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The Liability of “Hearsay”
In the professional services sector—whether you are managing a legal practice in Rugby or a financial consultancy in Warwickshire—accountability is your currency. You wouldn’t dream of allowing an external contractor to access your physical files or your client accounts without a clear audit trail.
Yet, when it comes to the “digital front door,” many firms operate on a system of hearsay. If a freelancer makes a change that breaks a compliance-critical page, or if an unauthorised login occurs, how do you prove it? Without a forensic log, you are left with “he said, she said.” In a regulated environment, hearsay is a liability you cannot afford.
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Governance Beyond the Firewall
For many years, “website security” was defined simply by blocking outsiders. However, modern Governance requires visibility into what happens inside the system.
At Digital Rugby, we address the “Freelancer Gap.” This is the period where external developers or internal staff access your site to make updates. Without oversight, this is a blind spot in your risk management strategy. We believe that professional firms in the Midlands deserve the same level of auditability for their websites as they have for their accounts.
Introducing the Digital Flight Recorder
Our solution is built on a foundation of Active Guardianship. Every site we host on our UK Enterprise Infrastructure is equipped with what we call a Digital Flight Recorder (our Automated Audit Log).
This isn’t just a simple history of posts. It is a forensic system that cryptographically logs every significant action taken on your server:
- User Authentication: Every login attempt, successful or otherwise, is timestamped and traced to a specific IP address.
- Core and Plugin Audits: We log exactly who initiated a software update and what the result was.
- File Integrity Monitoring: If a file is added, deleted, or modified—whether by a human freelancer or an automated process—the Digital Flight Recorder captures it.
This provides you with a “Single Source of Truth.” If a discrepancy arises, you don’t need to ask for explanations; you simply consult the log.
The 1 Point 3 Creative Standard: A Decade of Accountability
We understand that for firms like yours, the stability of a partner is as important as the technology they provide. Digital Rugby is a specialised trading brand of 1 Point 3 Creative Ltd (1.3 Creative).
Since our founding in 2015, 1 Point 3 Creative Ltd has spent over 10 years delivering high-specification digital solutions and secure hosting for clients with complex requirements. Operating under this established UK entity ensures Corporate Accountability. We provide the professional indemnity, the UK-based data sovereignty, and the long-term stability that professional service firms require when selecting a Strategic Capacity Partner.
Deploying protected AI intelligence alongside modular virtual staff to expand your business capacity effortlessly.
Sovereign Data for Risk Mitigation
Visibility is nothing without security. By hosting your site within our Sovereign Cloud, your audit logs and your website data never leave the UK. This simplifies your GDPR compliance and ensures that your firm is not exposed to the shifting sands of international data privacy laws.
We perform 1,460 checks per year on your infrastructure, ensuring that your Perimeter Firewall is active and your Digital Flight Recorder is always “recording.” We treat your website as a critical component of your professional infrastructure, ensuring it meets the same standards of excellence you provide to your own clients.
Summary: For professional services, website “hearsay” is a risk. Digital Rugby’s Digital Flight Recorder provides forensic audit logs of every server action, backed by the 10-year reputation of 1 Point 3 Creative Ltd, ensuring your firm remains compliant, secure, and accountable.
About us
“We are your Strategic Capacity Partner.
Many small business owners in Rugby are stuck in the ‘Capacity Trap’—too busy running the business to grow it. Traditional agencies just sell you ‘services’ that require more of your management time.
Digital Rugby is different. We build the Infrastructure (Websites & Hosting) and the Intelligence (AI Agents) that do the work for you. From secure hosting that guards your data to ‘Virtual Staff’ that help draft your emails, we provide the extra hands and brains you need to compete.”
