SOLUTIONS
Start with the problem.
Nobody wakes up wanting an architecture review. There's a deadline, a question you couldn't answer, or a doubt that won't settle. Bring us that — we'll work out the rest.
SOLUTIONS
Nobody wakes up wanting an architecture review. There's a deadline, a question you couldn't answer, or a doubt that won't settle. Bring us that — we'll work out the rest.
WHAT PEOPLE BRING US
DORA, NIS2 or a CAF review is on the calendar, and the gap between the paperwork and reality is starting to show. We run it as a transformation programme — change that holds up under assessment, with DORA, NIS2 or the CAF mapped behind it, not in front of it.
Bids are stalling on security questionnaires, a client's due diligence wants evidence you don't have to hand, or a market you want requires a standard you haven't met. Done properly, compliance is a commercial asset — we build the substance through transformation, mapped to whichever rulebook your clients care about, and the story writes itself.
It's split between IT, risk, a supplier and a committee — or the seat is simply empty and the regulator still expects a name. A fractional CISO gives security one owner, one desk, and one clear line to the board.
The big ask has landed — a platform, a programme, an MSSP renewal — and there's no independent way to judge it. We'll give you a straight second opinion on what's essential, what's theatre and what's missing, and a named owner for the budget once it's agreed.
You're accountable under DORA and NIS2, the briefings arrive in jargon, and most people in the room are selling something. Independent counsel with nothing to sell you — whose only job is to tell you what's true and what to press on.
The tests pass, everyone nods, and the doubt stays. We map the services that matter, set impact tolerances that bite, and test until the numbers mean something — so the next time someone asks, the answer is evidence.
Every project fights security at the end instead of building on it from the start. Good architecture turns that around — a small set of deliberate decisions that make the secure path the fast one.
The controls held; someone clicked anyway. Training & awareness that changes what people do — plain-English, role-specific, measured by behaviour rather than completion rates.
THE RULES BEHIND THEM
Digital operational resilience for financial entities — in force since January 2025. →
EUThe wider cyber baseline for essential and important entities, with board accountability. →
UKFCA and PRA — important business services, impact tolerances, and the evidence you held them. →
UKThe outcome-based framework behind NIS regulation and GovAssure. →
Describe the problem the way you would to a colleague. We'll take it from there.
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