Professional Services
Professional services often operate outside traditional office settings. Whether advising from home, preparing reports in hotels, or reviewing documents in shared workspaces, risks to sensitive data typically arise at the point of connection, not within internal systems.
This is the uncontrolled network edge: the routers, Wi-Fi networks, and access points that sit outside your organisation’s direct IT management. When professionals rely on off-the-shelf routers or Wi-Fi outside your control to access client information, the result is a growing blind spot in your cybersecurity posture.
Loxada secures this edge by replacing untrusted hardware with managed, secure devices. This ensures your team and clients know critical data is protected, no matter where it’s accessed from.
The Uncontrolled Network Edge Is a Real Business Risk
Cloud platforms and mobile working tools have made client work more flexible than ever. However, they haven’t eliminated risk; they’ve simply moved it further away from the office.
The edge devices professionals connect through are often:
- Unpatched or end-of-life, with known vulnerabilities
- Resettable to default settings, erasing any prior security hardening
- Shared with household devices, which may be compromised
- Incapable of network isolation, exposing professional devices to local threats
- Unlogged and unaudited, creating gaps in forensic traceability
- Built on proprietary firmware, with unclear or unverifiable supply chains
This is exactly the scenario flagged in recent guidance from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), both of which have urged organisations to secure edge devices with trusted firmware, strong update mechanisms, and centrally managed configurations.
Attacks Are Increasing, and Easier to Launch
The threat landscape has changed. Hacking-as-a-Service and AI tools mean it no longer takes an expert to exploit vulnerable routers. Now, attackers can easily:
- Scan the internet for exposed routers using known vulnerabilities
- Exploit weak or unchanged factory settings
- Launch man-in-the-middle attacks on public or guest Wi-Fi
- Intercept sensitive communications before endpoint security takes effect
- Establish persistent footholds inside home or external networks
What used to require technical expertise can now be accomplished with point-and-click platforms, which can be rented on demand.
For professional services firms handling sensitive, client-specific data, this creates both a security risk and a reputational risk.
Loxada: Practical Protection at the Network Edge
Loxada provides a secure, centrally managed network connection, ensuring your team always accesses client data through a known, protected environment, regardless of their location.
Each Loxada device:
- Runs custom-developed firmware, built for security and resilience
- Enforces an always-on VPN connection, initiated before any user action
- Blocks malicious DNS and IP traffic at the point of access
- Auto-updates securely, with signed firmware and no user involvement
- Resists tampering, even after factory reset
- Requires no configuration or training, allowing immediate deployment
Whether you’re logging in from a serviced office or conducting on-site work with a client, Loxada ensures the network is never the weak link.
Meeting Compliance and Client Expectations
Increasingly, clients are evaluating their professional service providers not only on capability but also on their cybersecurity practices. Where data protection is part of your promise, the way you connect matters.
Loxada helps you demonstrate adherence to:
- UK GDPR and EU GDPR requirements for data access and transmission security
- Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) expectations around client confidentiality and IT controls
- NIS2 Directive, which mandates stronger third-party and remote access protections
- Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) obligations for service providers supporting the financial sector
- Cyber insurance requirements, which increasingly ask about router firmware, update frequency, and secure access
- Client-led due diligence questionnaires, now common in procurement processes
By securing the point of access, you make it easier to pass audits, respond to RFPs, and reassure clients that their data is safe in your care.
Why Professional Services Firms Across the UK and EU Choose Loxada
- Strengthens client trust, with a visible commitment to cybersecurity
- Closes the last unmanaged risk layer, often overlooked in cloud-first environments
- Helps meet regulatory expectations without adding complexity
- Deploys instantly, without disrupting your team’s existing workflows
- Supports remote and hybrid models, including BYOD and cross-border access
- Aligns with guidance from NCSC, ENISA, and national regulators
Whether you’re a sole practitioner or part of a multi-jurisdictional advisory firm, Loxada helps ensure your connectivity reflects the professionalism of your services.
