Business-Aligned Cyber Transformation Consultant
Cyber security services designed for regulated organisations
I help regulated organisations design, automate, and embed cyber security in a way that leadership understands, regulators trust, and teams actually adopt.
Explore the services below to see how I support cyber risk transformation, GRC optimisation, secure architecture assurance, and ongoing strategic security change.
Regulated organisations that need cyber security to be practical, explainable, auditable, and easier to adopt.
I focus on proportionate, business-aligned cyber transformation rather than security activity that creates noise without clarity.
Better reporting, clearer risk visibility, stronger assurance, improved adoption, and less wasted effort.
Cyber Risk Reset 8–12 week focused engagement
A focused engagement for organisations that need to bring structure, credibility, and usability back to cyber risk management.
What clients are struggling with
- Bloated risk registers no one trusts
- Manual cyber risk processes that waste time
- Boards who do not understand cyber risk in business terms
- Difficulty answering regulator questions confidently
- Weak line of sight between cyber risk, impact, and funding
What this includes
- Framework alignment against NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or NCSC CAF
- Risk register rationalisation and clean-up
- Improved risk scoring, structure, and reporting logic
- Board-ready cyber risk reporting
- Practical recommendations for regulator confidence and prioritisation
Outcome
- Reduced reporting effort
- Sharper executive conversations about cyber risk
- Clearer basis for investment and funding decisions
- Greater confidence ahead of audits and reviews
GRC Automation & Tool Optimisation ServiceNow, Navex, workflows, reporting
A service for organisations with GRC tools in place but too much manual effort, fragmented workflow, and reporting outputs that do not inspire confidence.
What clients are struggling with
- Underused or misconfigured GRC platforms
- Too much spreadsheet-based work outside the system
- Slow, manual reporting cycles
- Workflow bottlenecks that delay governance activity
- Leadership not trusting the quality of outputs
What this includes
- Review of current GRC process and tooling
- ServiceNow and Navex optimisation support
- Workflow redesign to reduce manual handling
- Risk process automation opportunities
- Dashboard and reporting improvements
- Recommendations to improve consistency and traceability
Outcome
- 50–60% reduction in reporting effort in the right environment
- Improved reliability of cyber risk data
- Better reporting for leadership and oversight groups
- Stronger regulator and audit confidence
Secure Cloud & Architecture Review Cloud, applications, IAM, audit readiness
Independent assurance for organisations that need confidence their cloud and application designs are secure, auditable, and ready for scrutiny.
What clients are struggling with
- Uncertainty around whether cloud environments are actually secure
- Banks and partners asking for security assurance
- Architects designing solutions without security fully embedded
- Audit pressure before ISO 27001 or SOC 2 reviews
- Weak confidence in identity, access, encryption, or key management decisions
What this includes
- Secure cloud architecture reviews across AWS and Azure
- Application and solution architecture assurance
- Threat modelling
- IAM and access control assurance
- Encryption and key management review
- Audit gap analysis against ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Security schedule input for clients, banks, and enterprise stakeholders
Outcome
- Reduced audit findings
- Stronger cloud security posture
- Greater confidence in architecture decisions
- Faster security assurance conversations with third parties
Virtual Cyber Transformation Partner Ongoing advisory and strategic support
Ongoing support for organisations that need a trusted cyber partner to improve adoption, strengthen leadership reporting, and guide security transformation over time.
What clients are struggling with
- Security initiatives that do not stick
- Resistance to new processes and ways of working
- Tool rollouts with weak adoption
- Difficulty translating cyber risk for non-technical stakeholders
- Need for ongoing strategic support without a full-time hire
What this includes
- Ongoing cyber transformation advisory support
- Leadership-facing reporting and strategic input
- Security change and adoption support
- Stakeholder engagement workshops
- Security culture and enablement guidance
- Practical support to keep initiatives moving and embedded
Outcome
- Better adoption of security processes
- Reduced friction between security and the business
- More consistent leadership visibility
- Ongoing momentum without panic-driven decision-making
How I work
I focus on practical cyber transformation that connects governance, architecture, assurance, and adoption. The aim is not to create more security activity. The aim is to create security that is proportionate, explainable, and easier for the organisation to operate.
Who I serve
I work best with regulated organisations that need cyber security to stand up to leadership scrutiny, regulatory expectations, and operational reality.
What next
If you need support with cyber risk transformation, GRC optimisation, secure architecture assurance, or ongoing strategic security change, get in touch to discuss the right fit.