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Secure innovation.Operate with confidence.

Enterprise • SaaS • Cloud • AI • IT/OT

Modern enterprise exposure spans products, identities, cloud estates, partners and AI integrations. We connect application security with enterprise risk, architecture and operating resilience—so controls work across the entire digital lifecycle.

ENTERPRISE, CLOUD & DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Understand the business. Protect what matters.

Security, technology risk and assurance should reflect the critical processes and decision responsibilities of the organisation.

Modern enterprise exposure spans products, identities, cloud estates, partners and AI integrations. We connect application security with enterprise risk, architecture and operating resilience—so controls work across the entire digital lifecycle.

WHO WE WORK WITH
✓Multinational and regional enterprises
✓SaaS and digital-platform providers
✓Cloud-first technology operations
✓Manufacturing, retail, healthcare and other critical enterprises
SECTOR SOLUTIONS

Focused challenges. Clear assessment scope.

Six practical entry points, each designed around an industry decision and the supporting 8i service expertise.

01 / SOLUTION8i · 01

Web, Mobile & API Assurance

Secure releases, business-logic testing, APIs, identity/session security and application penetration testing.

Discuss this scope
02 / SOLUTION8i · 01, 06

Cloud, SaaS & Identity Security

Cloud configuration, shared-responsibility review, privileged access, IAM/PAM, identity architecture and supplier controls.

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03 / SOLUTION8i · 02

IT Governance & Business Controls

ITGC, technology risk, privacy/security controls, access and change management, and maturity improvement.

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04 / SOLUTION8i · 01, 03

Secure Software Delivery & DevSecOps

Security-by-design, pipeline and secrets controls, dependency risk, application release and remediation validation.

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05 / SOLUTION8i · 05

Enterprise AI & Data Security

AI assistants, RAG permission boundaries, agent tool controls, confidential information and AI governance.

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06 / SOLUTION8i · 04, 06

Operations & Cyber Resilience

Exposure backlog, incident readiness, backups, recovery and third-party concentration dependencies.

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REGULATORY & CONTROL CONTEXT

Recognise the right obligations.

Assessment criteria reflect the organisation’s activities, technology environment and applicable regulatory requirements.

02 / REGULATED INDUSTRIES

Requirements differ by sector and data

Assessment methods are mapped to relevant payment, technology and data-security controls, with findings and remediation priorities tailored to the agreed scope.

Industrial OT/ICS testing, regulated certification and advanced specialised security programmes require agreed personnel competence, safeguards and service eligibility.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Evidence for decisions, not just findings.

The final deliverables depend on the commissioned scope. Typical work products include:

01

Prioritised application, API or cloud findings

02

Identity and cloud controls assessment

03

Secure-release / DevSecOps improvement roadmap

04

AI/security architecture assessment and operational risk review

SECTOR REQUIREMENTS & ASSURANCE

Enterprise platforms: secure digital services, identity, information and release cycles.

Relevant supervisory guidance and industry frameworks inform control objectives, evidence requests and assurance reporting.

EXTERNAL EXPOSURE

Attack Surface Inspection & ASM

Identify owned internet assets and change in exposure across external websites, APIs and infrastructure.

Official guidance / framework
APPLICATION & API

OWASP testing and secure delivery

Web/API/mobile assessment, business-logic testing, DevSecOps and controlled release review.

Official guidance / framework
DATA & CROSS-BORDER

Enterprise privacy and security controls

Personal data, processing relationships, cross-border flows and supplier safeguards evaluated against applicable laws.

Official guidance / framework
AI & CLOUD

AI security and cloud assurance

Review identities, models, RAG and agent permissions, secure cloud architecture and supporting risk controls.

Official guidance / framework

Requirements are jurisdiction-, entity-, data- and activity-specific. Regulatory interpretation, formal audit opinions and provider authorisations are determined separately.

RELEVANT SPECIALIST EXPERIENCE

Experience aligned to your sector.

Previous specialist experience helps inform our assessment approach to the relevant technical, regulatory and business risks.

ENTERPRISE CISO & EMERGING TECH01

Regional CISO Leadership, Industrial Security & AI Governance

Regional CISO and enterprise security architecture experience in a multinational industrial environment, including IT/OT security, cloud risk and governance assessments of enterprise AI and agentic workflows.

CISO AdvisoryIT / OTAI Governance
ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS & RESILIENCE02

Enterprise Technology Operations, Cyber Resilience & Transformation

Executive responsibility for business-critical technology services, regional delivery organisations, cybersecurity governance, managed-service operations, recovery arrangements and major technology change.

ResilienceTechnology OperationsTransformation
SECURE DIGITAL OPERATIONS

DevSecOps, cloud assurance and AI risk in context.

Secure development, technical testing, data governance and architecture should connect from design to release and into continuous control assurance.

BUILD SECURELY

DevSecOps & Application Assurance

Web, mobile, API, secure CI/CD, source-component and software supply-chain security assessment.

GOVERN INFORMATION

Cloud, Data & Privacy Risk

Cloud shared-responsibility, identity, data protection and cross-border security controls.

ADOPT AI RESPONSIBLY

AI Governance & Agentic Security

Generative-AI security, RAG data isolation, agent tools, autonomous actions, approval requirements and privacy.

LET'S START WITH THE BUSINESS RISK

Clearer risks. Stronger controls.
More confident decisions.

Tell us about your technology environment, security concerns or upcoming regulatory and programme priorities. We’ll help scope the right specialist assessment or advisory engagement.

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