Case Studies — Quantified Impact
Anonymised case studies demonstrating measurable governance outcomes across Tier-1 financial services and critical infrastructure.
Case Studies & Institutional Impact
Quantified outcomes from board-mandated governance engagements across Tier-1 financial services, critical infrastructure, and regulated enterprise.
147 findings reduced to 12
Full DORA compliance architecture deployed in 84 days. Board-reportable governance dashboard, Evidence Chain audit trail, and supervisory-ready documentation delivered to regulatory affairs.
Board-level reporting gap eliminated
Designed Decision Rights Architecture from board to SOC floor. Replaced 23 fragmented reporting tools with a single governance control plane. NIS2 Article 20 personal liability shield established for all directors.
£2.3B acquisition — cyber risk repriced
Contract Control Matrix applied to target entity — identified £47M in undisclosed third-party risk exposure. Deal terms renegotiated with governance warranties embedded in SPA.
EU AI Act readiness from 0% to audit-ready
AI Accountability Stack deployed across 14 high-risk AI systems. Model risk register, bias monitoring, and Article 9 compliance architecture established before August 2026 enforcement deadline.
Ransomware recovery in 14 hours
Recoverability Mandate invoked during active ransomware incident. Critical business services restored within 14 hours — regulatory notification completed within 4 hours. Zero data exfiltration confirmed.
SOC deployed from zero in 11 weeks
Designed and deployed full Azure Sentinel workspace for an Operator of Essential Services. Integrated Azure AD, Defender for Endpoint, and Syslog/CEF sources. Authored 40+ custom KQL analytics rules covering brute force, lateral movement, and C2 beaconing. Reduced analyst triage time by 65%.
500+ false positives reduced to 12 per day
Inherited a misconfigured Splunk environment generating 500+ daily false positive alerts. Re-tuned SPL correlation rules, rebuilt dashboards, and implemented risk-based alerting (RBA). Created threat hunting queries aligned to MITRE ATT&CK. DORA-compliant incident logging architecture deployed.
Full NIS submission accepted — zero remediation demands
Led end-to-end NIS/CAF compliance programme for an Ofgem-regulated entity. Produced IGP scoring matrices, evidence packs for all 4 CAF objectives (A–D), and control gap analysis. Cross-mapped ISO 27001 Annex A controls to CAF, eliminating 40% of duplicate assessment effort. Submission accepted by sector regulator on first presentation.
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