Service
Cybersecurity Governance
Practical security governance for growing businesses: access control, evidence, supplier assurance and the documentation needed to pass enterprise security review.
- Who it is for
- Businesses selling into enterprise or regulated buyers, and leadership teams who need security posture stated as fact rather than assumption.
- Engagement shape
- Assessment, then remediation support
- Typical duration
- 3 to 4 weeks assessment, remediation phased to priority
- Starts with
- A review of current access, data flows and existing documentation
Problems this addresses
Situations that lead here
If one of these is a statement you could make about your own business, this is the relevant service.
- “Enterprise security questionnaires are blocking deals.”
- “We do not know who has access to what.”
- “Our security controls exist but there is no evidence of them.”
- “Supplier and subprocessor risk is untracked.”
What it includes
The work, in order
Each part produces something reviewable rather than ending in a document nobody reads.
Posture assessment
Review of identity and access, data handling, logging, backup, change control and supplier arrangements against the standard your buyers actually ask about.
Control and evidence design
Each control is paired with the evidence that proves it operates, so assurance becomes an export rather than a scramble.
Secure delivery standards
Access control, data separation, secrets handling and audit logging specified as part of how software is built, not retrofitted afterwards.
Buyer and audit readiness
Preparation of the security documentation, questionnaire responses and diagrams that enterprise procurement and auditors request.
What you keep
Deliverables
Everything below remains yours and is usable by another team if the engagement ends.
- Security posture assessment with prioritised gaps
- Access and permission matrix across systems
- Control set mapped to evidence and owners
- Security documentation pack for buyer review
- Supplier and subprocessor register
Questions
Answered directly
Is this a penetration test?
No. Testing is a separate specialist activity. This work covers the governance, controls and evidence around it, and includes commissioning testing where appropriate.
Do you certify us to a standard?
Certification is issued by accredited auditors. The work here prepares the controls and evidence so that process is short and predictable.
How much of this is documentation?
As little as possible. Controls that are not enforced in the system itself tend not to survive contact with delivery pressure.
Considering cybersecurity governance?
A review of current access, data flows and existing documentation. Send the business context and the constraint behind it, and I will reply with a direct read on the approach I would take.