IT consultancy: cyber security, infrastructure, remote support and apps
D C Hardy Ltd is a UK IT consultancy. We secure, build and support the systems organisations depend on.
Contact usWhat we do
Cyber security
- Security audits and hardening
- Identity, single sign-on and multi-factor authentication
- Certificate-based Wi-Fi and network access control
- Email security: SPF, DKIM and DMARC
- Audit logging and incident response
Infrastructure
- Servers, cloud and self-hosted platforms
- Networks, VPNs and secure remote access
- Mail, DNS and web hosting
- Backup and resilience
- Platform upgrades and hardware refreshes
Remote support
- Secure remote desktop support
- Device enrolment and management
- Monitoring and maintenance
- User onboarding and offboarding
- Documentation and handover
App development
- Android and iOS apps
- Admin and management apps for your own systems
- Secure sign-in: single sign-on and phone approval
- Kiosk and single-purpose tablet apps
- Publishing on Google Play and the App Store
Experience
Our principal consultant, David Hardy, has decades of senior experience in technical work, project management, people management and project delivery, across the private, public and international sectors.
David is a Chartered IT Professional (CITP) member of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He has worked on critical national infrastructure for the Met Office and the Office of Rail and Road, the national rail and road regulator.
Projects include
- Cyber security and supercomputing programmes at the Met Office
- Several versions of the National Train Drivers Licensing Platform
- Security and efficiency audits
- Platform upgrades and hardware refreshes
- IT department restructures and mergers
- Offshoring, onshoring, outsourcing and insourcing
- Remediation and redesign of existing systems
How we work
No helpdesk
You speak directly to our technical team, and we deliver results.
Partners
We work with experienced, professional partners for development, incident remediation and business support.
Open standards
We use open standards and UK and European hosting, so you aren't tied to a single provider.
Documentation
Everything we build is documented, so it can be run, audited and handed over.