Richard Body Law

Richard Body Law are an established, local legal firm with decades of experience practicing criminal, family and civil litigation across East Sussex from their St Leonards-on-Sea base. The friendly, hard-working team have represented clients in high-profile cases faced with the most serious of charges, as well as being continually available to advocate for local people charged with traffic offences, handling the fallout of divorce or in need of legal support in the workplace.

Company Requirements

Richard Body Law Ltd were beginning to experience challenges with their ageing IT, which they feared was fast becoming obsolete. To ensure that they could continue to work with the utmost sensitivity for client data – and to be compliant with key industry standards such as Cyber Essentials – they needed a fast-moving, well-planned series of IT upgrades.

First Steps

inTEC reviewed the existing infrastructure in place, identifying a Windows 2012 R2 Server as a key barrier to achieving Cyber Essentials, which the firm had recognised as a high priority. The infrastructure review also identified a range of end-of-life networking hardware, as well as a series of devices which would not be compatible with Windows 11. Off the back of this review, we pulled together a single proposal outlining the work needed to obtain Cyber Essentials.

Our Solutions

The existing Windows 2012 R2 Server was removed and replaced with a Cloud solution, enabling colleagues to work securely and collaboratively on documents as well as addressing a key point of non-compliance with Cyber Essentials. The improvements to day-to-day working brought about through the Cloud solution represented a significant value-add to their Cyber Essentials pathway.

To ensure that the firm’s connectivity could support a Cloud solution, we replaced their existing SoGEA line with a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) internet connection. The FTTP connection would benefit internet speeds, as well as the quality of their 3rd party telephony system.

The end-of-life networking equipment was addressed by upgrading to UniFi networking hardware, which enabled us to remotely monitor and manage access points. This would allow for clear tracking of network demand and performance toward achieving improved system up-time. Lastly, we have recently agreed a plan to replace the existing hardware which will not be compliant with Windows 11 ahead of Windows 10 going out-of-support in October 2025.

The Outcome

Richard Body Law Ltd are now compliant with Cyber Essentials and have achieved this through a journey which has generated significant additional value through wider improvements to their operational efficiency and collaborative working potential. Throughout our work together, inTEC have been consistently available to support users at Richard Body Law to ensure that all of this change has been effectively managed.

“All the staff at inTEC are very professional and helpful. We are a not very tech-savvy firm and everyone at inTEC is very patient with us, assisting us with any queries that we have. They have also been amazing communicating with a third party that we use, to ensure that we get the best operating system for our firm. We would definitely recommend inTEC to other businesses needing IT support.” – Donna Foster, Richard Body Law Ltd

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