CASE STUDY
Group Tyre Cuts Patching Time by 95% and Reclaims Nights and Weekends
UK tire wholesaler cuts patching time by 95%, achieves certification, and scales security
Group Tyre Wholesale Ltd. has been supplying tires to independent garages and national chains across Southeast England since 2010. From their head office in Aylesbury and satellite depot in Potters Bar, the company supports thousands of customers with multiple deliveries each day. With roughly 150 endpoints the business operates in a fast-moving environment where uptime and continuity are essential.
THE CHALLENGE
Where security gaps created operational risk
When John Kingman, Chief Technology Officer, joined the company, he was a one-person department responsible for everything from infrastructure to cybersecurity. Legacy antivirus software only detected threats after scheduled scans, patching required days of hands-on work each month, and the environment grew more complex each year. By 2020, Group Tyre entered a period of significant digital transformation, modernizing its warehouse systems and mobility workflows.
Kingman knew the company needed stronger, faster, and more unified protection. He also knew he needed a way to scale security without adding complexity or taxing his lean resources. That search led Group Tyre to ThreatDown.
Key goals were to:
- Reduce the time and manual effort required for patching and vulnerability management
- Improve endpoint threat detection effectiveness and speed
- Unify security and visibility across an increasingly complex endpoint environment
THE SOLUTION
Unified endpoint protection, patching, and MDR through a single platform
To support a growing and increasingly complex environment, Group Tyre implemented ThreatDown’s unified security platform. The goal was to consolidate endpoint protection, vulnerability and patch management, and 24/7 monitoring into a single console that could be clearly managed by a lean IT team.
ThreatDown provided real-time visibility across endpoints, automated remediation for known vulnerabilities, and round-the-clock monitoring and response through MDR. This allowed Group Tyre to modernize its security operations without adding tools or increasing administrative overhead.
“With ThreatDown, we have one consolidated view across endpoint, email, and network activity—and that’s transformed how we investigate and respond. ThreatDown enables us to move faster, investigate with confidence, and explain risk clearly at the executive level.”
— John Kingman, Chief Technology Officer
Key solution elements included:
- Reduce the time and manual effort required for patching and vulnerability management
- Improve endpoint threat detection effectiveness and speed
- Unify security and visibility across an increasingly complex endpoint environment
THE RESULTS
Measurable time savings, faster response, and reduced operational risk
With ThreatDown in place, Group Tyre reduced the time required to manage patching and vulnerabilities and gained continuous security coverage through Managed Detection and Response. Automated scans and remediation surfaced issues early and helped keep endpoints in a healthy state, while MDR provided round-the-clock monitoring, triage, and containment.
Kingman shared, “ThreatDown MDR gave me my nights and weekends back. Alerts move from detection to triage in seconds—I wouldn’t even have my laptop open by that point. Now, when an alert is raised, I know it’s already being worked by the ThreatDown team. And quite often, when I review MDR cases, they’ve been dealt with in the first minute.”
As Group Tyre strengthened its security program, the company pursued Cyber Essentials Plus certification. ThreatDown’s visibility, automated patching, and continuous monitoring gave the team confidence ahead of the assessment and played a major part in passing the certification.
“When we went through Cyber Essentials Plus, it was clear how much ThreatDown had already done for us. The platform kept our endpoints clean and our exposure low, and it played a major part in passing the certification,” said Kingman.
- Automated patching reduced monthly workload from 40 hours to a few hours
- Response times improved from one hour to minutes with MDR
- Unified platform reduced investigation time and simplified operations
- Email threats blocked before reaching users, reducing phishing risk
- Supported Cyber Essentials Plus certification by strengthening baseline controls
- Enabled a lean IT team structure by making it practical to hire and train an apprentice
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