Cloud, Security & Operations
Cybersecurity Consulting
Independent security advice for leadership teams: where the real exposure sits, which controls to fund first, and how to run a security programme that fits the size of the organisation.
Capability overview
What cybersecurity consulting involves
Most organisations do not lack security products. They lack a clear view of which risks matter, who owns them and what to do next. Our consultants start from the business: the systems that earn revenue, the data regulators care about and the incidents that would hurt most.
The result is a prioritised security roadmap mapped to a recognised framework such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 or the CIS Critical Security Controls, with costs, owners and quarters attached. Where there is no security leader in house, we can act as a part-time virtual CISO until one is hired.
What is included
What the engagement covers
Security maturity baseline
A scored assessment against NIST CSF 2.0 functions, from Govern and Identify through Respond and Recover, so progress can be measured year on year.
Threat and business impact view
The likely attackers, entry points and crown-jewel systems for your sector, turned into a short risk register leadership can read in ten minutes.
Prioritised roadmap
Twelve to eighteen months of initiatives ordered by risk reduction per rupee spent, separating quick configuration fixes from projects that need budget.
Virtual CISO support
Board reporting, policy ownership, vendor security reviews and regulator correspondence handled by a named consultant on an agreed monthly allocation.
How we work
How we deliver cybersecurity consulting
Stakeholder interviews
Conversations with leadership, IT, finance and operations to understand what the business depends on and where past incidents or near misses occurred.
Control review
Evidence gathered on identity, endpoint, network, backup and logging controls, checked in the tools themselves rather than taken from questionnaires.
Risk scoring
Each gap rated for likelihood and impact, then grouped into themes so leadership sees five decisions rather than two hundred findings.
Roadmap workshop
A working session where priorities, budget envelopes and owners are agreed and the first ninety days are fixed.
Quarterly check-ins
Progress reviewed against the maturity baseline, with the roadmap adjusted when the threat picture or the business changes.
Related capabilities
Related capabilities in Cybersecurity
Security Architecture
Design of the security controls built into your systems: identity, network segmentation, encryption, logging and trust boundaries, documented so engineering teams can build to them.
Security Assessment & Auditing
Structured audits of your security controls against a named standard such as ISO/IEC 27001, the CIS Controls or sector regulations, with evidence-backed findings and a remediation plan.
Vulnerability Assessment
Authenticated scanning of servers, endpoints, network devices and web applications to find known weaknesses, ranked by real exploitability rather than raw severity scores.
Penetration Testing
Manual, intelligence-led attacks on your applications, networks and cloud accounts by testers who chain weaknesses together to show what a real attacker could reach.
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Questions & answers
Questions about Cybersecurity Consulting
Cannot find what you need? Our team responds to technical and commercial questions within one business day.
Ask a questionA baseline assessment and roadmap for a mid-sized organisation usually takes four to six weeks, depending on the number of sites, cloud accounts and business units that need to be interviewed.
The initial assessment is quoted as a fixed fee once scope is known. Ongoing virtual CISO support is a monthly retainer based on the number of days allocated each month.
No. Recommendations are vendor neutral and often start with better use of tools you already own, such as the security features included in existing Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace licences.
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