The Networking People Ltd (TNP)

The Networking People Ltd (TNP) TNP provides Internet connectivity, network consultancy and engineering services to business, education and local authorities throughout the UK.

The traditional network perimeter assumed a simple thing. Inside the building meant trusted, outside meant untrusted, an...
16/09/2026

The traditional network perimeter assumed a simple thing. Inside the building meant trusted, outside meant untrusted, and the firewall marked the line between them. That assumption stopped being true the moment clinicians, social workers, and council staff started doing their jobs from homes, cars, community settings, and partner sites.

VPNs were a reasonable stopgap, but they carry a real weakness, because once a user is connected they are frequently trusted with far more of the network than their role actually requires. If a single set of credentials is compromised, that broad access becomes the attacker's access.

Identity-first security closes that gap, and the Fortinet zero trust access technologies we implement verify every user and every device before granting access to specific resources rather than the wider network.

A district nurse opens a patient record from a car outside a house in a village with patchy signal. A social worker upda...
14/09/2026

A district nurse opens a patient record from a car outside a house in a village with patchy signal.

A social worker updates a case file from a family home at eight in the evening.

A council officer joins a safeguarding meeting from a shared workspace in another borough.

None of them are sitting behind the office firewall, and none of them should have to be. The work moved outside the building years ago, but a great many networks are still built as though everyone comes through the front door each morning.

Protecting people who work everywhere requires a security model designed for exactly that, which is why we build zero trust and SASE architectures on Fortinet technology for NHS and local authority organisations.

The networking and cybersecurity skills gap does not fix itself. We close it one conversation at a time by showing young...
09/09/2026

The networking and cybersecurity skills gap does not fix itself. We close it one conversation at a time by showing young people that a career in this industry is open to them.

That is why our team runs career insight sessions in schools and colleges, talking honestly about the routes into networking, infrastructure, and cyber, and the kind of work that keeps essential public services running. Investing in the next generation of talent is good for our sector, good for the public organisations we serve, and the right thing to do.

Secure public access should not be a trade-off between opening up connectivity to residents and protecting the data a co...
27/08/2026

Secure public access should not be a trade-off between opening up connectivity to residents and protecting the data a council holds on their behalf.

When guest wifi is engineered properly, with a managed cloud wifi platform, secure portal access, multi-factor authentication, and logical separation between guest and corporate traffic, both are achieved at once.

Residents get reliable, safe connectivity in the places they already visit, and the corporate network stays protected behind a boundary that holds.

Done well, it also costs less than the patchwork many organisations are currently maintaining, which means digital inclusion becomes something a council can extend rather than something it has to ration.

Three questions worth putting to your team before the next public wifi renewal. One, is our guest network genuinely sepa...
20/08/2026

Three questions worth putting to your team before the next public wifi renewal.

One, is our guest network genuinely separated from the systems holding resident and corporate data, and could we demonstrate that separation if we were asked?

Two, do we know who is accessing our public network, with proper authentication in place, and can we evidence how that access is controlled?

Three, are we paying a fair price for a service that actively supports our digital inclusion commitments, or simply covering the cost of basic access?

The answers usually reveal whether public wifi has been designed with intent, or inherited and left alone.

Guest wifi is often treated as a simple convenience, switched on because residents expect it and rarely revisited afterw...
17/08/2026

Guest wifi is often treated as a simple convenience, switched on because residents expect it and rarely revisited afterwards. The risk sits in how it has been built. Where public access has been added onto an existing network without proper separation, every visitor connecting in a reception area or leisure centre is a step closer to the systems holding sensitive resident data, financial records, and case files.

Logical traffic segregation between guest and corporate traffic is what prevents that, and it is not something you can assume is in place simply because the service works. The second question is value. Many councils are paying more than they need to for a guest wifi service that neither protects the corporate network properly nor supports the digital inclusion outcomes it was meant to deliver.

In a council library on any given afternoon, someone is applying for a job, someone else is completing a benefits form, ...
10/08/2026

In a council library on any given afternoon, someone is applying for a job, someone else is completing a benefits form, and an older resident is trying to book a GP appointment because the phone line has been engaged all morning.

None of them has home broadband, or the mobile data left to manage it. As more public services move online, the wifi in libraries, community centres, and leisure facilities has quietly become part of the safety net that keeps residents connected to the services they depend on. It is no longer an amenity. It is infrastructure that supports digital inclusion, and it deserves to be treated as such.

For a connectivity business, social value is not only about what we fund. It is about what we are uniquely placed to pro...
06/08/2026

For a connectivity business, social value is not only about what we fund. It is about what we are uniquely placed to provide.

We deliver free fibre connectivity to community centres, set up free guest wifi portals across council networks, and run digital inclusion briefings for residents at risk of being left behind by an increasingly online world.

Connectivity should not be a privilege. Where we can use our expertise to widen access and bring communities closer to the services they rely on, we do.

A resilient healthcare network is not one that survives an attack by luck. It is one designed so that security is presen...
30/07/2026

A resilient healthcare network is not one that survives an attack by luck.

It is one designed so that security is present in every routing decision, every hardware choice, and every connection, aligned to recognised standards from the very first day.

The benefit is not only stronger protection. It is a calmer, more predictable operation, where the team is no longer trapped in a cycle of reactive patching and where clinical services can depend on the infrastructure beneath them.

Secure by design means the network protects patient care quietly, consistently, and by default.

Three questions every NHS and healthcare IT leader should ask about their network architecture. One, was security design...
23/07/2026

Three questions every NHS and healthcare IT leader should ask about their network architecture.

One, was security designed into our network from the start, or has it been added on in layers over time?

Two, can we evidence alignment to Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, and the NHS expectations under the Cyber Assessment Framework, or would an assessment expose gaps?

Three, are we spending more time reacting to threats than we would if the foundations were stronger?

The answers reveal whether the architecture is genuinely resilient, or simply holding up for now.

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Network House, Caton Road
Lancaster
LA13PE

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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+448456800659

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