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Account & access security

Could you be locked out of your own business overnight?

Six honest questions, about two minutes. See how easily you could lose access to your own email, accounts and data, if a password walks out the door or someone gets in, plus the simple fixes. No jargon.

Microsoft Partner Cyber Essentials Certified 20+ years, plain English Fixed price, no lock-in

Most lockouts come down to three things you can sort now

Losing access to your own business almost never comes out of nowhere. It is usually one of these three doors left open, and each one has a simple fix while things are calm.

First fix

Hold your own keys

Right now one person might be the only one who can get into your email, accounts and admin. Spreading that control, so you own it, means nobody can lock you out of your own business or hold it hostage.

Biggest single win

Turn on multi-factor login

A stolen password on its own should not be enough to get into your inbox. Multi-factor login is the one change that stops most break-ins dead, and it takes an afternoon, not a project.

So a bad day stays small

A way back in

When an account gets locked or someone leaves, a tested recovery route and a simple leaver process mean you are back in the same day, not begging a stranger for a password.

The straight version, from the person you would actually deal with

Eric, HiltDigital
"The worst calls I get are the ones where the owner cannot get into their own business: the admin walked out with the passwords, or someone got in and changed the locks. It is a horrible feeling, and it is almost always avoidable. That is all this is, a proper look at who can actually get into your accounts and a straight answer on how to make sure that is always you. I have spent twenty-plus years doing exactly that for places with a lot more than a deadline on the line, so yours is very doable. No jargon, no scaremongering, no quote padded with kit you do not need."
Eric, HiltDigitalI will be the one you actually talk to . 20+ years sorting this out
Microsoft Partner Cyber Essentials certified (we hold the cert we help you pass) UK registered company Fixed prices, no lock-in

Access & Identity Review

  • A proper sit-down to understand your business and who actually needs to get into what
  • A clear picture of who can reach your email, accounts and data right now, and who holds the keys
  • Multi-factor login checked across the accounts that matter, with any gaps named in plain English
  • A tested way back in if an account is ever locked or hijacked, plus a simple process for when someone leaves
  • A short plan you keep, so you own your own access, whoever ends up looking after your IT
Your keys,
your business
The position to be in: you own every account, one stolen password locks nobody out, and you could prove it tomorrow. Once the gaps are named, most close in days.
Book a 15-min call
Start with the call. The review only follows if it is genuinely worth it for you.

The questions we get asked first

It is the opposite. A big company has a team and a process if someone walks out with the passwords. A smaller business often has one person who set everything up, and if they leave, get hit, or simply fall out with you, nobody else can get in. The fewer people you have, the more a single locked account hurts. This is squarely a small-business problem.
Microsoft gives you strong tools, but a lot of the protection is switched off until someone turns it on. Out of the box, multi-factor login is often not enforced, older sign-in methods stay open, and there is nothing stopping a quiet inbox rule forwarding your invoices elsewhere. The platform is genuinely secure once it is set up properly. The review is simply about whether yours actually is.
Then this is a clean second opinion, and a good IT person will welcome it. We are not trying to take their place. We check the things owners rarely get shown: can you get in without them, is multi-factor login really on everywhere it should be, and would you recover fast if an account was locked tonight. If it is all sorted, you get that in writing. If there is a gap, you both find out before it bites.
Because you should know the cost before you say yes, not after. The fee is for someone to look properly at who can get into your business and tell you straight, then hand you a plan you keep. No day rates ticking, no scope creep, no surprise invoice. If you want help putting the fixes in afterwards, that is quoted openly, and only if you want it.