Cyber Security Consulting

Cyber Security
Consulting

Smarter Strategies for Evolving Threats.

What is Cyber Security… and Why Does It Matter Now?

Cyber Security isn’t just a set of tools or a compliance checkbox – it’s about the discipline of safeguarding the information, systems and digital services that your organisation relies on every day. Whether you are delivering essential public services, running a private enterprise or supporting a distributed workforce, you depend on interconnected systems, external partners and sensitive data.

A single breach can disrupt operations, damage trust, and drain already tight budgets. The goal of modern Cyber Security is therefore two-fold: Resilience – keeping critical services running even when attacks occur and assurance – proving to regulators, funders and service users that strong controls are in place.

4C helps you achieve both – without drowning your teams in jargon or unnecessary overhead.

Key Goals of Modern Cyber Security:

Prevent Breaches – Stop unauthorised access and data loss.
Detect & Respond Fast – Minimise impact when incidents occur.
Sustain Trust – Protect customers, patients, students, citizens and staff.
Demonstrate Compliance – Meet UK-centric regulations and frameworks.
Enable Innovation – Let cloud, SaaS and digital services thrive securely.
Build Resilience – Keep critical operations running through any disruption.

Why Cyber Must Sit at the Heart of your Digital Strategy

IT environments are expanding (cloud, remote, work, IoT) faster than most teams can secure them. Limited budgets, skills shortages and complex supplier ecosystems can leave gaps that attackers exploit. Embedding Cyber Security into every project and process is now business critical.

What are the key areas to consider when implementing Cyber Security?

Governance & Risk – Maturity audits, policy, vCISO, GRC tooling
Identity & Access – Zero-trust architecture, MFA, least privilege
Netword & Segmentation – Micro-segmentation, software-defined perimeters
Cloud & SaaS Security – Configuration reviews, CASB, IaC guardrails
Data Protection & Privacy – Classification, DLP, encryption, DPIAs

Incident Response & Threat Intel – Playbooks, tabletop tests, threat hunting
Business Continuity & DR – Resilience planning, backup validation
Third-Party Assurance – Supplier scoring, contract clauses, continuous monitoring
Culture & Skills – Cyber as a business risk (not IT risks), role-based training, leadership

How 4C can Help:

Cyber Maturity & Compliance Health-Check – An evidence-based appraisal of how well your organisation’s existing controls, culture and documentation align to leading frameworks.

Virtual CISO (vCISO) & Governance Programme – Fractional CISO leadership that embeds governance discipline and gives the board a single voice on cyber risk.

Compliance Accelerator – A tightly scoped, fast-track service that translates complex security standards into an actionable plan and prepares your team for external audits.

Vulnerability Testing – Security testing for applications and infrastructure.

Zero-Trust & Network Segmentation Design – Independent assurance that planned or existing network architectures embody NCSC network-security principles and emerging zero-trust standards.

Secure Cloud & SaaS Assessment – Independent assurance that your cloud adoption (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) meets UK regulatory expectations and supports secure digital transformation.

Business Resilience – Unify cyber, technology, operational and third-party resilience so your organisation can “fail safe, not fail-closed”.