IT Audit Services
An IT audit is essential for ensuring the smooth operation and security of your business systems. EBS specialise in delivering tailored IT audit services designed for SMEs, particularly in the manufacturing and distribution sectors. With over 40 years of expertise, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of your IT infrastructure, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
Contact EBS for IT excellence.

Supporting Your Business Processes
Our audits delve deep into your IT systems, uncovering inefficiencies, identifying risks, and highlighting opportunities to optimise workflows.
Whether it’s to improve system performance, enhance data and security controls, or ensure compliance, our recommendations align with your business goals.
















EBS Audit Solutions: Our Process
We take care of every step of the audit process, from refining IT strategy, performing risk assessments and ensuring regulatory requirements.
So, what can you expect when our internal audit team works with your business?
Site Analysis
We take a thorough and collaborative approach to understanding your unique business environment. Key aspects of our site analysis include:
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Infrastructure Review: Assessing hardware, software, and network systems to ensure reliability and performance.
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Security Evaluation: Identifying potential threats and gaps in your data protection measures.
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Compliance Checks: Verifying adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
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Performance Monitoring: Analysing system efficiency to enhance productivity.
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Custom Recommendations: Tailored insights to align IT infrastructure with your business objectives.
Trust EBS to deliver actionable insights and IT support that drives success.
IT Infrastructure
Our comprehensive evaluation covers both hardware and software, ensuring your systems are reliable, secure, and aligned with your industry needs.
We assess your hardware, including servers, routers, and storage devices, to identify areas for improvement. Manufacturing businesses may benefit from rugged devices suited to factory environments, while distribution firms might require advanced barcode scanners or high-capacity servers for inventory management. By recommending cost-effective upgrades, we help optimise performance and future-proof your IT infrastructure.
On the software side, we review your applications to ensure they meet operational demands and integrate seamlessly across your organisation. Sage software offers excellent financial management for SMEs, while ERP systems streamline each business process such as manufacturing and inventory control. Our tailored insights help automate tasks, enhance accuracy, and reduce costs.
Data Security
Imagine this scenario: A distribution SME experiences a ransomware attack, locking their systems and compromising critical customer and production data. The immediate effects are devastating – operations grind to a halt, orders are delayed, and trust from key stakeholders and clients is shaken. Financial losses escalate as the business scrambles to recover, and the risk of non-compliance with data protection regulations looms large.
At EBS, we ensure your business is prepared to prevent such incidents. Our IT audits identify vulnerabilities in your data security, from network gaps to weak access controls. We implement robust measures such as multi-factor authentication, encryption, firewalls, and endpoint protection, safeguarding your systems and restoring confidence in your IT infrastructure.
Detailed Report
IT audits culminate in a comprehensive, easy-to-understand report that details our findings and actionable recommendations. This first audit report is not primarily focused on vulnerabilities, it’s about identifying opportunities to optimise your systems for efficiency and security.
We recommend scheduling IT audits annually or after significant changes, such as software updates or infrastructure upgrades, to maintain optimal performance and compliance. With EBS’s thorough reporting and expert advice, you gain a clear roadmap for strengthening your IT environment, business continuity and ensuring long-term success.
Tailored Consultancy
At EBS, we place people at the heart of every IT audit. We understand that behind every system are individuals driving your business forward. Our consultants take the time to understand your unique challenges and objectives, working collaboratively with your team to craft solutions that genuinely support your operations.
By focusing on building strong relationships, we ensure our recommendations align with your goals and empower your workforce.
Experts in IT Audit Services

Managed IT Support
All our fully managed support services are scalable allowing you to increase and decrease user count and/or device count as the business requires.

Cyber Security
We can help you protect your business-critical data with our Online Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions. We provide fully-monitored services that remove the risk of lost or stolen backup drives.

Outsourced IT Support
Our outsourced IT support focuses on your business goals, building strong relationships to deliver IT systems that meet current needs and align with future plans.

Cloud Computing
We get to know how your business works before creating and managing the best cloud platform for you. If your company grows, your cloud computing can change too.
Find out what our audit can do for you
Why Choose Our IT Auditing Services?
Choose EBS for a supportive, knowledgeable partner dedicated to improving your IT efficiency and driving your success.
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Tailored Solutions: We prioritise understanding your unique business needs, offering bespoke audits that align with your objectives.
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Collaborative Approach: By working closely with your team, we ensure our recommendations enhance both systems and the people who use them.
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Proven Reliability: With a track record of consistent results, our clients trust us to deliver innovative, effective, and dependable IT solutions.
How Does An IT Audit Work?
An IT audit with EBS is a structured, collaborative process designed to identify inefficiencies and optimise your IT systems.
Here’s how it works:
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Initial Consultation
We begin with an in-depth consultation to understand your business objectives, current IT setup, and specific challenges. This ensures our approach is tailored to your unique requirements. -
Comprehensive Assessment
Our experts conduct a thorough analysis of your IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, security protocols, and system performance. This step identifies inefficiencies, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement. -
Detailed Reporting
We provide a clear, actionable report outlining our findings and recommendations. This includes tailored solutions to enhance efficiency, security, and scalability. -
Implementation Support
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Ongoing Improvements
To keep your IT systems performing at their best, we offer regular audits and continuous optimisation, ensuring your infrastructure evolves with your business needs.
With EBS, you’ll gain a reliable partner committed to supporting your investment in IT and empowering your business to thrive in Birmingham and beyond.

Meet The Expert IT Team At EBS
Get to know the dedicated professionals behind EBS’s IT support. Our expert team combines technical know how with a personalised approach to ensure your IT systems are efficient, reliable, and tailored to your business needs.

























Your experienced IT support partners
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Mark ChapeUSN are a global brand with the European head office based in Birmingham, EBS are therefore ideally situated to support our national team. USN fully embrace a work from home policy which allows us to get the best people despite their location. Knowing EBS can bring on new starters, providing them with equipment, access to Office 365 & SharePoint (amongst other software) is paramount to the running of our business.Read more...
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Claire WestwoodHaving worked with EBS for many years for our Sage 200 implementation and ongoing support, we have now migrated our Managed Services and IT Support to them. We are really pleased with the service we receive from them. The Team are always helpful, knowledgeable and approachable. The most recent project was moving to EBS Cloud, the transition was smooth and has been fundamental to our flexible working and ongoing business plans.Read more...
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Paul InceExperienced team that are always willing to help and provide the right solutions. Very adaptable during the pandemic, offering great advice and responding quickly to a changing situation.Read more...
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Victoria NicholsAlthough our procedures are relatively complex, EBS Consultants took the time to understand our business processes and full requirements. They had a good grasp on the “step by step” list of tasks in each scenario that needed to be carried out and at each stage; in preparation for Go live. Their knowledge and experience of industry standards and the software’s capabilities left us with confidence they could deliver a product and problem solve any minor issues as they arose. adapting to changes in our decisions throughout the test phase. The hand holding throughout; and the training for our staff was excellent, the procedures set out are now easily accomplished by all from shop floor up-to management level I would have no hesitation in recommending EBS Consultants for a stress-free install; we are now looking forward to a smooth transition on to our live data very shortly. Well done guys and thank youRead more...
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Chris PrestonWe have been working with EBS since 2012 and they have been instrumental in helping us upgrade and modernise our systems. Through our close relationship with EBS they have understood the needs of our business and developed a roadmap for us to make significant improvements to our business operations.Read more...
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David BodinEBS were flexible to allow us to meet all our deadlines. When there were challenges getting lines into the new building because of pandemic delays with Open Reach EBS put in a 4G temporary solution to allow the training and installation of Sage 200 to take place. The project was very well run by the whole EBS team. EBS spotted the challenges around Sage 50 and could see how its limitations might hinder our companies growth plans. We were happy with Sage so they recommended Sage 200 with Manufacturing to ensure we had the tools and systems in place for our future.Read more...
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Richard BrownThe HaTS department have been excellent since my time at Agriline Products Ltd. We are a fast moving company who literally cannot afford for our systems to be down for 10 minutes. If they were, then orders would stop coming in via phone and website, and our warehouse would lose time to get orders out the door. When you can be dispatching up to 500 orders per day, then every minute counts. The Hardware department have ensured we can maintain our critical same day despatch policy, all thanks to the Pro-Active support package.Read more...
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Darryl Spencer-HicksSince our first dealings with EBS we have always received outstanding support with hardware and software which other companies fail to provide. EBS is a go to company for any business that wants to invest in growing their own business rather than worrying about their I.T. infrastructure. Dealing with EBS ensures there is a no blame game between software or hardware companies as they deal with it all from the moment you pick the phone up to them, there are not many companies out there today that provide this service. When we originally went with EBS it was with this in mind and the service received has been impeccable. They are a very versatile and dynamic business and not just there to sell but to advise on streamlining our processes and offer the best solutions to an ever-changing company. This is a company that employs knowledge and with this they give excellent advice on all the products and services they provide. This is why after 26 years we still remain a loyal customer as they have proved to be a loyal supplier. EBS to NERO is a “One stop I.T. company”Read more...
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Amy Dyer
EBS have been great in developing our system, and making us feel much more secure in terms of our IT landscape, from many system efficiencies they have helped us implement to hardware improvements which have sped up our systems allowing our staff to use their time more wisely. The regular catch ups we have really make us feel like we are a valued customer and that we are in safe hands as there has always been progress.
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Jessica Tarr
It's been a pleasure working with EBS. I only have positive things to feedback. From start to finish, your communication has been phenomenal. Thanks to all of your hard work, the upgrade of both Sage and SICON was an absolute breeze and completely stress-free.
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IT Audit Services: Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some questions you may have about our IT audit services.
What Does An IT Audit Do?
An IT audit evaluates your organisation’s technology infrastructure to identify inefficiencies, vulnerabilities, and areas for improvement. It ensures systems are secure, optimised, and aligned with business goals. EBS audits provide actionable insights to enhance performance, strengthen cybersecurity, and support scalability. Tailored for SMEs, our process empowers businesses to streamline operations, reduce risks, and achieve sustainable growth with the confidence of a reliable IT foundation.
How Much Does An IT Audit Cost?
The cost of an IT audit varies based on the complexity of your systems and specific business requirements. We provide tailored quotes to ensure you only pay for the services you need. Our transparent pricing reflects our commitment to building long-term partnerships with SMEs, particularly in manufacturing and distribution. Contact us today for a consultation and discover how our comprehensive audits can optimise your IT infrastructure and drive your business forward.
Is An IT Audit Related To Cyber Security?
Yes, an IT audit often includes a review of your cyber security measures. At EBS, our security audits assess vulnerabilities, evaluate current security protocols, and identify areas for improvement to safeguard your systems against threats. While cyber security is a key component, our comprehensive audits also optimise system performance and ensure alignment with your business objectives. This holistic approach ensures both robust protection and operational efficiency.
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For more information on how our IT audit services, get in touch with our expert team. We’ll work with you to find the right technology solutions that align with your business goals and help you stay ahead of the competition.
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