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ExploreSecurity & Compliance
Secure by default. Ready for the audit.
We harden your cloud, pipelines and databases, lock down access, and put in place the controls and evidence that customers, auditors and payment providers ask for — from SOC 2 and ISO 27001 to PCI DSS — without slowing your team down.
What’s included
Security built into the platform, not bolted on.
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Security assessment
A review of cloud configuration, network exposure, identities and pipelines against recognised benchmarks.
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Cloud hardening
Secure baselines, network segmentation and guardrails that stop misconfigurations before they ship.
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Identity and access management
Least-privilege roles, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and regular access reviews.
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Secrets and encryption
Secrets moved out of code into a managed vault, with encryption in transit and at rest.
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Logging and threat detection
Centralised audit logs and alerts on suspicious activity across your environment.
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Compliance readiness
Controls, policies and evidence mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or GDPR — and PCI DSS.
PCI DSS compliance
Take card payments without the compliance headache.
If you store, process or transmit cardholder data, PCI DSS applies to you. We shrink the part of your environment it covers, put the required controls in place, and prepare the evidence for your assessment — on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
Who validates compliance: depending on your merchant or service-provider level, a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) or a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), plus quarterly external scans by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). We prepare you for each and work alongside your assessor.
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Scoping and scope reduction
Map where card data flows, then isolate it so fewer systems fall under PCI DSS.
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Network segmentation
Firewall and network rules that wall off the cardholder data environment.
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Cardholder data protection
Encryption, tokenisation and key management for card data at rest and in transit.
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Strong access control
Unique accounts, multi-factor authentication and least-privilege access to in-scope systems.
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Vulnerability management
Internal scanning, patching and tracked remediation, ready for ASV scans and penetration tests.
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Logging and monitoring
Audit trails on every in-scope system, retained and reviewed as the standard requires.
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Policies and evidence
Security policies, network diagrams and control evidence for your SAQ or Report on Compliance.
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Staying compliant
Continuous monitoring and periodic reviews, so you stay compliant between annual assessments.
How we deliver
A clear path from first look to running well.
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Assess
We benchmark your environment and map the gaps against the frameworks that matter to you.
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Prioritise
A remediation plan ranked by risk, so the most exposed areas are fixed first.
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Remediate
Fixes implemented as code wherever possible, so they stay fixed.
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Maintain
Continuous monitoring, periodic access reviews, and evidence kept ready for audits.
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
Everything we build is documented and handed over in your own accounts and repositories.
- Security assessment report with risk ratings
- Prioritised remediation plan
- Hardened baselines defined as code
- Access model and review process
- Centralised logging and alerting
- Control mapping and evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001 or PCI DSS
Platforms and tools
Works with your stack.
The tools we use most for this service. If yours isn’t listed, ask — the principles carry over.
- PCI DSS v4.0.1
- CIS Benchmarks
- AWS Security Hub
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Google Security Command Center
- HashiCorp Vault
- Open Policy Agent
- Trivy
Can you get us SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified?
We prepare you for the audit: implementing controls, writing policies and collecting evidence. The audit and certification itself must be carried out by an independent, accredited auditor — we can work alongside the one you choose.
Can you make us PCI DSS compliant?
We do the work that gets you there: reducing your PCI scope, implementing the required controls, and preparing policies and evidence. Formal validation then happens through a Self-Assessment Questionnaire or an assessment by a Qualified Security Assessor, depending on your level, with quarterly external scans by an Approved Scanning Vendor. We work alongside whoever validates you.
Will security changes break our applications?
We roll out changes in stages, test them outside production first, and agree maintenance windows for anything that could affect users.
We are a small team — is this overkill?
No. The work is scaled to your risk and your customers’ requirements. For many teams the first step is simply fixing access, secrets and logging.
How do you handle access to our systems?
Access is scoped to the engagement, uses individual named accounts with multi-factor authentication, and is removed when the work ends.
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