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Security & compliance
Winning contracts that come with security strings attached
You've found a contract worth chasing — government, enterprise, or a big client with a procurement team. Then the paperwork arrives: a security questionnaire, an insurer's checklist, a tender clause about "information security controls". Suddenly IT isn't background noise. It's the thing standing between you and the work.
That's what this programme is for.
The situations we see
- A tender asks about your security posture and the honest answer is currently "we have antivirus, probably".
- A third-party questionnaire (TPQ) lands from a client or prospect, and half the questions might as well be in another language.
- Your cyber insurer tightens requirements at renewal — MFA everywhere, backups tested, or no policy.
- A contract you've already won turns out to carry ongoing security obligations someone has to actually run.
None of these are one-off fixes. They're a programme: get the controls in place, keep them in place, and be able to prove it when asked.
If your reason is good hygiene rather than a contract, cyber security is the page for that — and security hardening is the fixed-price version.
How the programme works
1. Where you stand
We assess your current setup against what the contract, questionnaire or insurer actually requires — not against a generic best-practice wishlist.
2. Close the gaps
A prioritised plan, in plain English, with the work sequenced so the urgent contractual stuff lands first. We do the technical work; you approve the decisions.
3. Keep it true
Compliance isn't a certificate on the wall — it's controls that stay switched on. The programme keeps them running and keeps the evidence current, so the next questionnaire is an afternoon, not a crisis.
Proof it works
A court-services business winning a government contract needed to meet the security requirements that came with it. We built and now run the programme that keeps them compliant — and kept the contract theirs.
What it costs
Programmes are scoped to the requirements you're actually facing — a tender response and an insurer renewal are different jobs. We'll give you a clear picture of scope and cost after one conversation, before you commit to anything.