// Pillar 02

Security that ships and stays.

Penetration testing, certifications, monitoring and incident response. Get audit-ready, stay ahead of threats, and prove it to your customers.

What we deliver.

Penetration testing

CREST-equivalent pen tests for web apps, APIs, networks, mobile and cloud.

ISO 27001 certification

Gap analysis, control implementation, internal audit, stage 1 and stage 2 prep.

SOC 2 readiness

Type 1 and Type 2 readiness. Evidence collection, control testing, auditor liaison.

Cyber Essentials & Plus

Fast-tracked UK government scheme certification, including hands-on remediation.

GDPR & data protection

DPIAs, ROPA, DPO-as-a-service, breach response, subject access workflows.

SIEM & 24/7 SOC

Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic. Monitoring with humans who actually triage alerts.

vCISO services

Fractional CISO for boards, certifications, vendor reviews and roadmap.

Incident response

Forensics, containment, regulator notification, post-incident hardening.

Common use cases.

Closing an enterprise deal

Procurement is asking for SOC 2 or ISO 27001. We get you certified, fast.

After a breach or near-miss

Calm, methodical containment and remediation. Then the hard fix.

Annual pen test obligation

Scope, schedule and report in plain English that engineering will actually action.

Building a security function

Stand up a vCISO-led programme without hiring a full-time CISO yet.

How we handle it.

01

Brief in

Send a few lines. We reply in 30 minutes with scoping questions.

02

Sourced vendors

2 to 3 vetted specialists shortlisted from our 200+ network.

03

Clear quotes

Side-by-side pricing and scope. No hidden margin, no sales theatre.

04

Delivered

Apex project-manages start to finish. One PO, one accountable team.

Featured tech & standards.

Pen Test ISO 27001 SOC 2 Cyber Essentials GDPR SIEM Splunk vCISO

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