Cloud 4tress

• The Threat: 43% of UK businesses will suffer a cyber attack this year.
• The Gap: Cost savings (FinOps) are irrelevant if the business is shut down. Reactive security is an inadequate defence.
• Our Thesis: Survival demands a Defence in Depth (DiD) strategy and guaranteed incident command and response.

Until now many businesses have not seen this as cost effective or achievable. Now, our three pillar model provides the only reliable strategy to meet this existential risk.

• Pillar 1: Cyber Resilience

  24/7/365 Detection, Containment, and Recovery

• Pillar 2: Regulatory Assurance & Governance

  Policy, Auditable Controls (DORA, NIS2)

• Pillar 3: Risk Management & FinOps

  Financial discipline used as a Security Control (threat anomaly detection)

Focus GOAL: Implement Foundational DiD Layers 1 & 2. Eliminate the Top 10 Attack Vectors.

• Feature 1 (DiD Layer 1/2 Hardening): Mandatory Cloud Security Hardening (e.g., Principle of Least Privilege Enforcement, Public Access Lockdown).
• Feature 2 (Security Control FinOps): Cost anomaly detection flagging potential threats (e.g., cryptomining).
• Feature 3 (Governance Baseline): Monthly reporting on 5 critical high-risk policies.

Value Statement: Immediate and Measurable Risk Drop for a low, predictable cost.

Focus GOAL: Establish an Auditable and Active Defence Capability.

• Feature 1 (8x5 Managed SOC L1/L2): Proactive threat monitoring focused on reducing Attacker Dwell Time.
• Feature 2 (Cyber Resilience Playbook): Creation of the documented, formal Incident Response (IR) Playbook.
• Feature 3 (DiD Layer 3/4 Tracking): Managed Vulnerability and Configuration Remediation tracking (ensuring SLAs are met).

Value Statement: Resilience Built-In: Human oversight and documented processes to withstand and recover from advanced threats.

Focus GOAL: Outsourced 24/7 Incident Command and Strategic Assurance.

• Feature 1 (24/7/365 Incident Command): Guaranteed, rapid containment and full control transfer upon critical breach detection. (The Ultimate Risk Transfer)
• Feature 2 (Executive SGB Seat): CISSP-led Quarterly Cyber Risk Briefing with the Board/C-suite (DORA/NIS2 focus).
• Feature 3 (Full Audit Assurance): Continuous compliance against multiple standards, providing audit support.

Value Statement: Business Survival: Your team innovates; we guarantee operational security and manage executive liability.

Purpose: Projects to enhance the maturity and ability to manage cyber events.

• Project 1 (DORA/NIS2 Readiness): Gap analysis and control implementation project.
• Project 2 (Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) Design): Custom DiD framework design focusing on Identity and Segmentation.
• Project 3: Identity and Access Management.
• Project 4 (Incident Response (IR) Retainer): Pre-paid hours for guaranteed, immediate expert access during emergencies.

Value Statement: Targeted investment to satisfy regulatory mandates and strategic security goals quickly.