An independent read on your technology — and a plan you can fund
Technology assessments, security reviews, compliance readiness and pragmatic roadmaps leadership can act on.
Overview
Leadership teams rarely lack opinions about their technology; they lack an independent, evidence-based view they can take to a board. Our audit and consulting practice reviews your architecture, security posture, vendor contracts and delivery process, then returns a prioritised roadmap with effort, risk and cost attached to each item. No vendor agenda, no 200-page shelfware.
What you get
- Findings graded by business risk, not technical taste
- Costed, sequenced 12-month remediation roadmap
- Executive summary written for a non-technical board
- Optional quarterly re-assessment to track progress
Technology we use
What this service covers
Six core capabilities. Engage all of them as a programme, or just the one you are missing.
Technology & architecture audit
Code quality, architecture, technical debt and scalability assessed against your three-year business plan.
Cybersecurity assessment
Vulnerability scanning, access review, configuration hardening and a tiered remediation plan.
Compliance readiness
Gap analysis and evidence preparation for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS and GDPR programmes.
Cloud cost & licence review
Spend analysis across cloud and SaaS, identifying waste, overlap and renegotiation opportunities.
Due diligence support
Technical due diligence for acquisitions and investments, delivered to investment-committee timelines.
CTO advisory & IT roadmapping
Fractional senior leadership for organisations without a full-time technology executive.
How a it consulting & audit engagement runs
Four stages, each with a defined output you can review before the next one starts.
Discovery
Workshops, current-state review and a written specification with a firm estimate.
Design
Architecture, data model and interface prototypes agreed before build begins.
Build & QA
Two-week sprints with working software, automated tests and a demo every iteration.
Launch & care
Release through an automated pipeline, handover training, then warranty or managed support.
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