Cyber Security & Compliance Consultancy for Financial Services

Define the organisation and its obligations

Financial-services businesses differ in their permissions, customers, products and operational dependencies. Start by identifying the legal entities, countries, critical services and requirements relevant to your engagement.

A framework label alone does not demonstrate compliance. The controls, ownership and evidence need to reflect the actual scope and applicable obligations.

DORA and operational resilience

DORA already applies to in-scope EU financial entities. Whether and how it affects your organisation depends on the entity, jurisdiction and service relationship. Cloud Agile helps strengthen the IT foundations of a DORA programme: ICT dependencies, access and security controls, monitoring, backup and recovery testing, incident readiness and technical evidence for ICT supplier assurance.

• DORA IT compliance support
• Co-managed IT

Priorities that need a joined-up view

Relevant scenarios for the sector:

• Critical services and important technology dependencies.
• Identity, privileged access and sensitive customer information.
• Outsourced platforms and supplier assurance.
• Change approval, system maintenance and control evidence.
• Recovery objectives, testing and incident responsibilities.
• Management reporting, exceptions and accountable decisions.

From findings to action

Use a defined assessment to establish exposure and evidence gaps. Agree a prioritised treatment plan with your internal team. Put decisions about investment, exceptions and risk acceptance in front of the appropriate authorised leadership.

Operational work and assurance reporting should share the same ownership model, so findings become assigned actions and completed improvements can be evidenced.

Consultancy and delivery options

• Risk assessment for a defined service or technology scope
• GRC and evidence programmes
• ISO 27001 readiness and implementation
• Technology strategy and board reporting
• Co-managed engineering and cyber control improvement

International scope without blanket compliance claims

Delivery is agreed around the entities, systems, locations and working arrangements involved. Any jurisdiction-specific regulatory mapping and specialist interpretation are confirmed before the engagement starts.