To stop fraud, a conveyancing firm needs layered security: managed endpoint protection and a firewall, application allowlisting, multi-factor authentication, managed email filtering, regular staff training, and tested backups. Conveyancers are one of the most targeted businesses for payment fraud and cyber attack, so no single control is enough. Depth is what keeps client money and data safe.
The biggest risks are payment-redirection fraud around completion and attacks that try to get into your systems. Here’s the security that defends against both.
Managed endpoint protection and firewall
Modern, monitored endpoint protection on every machine, behind a managed firewall, blocks and detects attacks. Good protection doesn’t just sit there; it actively stops threats, and when it does, your IT partner investigates and resolves it quickly.
Application allowlisting
Allowlisting means only approved software can run on your machines, so ransomware and unknown programs are blocked by default, even if someone clicks the wrong thing. For a firm holding client funds, it’s one of the strongest protections available.
Email security and payment verification
Most conveyancing fraud starts with email. Managed filtering, impersonation protection and a quarantine process stop most of it, and a firm rule to verify any change of bank details by phone, never by email, protects client money at the point it matters most.
MFA and trained people
Multi-factor authentication means a stolen password alone can’t get anyone in. And because attacks target people, regular security awareness training and simulated phishing keep your team alert. Together, technology and trained people are a far stronger defence than either alone.
A real example: an exploit blocked
We support a conveyancing firm where the managed Sophos protection we run blocked an attempted exploit on a fee earner’s machine, stopping the attack before it could do any harm. We investigated and had them working normally again the same morning. That’s layered security doing its job at exactly the kind of firm criminals target.
Why conveyancing firms choose First Stop IT
First Stop IT has supported businesses since 2002, including conveyancing and high-street law firms, and we know the software your practice runs every day: LEAP, Oyez forms, eSigner, BigHand, Sage Payroll, PTP and Xero, alongside Microsoft 365. We support conveyancing and high-street firms in Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford, London and across Essex and Hertfordshire. Our credentials include:
- Cyber Essentials Certified
- IASME Cyber Assurance (Gold)
- NCSC Assured Service Provider (Cyber Advisor for Cyber Essentials)
- Microsoft Partner
- Crown Commercial Service Supplier (G-Cloud)
- Quality Principles Certified
We look after more than 2,000 endpoints across 50 companies, we’ve been named a Top 50 UK MSP for three years running, and we support organisations with 10 to 100 employees across Essex, Hertfordshire and London, including Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford.
Book a free IT and cyber security review
Want to be confident your firm and your clients’ money are protected? Book a free IT and cyber security review with First Stop IT and we’ll find and close the gaps.