We Analysed 60,000 UK Endpoints: The Hidden Cyber Risk in Your Leased Line

The Problem Nobody is Talking About

We recently analysed our customer base of 800+ UK businesses. The data shocked us.

We found that 60,000 employees across our client base have enterprise-grade connectivity through Amvia. They trust us with their data pipes. But here's what we discovered: Less than 20% have adequate ransomware protection on those connections.

In other words: We are watching 48,000 unprotected users send sensitive data through high-speed pipes every single day. The infrastructure is bulletproof. The security isn't.

This is the hidden risk nobody talks about. It's not about having fast internet. It's about having safe fast internet.

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Why Your Leased Line (or FTTP) Becomes Your Vulnerability

A leased line is beautiful. It's reliable. It's fast. It's got a 99.99% uptime SLA. Your business depends on it.

But here's the uncomfortable truth: A leased line with no security is like a bank vault with the door wide open.

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The Attack Path (How Ransomware Actually Works)

1. An employee clicks a phishing email. (Happens every day. Happens in every company.)
2. Malware lands on their laptop. (The laptop probably has consumer-grade antivirus, if anything.)
3. The malware "phones home" to the attacker's server. (Your fast, reliable leased line carries it. Perfect for the hacker.)
4. The attacker now has a foothold inside your network. (They don't need to break in. You invited them in via email.)
5. They move laterally to your file servers, databases, backups. (All over your infrastructure.)
6. Ransomware encrypts everything. (24 hours later, your business stops.)
7. They demand £50,000-£500,000. (Sometimes more.)

The problem? Your connectivity provider (us) did nothing wrong. The leased line worked perfectly. The issue was what came down the pipe.

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The Data: How Bad Is It Really?

According to our Q4 2025 Customer Analysis:

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What does this mean? A 50-person company with a £10M leased line is relying on 50 humans with zero security training and consumer antivirus.

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The Cost of "Fast But Unprotected"

Let's be blunt: A ransomware attack costs more than a year of managed security.

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The Maths

One Ransomware Event:

• Ransom demand: £100,000 (mid-size)
• Lost productivity (3 days downtime): £50,000
• Recovery costs (restoring from backups): £30,000
• Incident response (forensics): £20,000
• Reputational damage & potential fines: £50,000+
• Total: £250,000

Annual Managed Security (Comparable to Amvia):

• Managed EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response): £200/user/year
• Managed Email Security: £100/user/year
• 24/7 Monitoring & Response: £50/user/year
• Total for 50 people: £17,500/year

The payback? One prevented attack pays for 14 years of security.

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Why Your Current Setup Is Failing (Honest Assessment)

If you're a typical UK SME, your security probably looks like this:

❌ Your Endpoint Security: Windows Defender (the free one that came with Windows).
❌ Your Email Security: None. Just the basic spam filter from your email provider.
❌ Your Backup Strategy: "We backup to a NAS on-site." (If ransomware infects one machine, it infects the NAS.)
❌ Your Incident Response Plan: "Call IT and hope."
❌ Your Security Training: "We sent an email about phishing once in 2022."

This isn't your fault. Most SMEs don't have a CISO or a security budget. You're focused on running the business, not defending it.

But the attackers know this. They target exactly this profile.

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The Gap: Connectivity vs. Security

Here's where we come in.

You already trust Amvia with your connectivity. You chose us because we:

• Deliver 99.99% uptime on leased lines and FTTP.
• Have UK-based engineers who answer in 90 seconds.
• Don't make you choose between price and reliability.

But connectivity is only half the problem.

The other half is: What happens to the data flowing through that connection?

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The Security Layer You're Missing

Managed Cybersecurity doesn't mean replacing your IT team. It means:

1. Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR): Real-time monitoring of every laptop and desktop. If malware lands, we see it and isolate it within seconds.
2. Managed Email Security: Blocks 99.9% of phishing before it reaches your inbox. The emails that do arrive are flagged and isolated.
3. Backup & Recovery: If ransomware does encrypt your files, we restore from secure, immutable backups within hours.
4. 24/7 Security Operations Centre (SOC): Our team is watching your network overnight, weekends, and holidays. You don't have to.
5. Compliance Reporting: If you need Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, or regulatory compliance, we handle the evidence collection automatically.

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The Amvia Difference: Connectivity + Security Under One Roof

Most businesses cobble together security from 5-10 vendors:

• ISP (us) handles connectivity.
• Some random cloud company handles email.
• Another vendor handles backups.
• A consultancy handles compliance.
• IT contractor manages the endpoints.

Nightmare. When something breaks, nobody knows who's responsible.

At Amvia, we've unified it. Your connectivity, your security, your compliance—all under one vendor, one bill, one support number.

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How to Know If You're at Risk

Ask yourself these questions:

1. Do you have 10+ employees? (If yes, you have 10+ attack vectors.)
2. Do you store customer data, financial records, or personal information? (If yes, you're a target.)
3. Have you heard of ransomware but never thought "that's us"? (If yes, you're in denial.)
4. Is your backup strategy "store everything on-site"? (If yes, ransomware will encrypt it.)
5. Have you had a security audit in the past 2 years? (If no, you don't actually know your risk.)

If you answered "yes" to any of these, you need a conversation.

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What Happens Next: The Free Security Health Check

We offer a 30-minute Security Health Check to any business with:

• A leased line, FTTP, or business broadband from Amvia.
• 10+ employees.
• An appetite to actually fix the problem (not just talk about it).
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What You Get

A Red/Amber/Green report covering:

• External Exposure: Are your systems visible to attackers on the internet?
• Email Threat Readiness: How many phishing emails would actually land in your inbox?
• Endpoint Vulnerability: What percentage of your devices are running outdated software?
• Backup Safety: If ransomware hit tomorrow, could you recover in 4 hours?

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What It Costs

Nothing. Zero. We're not selling a proposal. We're showing you the gap. You decide if you want to close it.

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The Uncomfortable Truth

Your fast, reliable leased line means nothing if your data is encrypted by ransomware.

Your backups mean nothing if they're stored in the same network as the infection.

Your employee productivity means nothing if they spend a week restoring files instead of working.

The gap between connectivity and security is real. And it's costing UK businesses millions every year.

We built Amvia to close that gap. Not through fear, not through jargon, but through practical, unified, UK-based security that actually works.

If you want to know where you stand, book your Health Check.

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Ready to Close the Gap?

No commitment. No sales pitch. Just a 30-minute call where we show you exactly where your infrastructure is exposed and what it would cost to fix it.

Because a fast line isn't enough. A safe fast line is everything.

Questions? Call us on 0333 733 8050. UK-based. Real experts. Real answers.

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