03 · GRC CONSULTANCY
Governance, Risk
& Compliance
GRC consultancy advice from our highly experienced and proven Ansec consulting team who have supported Public Sector, Plc's, Enterprise and SME customers for over 25 years and who also support the Outsource platform.
Senior practitioners
People who have run estates, incidents and audits.
Built around your estate
Built around your estate and the regulators you answer to.
Actionable advice
Advice delivered in time to act on it.
WHY NOW
Why now.
Four things are moving at once, and each raises the bar on what a board can be asked to evidence.
AI adoption accelerating
Regulation increasing
Supply chain risk expanding
Boards demanding assurance
HOW AN ENGAGEMENT RUNS
Assess, advise,
rehearse, assure.
The gap analysis feeds the advice. The advice gets rehearsed. Assurance checks it still holds once the engagement is over.
01
Assess
Gap analysis against the standards you are actually held to.
02
Advise
Recommendations and business cases your board can act on.
03
Rehearse
Tabletop exercises and incident response planning, done in advance.
04
Assure
Security assurance that holds up after the engagement ends.
THE CONSULTING ARM
The Ansec consulting team.
Our consultants have spent decades in the industry. The advice comes from the same team that runs the platform, so it has been tested on real estates before it reaches yours.
WHAT WE ADVISE ON
AI & data governance
Fastest-growing ask
Gap analysis
Against your standards
Security assurance
Independent review
Tabletop exercises
Incident rehearsal
Incident response planning
Before it happens
Business cases
Board-ready
Digital privacy
GDPR and beyond
AI GOVERNANCE
Adopting AI without inheriting
a governance problem.
Boards want AI in production and regulators want it under control. We put the governance in place first, so the first model goes live within the rules.
GAP ANALYSIS
Against your standards.
We review and identify how well current security posture aligns with specific regulatory or business requirements including the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and emerging obligations under the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
SECURITY ASSURANCE
Independent review.
We help organisations to understand their current security posture through independent assessment and review, benchmarked against leading frameworks and standards.
TABLETOP EXERCISES
Incident rehearsal.
Part of cyber incident response planning, Tabletop exercises simulate realistic cyber incidents in a facilitated workshop environment – the simulations we deliver aim to increase awareness, identify gaps in incident management planning, contingency services, and provide real benefits to the teams involved.
INCIDENT RESPONSE PLANNING
Before it happens.
We help organisations to prepare for cyber incidents before they happen – developing the plans and processes needed to build lasting cyber resilience.
BUSINESS CASES
Board-ready.
We help organisations to build the case for security investment in language that resonates with leadership and boards.
DIGITAL PRIVACY
GDPR and beyond.
For organisations seeking a practical, risk-based view of their data privacy against emerging frameworks and regulatory expectations, including GDPR readiness - key gaps, evidence needs, and prioritised remediation actions.
WHY IT MATTERS TO THE PLATFORM
Governance enables the platform. The controls we advise on are the ones we run ourselves.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
See what the platform
would change.
Book a consultation. We will look at where you are exposed, show you what the platform would change, and be straight about what you do and do not need.