Our approach
Start with the problem. Stay accountable for the outcome.
Cybersecurity problems rarely fit neatly into predefined services. Senior practitioners diagnose what the problem requires, bring in the right specialist capability, and remain involved through execution.
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From the problem you have to the outcome you can verify.
Pick a stage to see what happens in it.
What happens
You bring the situation as you see it: a finding, a deadline, an incident or a decision. We listen first. We do not map it to a service yet.
Who is involved
A senior practitioner takes the first conversation.
What you have
The problem, stated in plain words that you and we agree on.
What happens
Senior practitioners work out what the problem actually requires, including parts that were not in the original brief.
Who is involved
Senior practitioners who have worked on problems like it.
What you have
A clear view of what is needed, and what is not.
What happens
We bring in the specialist capability the problem needs, whether that is identity, detection, cloud, data or compliance.
Who is involved
Specialists who know their discipline well, and a senior practitioner who knows how the pieces fit.
What you have
The right people on the work, not a standard team.
What happens
The work is carried out, and the senior practitioners stay involved through it, not only at the start.
Who is involved
The same people who diagnosed it.
What you have
Progress you can see, and a team that answers for it.
What happens
We aim at a result you can verify, measured against the problem you began with.
Who is involved
You decide whether the problem is solved.
What you have
An outcome you can check for yourself.
Problem first, or service first.
The order you start in changes who decides, who does the work and how you judge it.
| Topic | Starting from a service list | Starting from the problem |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work starts | With a service from a list. | With the problem in front of you. |
| Who decides what is needed | The list decides. The problem is fitted to it. | Senior practitioners diagnose it first. |
| How the team is formed | A standard team for that service. | The specialists the problem requires. |
| Who stays involved | Often whoever sold it, then a delivery team. | Senior practitioners, through execution. |
| How success is judged | Was the service delivered? | Is the problem solved, in a way you can verify? |
What stays the same on every engagement.
Senior judgment
Senior practitioners decide what the problem requires and stay with it.
The right specialists
Specialists are brought in for what the problem needs, and only for that.
An outcome you can check
We aim at a result you can verify against the problem you started with.