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A security strategy your board and your regulator both believe.

We turn a stretched security function into a clear, evidenced posture that satisfies the FCA, meets DORA, and clears enterprise due diligence. Built for fintech scale-ups.

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A cyber security strategy is the plan that connects your risks, your controls and your regulator's expectations. Most scaling fintechs do not have one written down. That is the gap enterprise buyers and the FCA find first, and it is the gap we close.

Where we take your security posture.

Most scaling fintechs start reactive. We move you to a posture you can evidence on demand.

Reactive

Ad hoc controls, no clear plan.

Managed

Basics in place, inconsistently.

Defined

A written strategy, mapped to a framework.

Where we take you

Evidenced

Provable on demand to a customer or the FCA.

What a strategy engagement gives you.

Senior-led, framework-based, and written for the person who has to stand behind it.

Security posture assessment

An honest read of where your controls stand against where a regulated fintech needs to be.

Threat and risk model

The risks that actually matter to your business, ranked by impact, not by noise.

Prioritised control roadmap

A clear, costed plan of what to fix and in what order, so effort goes where it counts.

Framework alignment

Mapped to NCSC CAF, NIST CSF or CIS, the frameworks your assessors already trust.

FCA and DORA mapping

Your obligations translated into specific, evidenced controls, not a compliance guess.

Board-ready reporting

Your security posture in language the board and your investors understand.

How we work.

A short, structured engagement. No year-long consulting drag.

01

Assess

We map your current posture, controls and gaps against where a regulated fintech needs to be.

02

Prioritise

We rank the risks by impact and effort, so you fix what matters first, not everything at once.

03

Roadmap

A clear, costed plan mapped to your chosen framework and to FCA and DORA expectations.

04

Embed

We help you put it in front of the board and keep it live, so it works instead of gathering dust.

Aligned to the frameworks your assessors already ask about.
NCSC CAFNIST CSFCIS ControlsISO 27001DORAFCA
The Co-op
A security posture designed and evidenced across a complex Microsoft estate, aligned to NCSC guidance and ready for scrutiny.

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Questions security leaders ask.

What is a cyber security strategy, and why does a fintech need one?
It is the plan that ties your risks, your controls and your regulatory obligations together, and shows how they improve over time. A scaling fintech needs one because enterprise customers and the FCA both expect evidence that security is managed deliberately, not reactively.
How long does a strategy engagement take?
Most run in weeks, not quarters. We scope it to your size and stage, deliver a prioritised roadmap you can act on immediately, and avoid the open-ended consulting engagements that stall.
Do you only advise, or do you implement it too?
Both. The strategy sets direction, and our identity and modern workplace teams deliver the controls that follow. You get advice that actually gets built, from the same partner.
How does this help with the FCA and DORA?
We translate the regulations into specific, evidenced controls mapped to a recognised framework, so when the regulator or a customer asks, the answer already exists and you can prove it.
How is this different from managed security services?
Strategy decides what good looks like and in what order to get there. Managed security runs the day to day once you are there. We do both, and the strategy makes the managed work far more effective.

Get a clear read on where your security stands.

Book a 30-minute security review. We will tell you the three things worth fixing first, no jargon, no hard sell.

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