Your baseline, kept current and proven
Cyber Essentials and a known set of controls, monitored on an automated platform, with a named practice accountable when the auditor asks.
About FoundationCyber security insight. Boardroom impact.
Reduce complexity. Improve security. Cut cost.
CyberCQR helps organisations rationalise their security estate, remove redundant controls and get more value from what they already own, before considering new technology.
Working with UK regulated firms of up to 2,000 people: financial, legal and professional services.
30 minutes · Confidential, NDA on request · No sales pitch
For security leaders who need clarity, not more complexity.
- 30+ years in cyber security leadership
- CISSP-led advisory
- Vendor independent
- Security estate rationalisation
- Board-level reporting
The problem
You are not under-protected. You are over-complicated.
Most organisations already own the tools they need to improve their security. What they often lack is visibility, alignment, and confidence that those investments deliver what the business expects.
Current state
- 76 security tools on averagesurvey of 1,200 security leaders
- Duplicated controls
- Operational complexity
- Increasing cost
Future state
- Optimised security estate
- Aligned controls
- Improved visibility
- Business-focused outcomes
CyberCQR helps organisations:
- Identify overlapping technologies and duplicated controls
- Reduce unnecessary licensing and operational costs
- Simplify security operations and governance
- Improve resilience through better control alignment
- Translate technical risk into business decisions
We make the most of what you already own before recommending anything new.
The CyberCQR difference
Most security firms start with a product. We start with a question.
“Are you getting the most from the investments you have already made?”
Our recommendations follow your business objectives, risk reduction and operational efficiency, not vendor quotas or technology partnerships. We take no commissions and resell nothing.
Insight. Impact.
What we found, and what changed
Every engagement starts with insight: an honest view of what you have and where the risk really sits. The impact is what changes as a result.
Secure mobilisationInsightSix on-premises platforms, a VPN onto a flat network, and every laptop built in the office.ImpactCloud identity and device management, every sign-in checked, laptops shipped straight to users, and cost savings at an organisation of under 1,000 seats.PCI isolationInsightCard terminals on the main network put the whole business in PCI DSS scope.ImpactScope cut to one isolated payment zone: less exposure to fines, and less compliance work every year.AI guard railsInsightAn onboarding agent that could create shadow users or change bank details.ImpactHuman approval on every change, and onboarding cut from more than a week to a few days.
What your board receives from a baseline review
- What you already own, what overlaps and what is not switched on
- The handful of gaps that carry real risk, in plain language
- The cost and the risk of each, so the board can decide where to act first
- A short written summary for the board, yours to keep whatever you decide
Case studies
What simpler, stronger security looks like
Case study · Identity and access
Secure mobilisation at scale: from the office network to cloud identity
How tens of thousands of users at a large UK financial services organisation moved to secure remote working on cloud identity, and how the approach scaled down to under 1,000 seats.
Case study · Regulatory complianceShrinking the PCI zone: card payment compliance by isolation
How organisations taking card payments in person and by phone reached PCI DSS compliance by isolating payment equipment, keeping card data out of everyday systems and out of call recordings.
Case study · AI security and governanceAutomation without blind trust: testing and guarding AI before it runs the joiner, mover, leaver process
How a customer services organisation with high staff turnover put drift testing, input and output checks, guard rails and human approval around generative and agentic AI before automating onboarding and access changes.
Working together
After the review
The review is the starting point. Some firms act on it themselves; others keep us on, in one of two ways.
A fractional CISO for your board
Security leadership without a full-time hire: direction, a live risk register, a record of decisions and board reporting in plain language.
About vCISO and advisoryThought leadership
Recent thinking
Top 10 · Governance and risk
Cyber Resilience Planning: Top 10 Actions for Boards
What every board should make sure is in place before a cyber incident.
White paper · Identity and accessThe VPN Trap: Why Legacy Remote Access Is a Board-Level Risk
Hairpinning, split-tunnelling, encrypted blind spots and ransomware access brokers, and the alternatives that work.
Strategy · Identity and accessJust-in-Time Privileged Access Strategy
Replacing standing admin rights with Entra PIM, plus on-premises, multi-cloud and PAM product options.
Make better security decisions before spending another pound
Find out where complexity, inefficiency and unnecessary cost may be hiding in your security estate. A 30-minute confidential conversation. Happy to sign your NDA first. No sales pitch: just cyber security insight, with boardroom impact.
Book a baseline review30 minutes · Confidential, NDA on request · No sales pitch