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In the cloud, and able to prove it is secure.

One programme that combines the cloud readiness assessment, a compliance-ready landing zone and certification readiness: Cyber Essentials Plus in the UK, an ISO 27001 gap assessment elsewhere.

The organisations under the most pressure right now are the ones facing two deadlines at once: servers going out of support and a customer or regulator asking for a certification. Doing those as two separate projects with two separate suppliers doubles the cost and halves the coherence.

Secure Foundations treats them as one piece of work. The assessment tells us what to move and what the certification will require. The landing zone is built so that it satisfies both. The certification readiness then uses the evidence the landing zone produces, instead of asking you to create it from scratch.

It is the engagement we recommend most often to SMEs and charities, because it gets the two things that are keeping leadership up at night done together, by the same team, in the same quarter.

who it is for
  • SMEs and charities with on-premise servers and a certification requirement on the horizon
  • Organisations tendering for public sector or NHS work that mandates Cyber Essentials
  • Scale-ups whose first enterprise customer has asked for ISO 27001
  • Any team that would rather have one accountable supplier than three
what is included

Cloud readiness and migration assessment

phase 1

What you run, what depends on what, and the order to move it in. Written with the certification requirements in view from day one.

Compliance-ready landing zone

phase 2

Accounts, identity, MFA, logging, encryption, backup and network controls built as code, mapped to the Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 controls they satisfy.

Certification readiness

phase 3

Cyber Essentials Plus readiness in the UK, or an ISO 27001 gap assessment and remediation plan elsewhere, using the landing zone as the evidence base.

Optional: migration and retainer

next

The migration itself and the monthly cost and posture review are scoped as the next steps, with the assessment fee credited.

how it runs
  1. 01
    Readiness call

    Deadlines, drivers and which certification applies.

  2. 02
    Assess

    Estate and controls reviewed together. One plan, one timeline.

  3. 03
    Build

    Landing zone built as code, mapped to the controls it satisfies.

  4. 04
    Prove

    Readiness work done against the evidence the landing zone produces.

  5. 05
    Continue

    Migration waves and the retainer, scoped with the assessment credited.

what you get out of it
  • Two deadlines handled as one programme, by one team
  • A landing zone that doubles as your certification evidence
  • A plan you own, whether or not you continue with us
  • Leadership able to answer both the "are we secure" and "are we supported" questions
questions we get asked
Can we do only part of the bundle?

Yes. Each phase stands on its own, and the assessment is always first. The bundle simply makes the three cheaper and more coherent together.

How long does it take?

A quarter is typical for a small or mid-size organisation, with the assessment in the first few weeks and the readiness work overlapping the build.

Is this only for the UK?

No. In the UK the certification element is Cyber Essentials Plus. Elsewhere it is an ISO 27001 gap assessment, and we quote in your currency.

often paired with

Related services.

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