Simbix LLP helps boards and technology leaders understand cyber risk and decide where to focus their security programme. Our cyber security consultancy combines strategic advice with practical guidance on governance, security architecture and identity and access management.
Whether you are setting a new direction, responding to audit findings or strengthening existing controls, we help connect security priorities to the way your organisation operates.
Discuss your cyber prioritiesOur advisory services support boards, executive teams and security leaders who need a clearer view of risk, stronger governance or additional security leadership. We work with organisations managing complex technology environments and regulatory expectations, including banking, insurance and gambling businesses.
Set a direction for your security programme, clarify accountability and identify priorities for improvement. Align policies and control decisions with business objectives and risk appetite.
Bring security leadership into the decisions that matter. Discuss the advisory responsibilities and support your organisation needs, with the scope agreed around your existing team.
Review how systems and access controls support your security objectives. Identify design improvements and priorities for identity and access management across your technology environment.
Develop your information security management approach, assess gaps and plan improvements. Our related ISO 27001 services include ISMS assessment and certification readiness support.
We agree the scope around the decisions you need to make and the areas where you need advice. An engagement can focus on a specific concern or a wider security programme.
Discuss your business priorities, technology environment, existing assurance findings and the people responsible for security decisions.
Examine relevant policies, architecture and control arrangements with your team. Identify gaps, dependencies and areas that need further evidence.
Translate the findings into recommendations and an improvement roadmap. Agree the proposed actions and responsibilities with your stakeholders.
Define any further advisory or implementation support separately, so its responsibilities and outputs are clear.
Depending on the agreed scope, outputs can include:
The engagement sets out the advice, outputs and responsibilities included. Your organisation retains responsibility for business decisions and operating its controls. Technical testing, incident response and independent audit are separate services and should be scoped explicitly. ISO 27001 advisory support does not itself confer certification.
Yes. The advisory scope can focus on the areas where your team needs support, including a particular governance issue, architecture decision or wider strategy review.
A virtual Chief Information Security Officer provides security leadership within an agreed remit. The responsibilities, involvement and reporting arrangements should be defined for your organisation.
The starting point is your business need. A focused review may be appropriate where you have a specific question or set of findings to address.
It is a separate service. If testing is needed, its systems, permissions, methods and reporting requirements should be agreed explicitly.
