking a simple question:
Would we notice if something subtle changed tomorrow?
That conversation is where resilience really begins.
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Hacktivists, DoS Attacks and Why Resilience Matters More Than Ever.
You may be hearing the term “hacktivist” more often and for good reason.
A hacktivist is not a traditional cybercriminal.
They’re driven by ideology, politics or protest, not money.
Right now, UK and SA are top targeted with organisations being targeted by state-aligned hacktivist groups whose aim is simple:
cause disruption, embarrass institutions and interrupt services.
One of their most common tools is a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
In simple terms, a DoS attack works by flooding a website or system with traffic until it can no longer cope, locking out legitimate users and bringing services to a halt.
No data needs to be stolen.
No systems need to be breached.
If your service is unavailable, the attacker has already won.
The risk is growing because:
• These attacks are easy to launch
• They can be coordinated at scale
• They exploit gaps between providers, networks and applications
• Many organisations still treat availability as an afterthought
This is why the NCSC and NCH are urging UK and SA organisations to review their defences and strengthen resilience now, not after disruption occurs.
At J2, we help organisations prepare for exactly this kind of threat by focusing on:
• Visibility – knowing when abnormal traffic or behaviour starts
• Monitoring – spotting attacks early, not after services fail
• Response planning – keeping essential services running, even in degraded mode
• Resilience design – scaling, fallback plans and provider coordination
Hacktivist attacks don’t look like Hollywood hacking.
They look like systems slowing down, services timing out and teams scrambling without a plan.
If your organisation depends on digital services, public-facing or internal, the question isn’t if you’ll be tested, but how well prepared you are when it happens.
If you want help understanding DoS risk, hacktivist threats or how resilient your services really are, let’s talk.
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UK Alert – Hacktivist Attacks Are Targeting Services, Not Data.
This week, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a fresh alert warning that Russian-aligned hacktivist groups are actively targeting UK organisations.
The goal isn’t espionage or financial theft.
It’s disruption.
Local authorities, public services and operators of critical infrastructure are being targeted with denial of service (DoS) attacks designed to take websites offline, disable systems and interrupt day-to-day operations.
These attacks are often described as “low sophistication”. That description is misleading.
A successful DoS attack can:
• Knock essential services offline
• Disrupt public access for hours or days
• Drain time, money and operational capacity
• Damage trust and confidence
The UK NCSC is clear on one thing: this activity is persistent and ideologically motivated, driven by geopolitical tensions rather than profit
What matters now is not panic, it’s preparation.
The NCSC urges organisations to:
• Understand where their services are vulnerable to overload
• Ensure upstream protections are in place with ISPs and providers
• Design systems that can scale under pressure
• Monitor for early signs of attack
• Test response plans before a real incident happens
At J2, this aligns exactly with how we think about cyber resilience.
These attacks don’t arrive without warning. They probe. They test. They escalate.
Organisations that stay operational are the ones with visibility, monitoring and a response plan already in place.
If your organisation relies on online services, and most do, this alert should be taken seriously.
Resilience isn’t about stopping every attack.
It’s about continuing to operate when disruption is the goal.
If you want to understand how exposed your services really are, or how prepared you are to respond, talk to J2. We help organisations stay online when attackers want them offline.
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Most Cyber Attacks Don’t Start With An Attack. They Start With Observation.
Before ransomware.
Before data theft.
Before disruption.
There is reconnaissance.
Attackers spend days or weeks quietly learning your environment.
They test logins.
They probe exposed services.
They observe user behaviour.
They watch how alerts are handled, or ignored.
Nothing “breaks”, so nothing gets escalated.
And that’s exactly the point.
Traditional security is good at stopping known threats.
What it’s far less effective at is spotting patterns; the slow, deliberate activity that signals intent.
This is where most organisations are exposed.
If you only alert when malware is detected or a system fails, you’re already too late.
By then, access is established and options are limited.
J2’s Managed Cyber Security Services are built for what happens before the breach.
We focus on:
• Continuous visibility across users, systems and cloud services
• Behavioural monitoring, not just signature-based alerts
• Identifying repeated access, abnormal activity and silent probing
• Fast intervention when intent becomes clear
We don’t wait for damage to prove something is wrong.
We act when behaviour deviates from normal.
That’s how cyber resilience is built; not through hope, not through noise, but through clarity and early response.
If you don’t know who is testing your environment, when they started, or how often they return, you’re not defending – you’re guessing.
If you want to move from reactive security to real resilience, let’s talk.
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Build resilience before the attacker comes back.
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