Know What to Build.
Build It Right.
Northgate gives startups and growing businesses honest, plain-language advice on security, cloud and systems, and a team that can build your infrastructure or web app from scratch.
Free
30-minute first call
Written
scope before any work
Plain
language, not jargon
Technologies We Work With
How We Help
Start With Advice, or Go Straight to Building
Either way, you get a written plan before any work begins.
Assess & Advise
Assessment and recommendations only. Your team makes the fixes.
Security Baseline & Data Privacy Readiness
Find security and privacy gaps before your customers or investors do, with a prioritized fix list.
Cloud & Infrastructure Review
Understand why your site goes down and why your cloud bill grew, and get a practical roadmap.
Startup Tech Roadmap & Systems Recommendation
Not sure what to build or buy? A plain-language plan, in priority order, that investors can follow.
Vendor & Developer Quote Review
Compare quotes side by side and know what to ask each vendor before you decide.
Monthly Advisory
Senior IT and security guidance for a few hours each month, without a full-time hire.
Not sure which one you need?
Book a free 30-minute call. We will tell you honestly what you need, and what you do not.
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Scoped in writing and delivered in milestones by the Northgate team
Infrastructure, From Scratch
We design and build your infrastructure end to end, in the cloud or on your own premises, and hand it over ready to run.
- Accounts, access and security
- Networking, servers and environments
- Tested backups, monitoring and documentation
Web Apps, From Scratch
We build your web application from a written scope to a working launch, with milestones you can see along the way.
- Discovery, written scope and design
- Built in milestones, with security and privacy included
- Testing, launch and handover
We also help with network and security setup, cloud migration, CCTV and access control, e-commerce, APIs, admin panels and ongoing maintenance.
How It Works
A Clear Plan Before Any Work Starts
Free 30-minute call
Tell us what is happening and what you need. No obligation.
Written proposal
Scope, timeline and a clear list of who does what, for us and for you.
We do the work
An assessment with plain-language findings, or a build delivered in milestones.
Handover and next steps
We explain what we found or built, and what to do next.
Founder's Track Record
Work the Founder Has Led Before Northgate
Shown as prior experience, not as Northgate client work. Organizations are anonymized.
Healthcare · Cybersecurity Manager
Security program for a regulated hospital
Challenge: Privacy and regulatory requirements with no formal security program.
What was done: Policies, risk assessments, incident response, SIEM, endpoint and identity controls aligned to ISO 27001 and NIST.
Healthcare · Division Head
IT, quality and compliance under DOH, PHIC and ISO 9001
Challenge: Keep hospital systems available while passing quality audits.
What was done: Disaster recovery plan, backup procedures, data centre rehabilitation and Power BI reporting.
Corporate · IT Lead
Cloud migration and Microsoft security rollout
Challenge: Scattered tools and unmanaged devices.
What was done: Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration, Intune device management, and Azure backup with cross-region restore.
Why Northgate
Smaller teams deserve the senior IT and security guidance large enterprises take for granted. We explain findings in plain language, stay vendor-neutral, and put every scope in writing before any work starts.
Plain language
Vendor-neutral
Written scope
Privacy first
FAQ
Common Questions
Who do you work with?
Startups and growing businesses in the Philippines, typically 5 to 200 people, without a senior IT or security lead.
Do you work remotely or on-site?
Advisory is mostly remote. On-site work for infrastructure builds is agreed in the written scope.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes. We are happy to sign your NDA, or use ours, before you share anything sensitive.
Do you certify compliance?
No. We assess and recommend. Certification is done by accredited bodies.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Book a free 30-minute call. We will tell you honestly what you need, and what you do not.
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