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What's covered under a CSISC Executive Cyber Leader engagement

Nine service domains, each scoped to your organisation. Not every engagement touches every domain — your Executive Cyber Leader prioritises the ones that reduce the most risk first.

Illustration of a governance document suite

How scope is set

Every domain below can be dialled up or down

During discovery, your Executive Cyber Leader maps which of the nine domains carry the most risk for your organisation right now, and builds the roadmap around those first.

  • No domain is compulsory — scope is agreed before work begins.
  • Priorities are revisited at each reporting cycle as risk changes.
  • Certification-driven domains (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials) can be fast-tracked.

The register

Nine domains, grouped into three areas of focus

Every engagement draws from the same nine domains — grouped here into the three areas an Executive Cyber Leader actually works across, so it's easier to see where your priorities sit.

Cyber Leadership

Setting direction and owning accountability

§01

Governance & Compliance

  • Policy & procedure suite
  • ISO 27001 / Cyber Essentials readiness
  • Regulatory alignment (GDPR, DORA)
§02

Risk Management

  • Risk register & treatment plans
  • Asset & information classification
  • Board-level risk reporting
§03

Culture & Awareness

  • Staff training programmes
  • Phishing simulation
  • Executive & board briefings

Cyber Transformation

Building and hardening the technical estate

§04

Cloud & Technology

  • Architecture & configuration review
  • Vendor-neutral tooling advice
  • Cloud security posture assessment
§05

Business Continuity

  • Continuity & disaster recovery plans
  • Resilience testing
  • Recovery time / point objectives
§06

Incident Response

  • IR plans & playbooks
  • Tabletop exercises
  • Breach communications planning

Cyber Assurance

Proving controls actually work

§07

Data Protection

  • Data flow & access mapping
  • Information handling controls
  • Data loss prevention strategy
§08

Third-Party & Supply Chain

  • Supplier due-diligence process
  • Contractual security requirements
  • Ongoing vendor risk monitoring
§09

Audit & Assurance

  • Independent policy assurance review
  • Audit preparation & support
  • Control effectiveness testing

How work gets delivered

Every domain is delivered one of three ways

Before any work starts, we agree which mode applies — so scope and cost are clear from the outset.

Mode 01

Review

We assess what you already have — documents, controls or processes — and give you a clear, independent opinion on where it stands.

Mode 02

Refresh

We take existing material and bring it up to current best practice, aligned to the framework and regulations relevant to you.

Mode 03

Build

Where nothing exists yet, we create it from scratch — shaped around how your organisation actually operates.

Not sure which domains apply to you?