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Every client engagement is covered by a non disclosure agreement, so the case studies below are anonymised by design. What is not anonymised is the pattern: a gap gets found, a fix gets implemented, and we stay until it is verified closed.

FintechBahrainCBB / PDPL

A Licensing Deadline With Six Weeks to Close the Gap

Challenge
A 120 person fintech faced a CBB licensing review with existing PDPL and information security gaps that had gone unaddressed for months.
Approach
We ran a rapid gap assessment against CBB and PDPL requirements, prioritised the findings that blocked licensing, and worked directly alongside the compliance team to close them.
Services
vCISO and vDPO, transitioning to an ongoing retainer
Outcome: Licensing review passed on schedule, with vCISO and vDPO continuing as an ongoing governance programme.
HealthcareUAEFDPL

Building a Privacy Programme From Zero

Challenge
A UAE healthcare provider handled patient data daily with no data protection officer, no data map, and no formal privacy policy in place.
Approach
We built the full privacy programme from the ground up against UAE FDPL, starting with a data inventory, then policies, then technical controls, alongside continuous vulnerability scanning across their patient systems.
Services
Outcome: Full FDPL aligned privacy programme live within one quarter, with continuous scanning now standard practice.
FintechSaudi ArabiaISO 27001

Picking Up Where a Previous Vendor Left Off

Challenge
A Saudi fintech's previous security firm had delivered a vulnerability assessment report and moved on, leaving every finding open and no path to ISO 27001 certification.
Approach
We inherited the existing findings, verified and closed them one by one, then ran the full ISO 27001 certification programme end to end, from gap analysis through audit readiness.
Services
vCISO, ISO 27001 certification support
Outcome: Every inherited finding closed and verified, ISO 27001 certification achieved on the following audit cycle.
LogisticsKuwaitVulnerability Management

Turning a Dormant Vulnerability List Into Closed Findings

Challenge
A logistics company had a growing backlog of vulnerability findings from ad hoc scans, none of which had an owner or a remediation plan.
Approach
We triaged the backlog by real risk, not raw severity score, and worked hands on with their IT team to close the highest impact issues first, then moved to continuous scanning.
Services
Outcome: Backlog cleared within eight weeks, with ongoing VMaaS now catching new issues before they accumulate.
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All client engagements are covered by non disclosure agreements signed before any substantive work begins. Anonymised case studies let us share what the work actually looks like without exposing which specific business it involved. Confidentiality is core to how we operate, more on this on our About page.

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Yes. These are representative of the work we do most often: closing a specific compliance or vulnerability gap under time pressure, then transitioning into an ongoing vCISO, vDPO, or VMaaS retainer.

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