Newport-based Security-Forensics is a new firm recently set up by David Parsons and three colleagues aimed at small companies which do not have dedicated IT departments looking after their IT systems.

David Parsons said: "Security-Forensics has been around for a couple of years now. We origianlly started as a security and forensics web forum but as of August this year we registered as a ltd company and started trading.

"We'd noticed a gap in the market. Large companies have dedicated IT departments to look after their IT systems, in many cases this will cover securing the system. Smaller companies do not. They may have a service vendor, which will look after key components, but the service is not there to deal with the everyday threats of online life.

"The 2012 Data Breach Investigations Study by Verizon shows that in 855 data breaches they examined, 71 per cent occurred in businesses with fewer than 100 employees.

"Newport offers something most cities cannot. It is in an excellent geographical spot, right on the M4 corridor and is nicely situated between Cardiff and Bristol.

"Within a 50-mile area you can cover most of south Wales and a large part of the M5 corridor.

"Newport is a city on the brink of a digital revolution. The University of South Wales now has a growing number of students and graduates setting up digital businesses. We are among this number. Undertaking our degrees in Newport lead us to wanted to stay in the area.

"Luckily for us the university has a new Graduate Business Incubator, with co-working desk and office space that offers excellent accommodation. The Business Loft at Royal Chambers above the indoor market is an ideal location for us."

David said: "We offer two distinct services - online security and digital forensics. On the security side we offer a comprehensive range of services, from the basics ie advice about anti virus products to why it is important to choose the right passwords. We also offer a full security audit on clients’ IT infrastructure. Forensics services we can offer are anything from simple data recovery through to a full-blown criminal forensic investigation."

The rest of the Security-Forensics team is Iain Macleod, Michael Johnson and Andrew Bellamy. David, Iain and Michael are currently students at the University of South Wales and Andrew is a lecturer.