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Cyber Security Risk Management
Mitigate risk and ensure compliance against relevant standards and guidelines by establishing a comprehensive risk management program.
Our service provides the people, expertise, and resources necessary to implement a risk management strategy that mitigates risk without disrupting your operations.
The Importance of Risk Management
Most organisations realise the importance of cyber security risk management but often discover the task is more complex and time-consuming than first anticipated.
Interconnected Systems Larger organisations with extensive, interconnected systems find it harder to identify risks and how to mitigate them without impacting business operations.
Understanding Risk Ensuring a fully integrated risk management function requires a clear understanding of interactions and dependencies across the business and their potential impacts.
Resourcing Challenges In-house teams are often tasked with too many priorities to fully dedicate themselves to risk management, leaving little resource for this essential activity.
What to Expect from a Risk Management Service by Bridewell
Our consultants work closely with our clients to ensure their risk management strategy reflects their risk appetite, integrates with existing processes, and supports their wider business goals
Certified Risk Specialists
Our consultants have Certified Cyber Professional (CCP) certifications and NCSC Risk specialisms.
A Partner with Leading Industry Bodies
Our consultants work closely with the NCSC and other industry bodies to help shape national programmes and the future of the cyber security industry.
Experience Delivering Services at Scale
We have experience delivering risk management for some of the world’s largest CNI organisations across critical sectors.
Proven Methodologies and Expertise
Our consultants are established leaders in cyber security risk, audit, and supplier assurance, with certifications and experience in advising on NIST, CMMC, ISO 27001, NCSC CAF, OWASP and PCI DSS.
A Tailored Approach
We take a tailored approach to risk management that reflects the unique risks inherent to your organisation’s processes, sector, and risk appetite.
Why is it worth taking on a
Cyber Security Risk Management Service?
Simplified and Cost-Effective Risk Reduction
Risk Mitigation Having a comprehensive view of risk across the organisation enables you to easily apply pragmatic and cost-effective risk reduction strategies.
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Certification and Accreditation Requirements
Effective risk management to meet the quality and standards that auditors and accreditors require.
Easily Adopt New Standards and Legislation
Seamlessly align your cyber security programme with new standards, legislation, and business strategies.
Adapt to Changing Risk Levels
Manage the consequences of changing risk levels and develop appropriate continuity plans.
Start your Risk Management Process
Speak with one of our risk management experts to see how we can support your organisation in reducing risk and meeting regulatory demands.
How our Risk Management service works
Our risk management service encompasses all types of risk from security standards and policy, security controls information, security management system, to physical security.
- Step one: Our consultants perform an initial high-level assessment to identify potential risks within your organisation and where they fall short of industry frameworks or proprietary policies and standards.
- Step two: Depending on findings from the initial assessment, our consultants may advise whether any of your organisation’s third-party providers need a more in-depth, on-site visit and review.
- Step three: Having conducted a complete assessment, we then outline and implement an risk management process that addresses any identified risks or vulnerabilities to ensure they are mitigated and compliant.
- Step four: If required, our consultants can be utilised on an ongoing basis to augment your team and ensure this risk management process is adhered to on a continuous basis.
Case Study: Gwent Police
To overcome this, some bodies in South Wales have chosen to amalgamate their IT support services, which is being delivered by the Shared Resource Services Wales (SRS). As a result, Gwent Police, Monmouthshire County Borough Council, Torfaen County Borough Council and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council all have their IT support services managed by the SRS. The SRS is a collaborative technology provision, underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding that enables the groups to have a single management structure across the board. The model is one that is now heavily encouraged through the Welsh Public Sector Technology Strategy. The SRS has a host employer for all SRS staff, a single mechanism for managing the entire delegated budget, a single plan of audit and a single governance structure, which includes cyber and information security.
For Nigel Stephens, Assistant Chief Officer of Resources who is responsible for the cyber and information security service, this style of arrangement meant managing the requirements of not only of Gwent Police, but also those of each council, who also have their own edicated Senior Information Risk Owners.
Initially there was a significant struggle around resourcing the cyber and information security unction, since attracting the right calibre of individuals at the right price in the industry is challenging.
This could quickly impact the cyber and information security operations of each organisation leaving them struggling to cope. Rather than leave it to chance, the organisations sought the support of an external cyber and information security company who also had industry experience of public sector, their risk profiles and compliance requirements.
Challenging Threat & Compliance Landscape
Each organisation has their own compliance requirements, which needed to be delivered
by the central cyber and information security function that Nigel is responsible for. This included ISO27001:2013 certification, four annual PSN compliance audits, one PSNP compliance requirement and three PCI DSS compliance processes. There were also a umber of technical security requirements that needed to be delivered, along with re-establishing governance frameworks to manage and report on cyber and information security operations.
In Nigel’s view he states that;
“Gwent Police had lost our information team and a lot of our security team, so we needed to ensure that we got a provision in quickly. We initially conducted a procurement process via G-Cloud and subsequently went out to formal tender and Bridewell were successful”.
“Bridewell now provide a fully outsourced cyber and information security service to Gwent Police and three other partner organisations. They are also helping us with the new PSN requirements for policing, and supporting our local partners who have very similar requirements”.
One Step At A Time
Because the requirements of Gwent Police were so complex and specific, Bridewell provided one of their expert CESG Certified Professional consultants to work on-site with not only the director of the police, but the senior leadership across all involved councils and organisations.
By working with all of these bodies, Bridewell were able to ensure that their ISO27001:2013 certification was retained. As well as delivered a number of strategic technical improvements that drastically reduced the Police and Councils attack surface and created an improved set of policies, procedures and processes, all within the first year.
Once the initial issues were handled, Bridewell continue to provide the service, driving security improvements across all platforms in collaboration with the SRS, which range from compliance improvements, security operations and penetration testing.
“With a range of different skills and expertise within the IT security world needed, we got the flexibility wrapped around that with Bridewell. They offer a professional, responsive security service and they do provide a range of other services specifically around other security areas required, which proves cost effective and I think that for me is the nub of it, they know what they’re doing, they do a good job and we’re not paying through the nose.”
But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. SRS operate and deliver services using an Agile based delivery method, which whilst working well, wasn’t initially integrating with information security, so it was difficult to track and manage the work being performed for security and maintenance activities, such as patching.
However, the team at Bridewell worked closely with the SRS to get security activities integrated into the Agile Sprints and developed a weekly reporting system, which provided the directors with all the information they needed on progress against key activity that has been commissioned.
Nigel also commented that Bridewell solved a number of challenges for him, including personnel related issues:
“I think it’s significant in that Bridewell solve personnel challenges by providing the complete set of skills required dependant on task and also ensure their knowledge is current and up to date, as well as having the capacity to provide knowledge transfer to many individuals. Bridewell can provide an extensive service in the areas of knowledge and expertise, that is obviously required. We wouldn’t, as individual small organisations, be able to afford the range of expertise provided to effectively deliver all the services required.”
Efficiency Through United Leadership
Of course, operating across a Police Force and 3 Local Authorities isn’t always simple, and many things could easily get lost in translation. To avoid this, and to ensure all parties needs were met, Bridewell created an Information Security Leadership Board, which engages all senior executives within the Police and the Local Authorities. This allowed Bridewell to engage with each organisation on a regular basis to collaborate and manage strategic requirement, driving real cyber and information security improvement.
“Bridewell is delivering Information Security Services, both from a leadership perspective and Technical IT Operations Security, working with the SRS to secure our infrastructure, applications and mobile solutions.
Basically, everything that needs a connection into the PSN for the councils. They provide a full range of services to ensure that we configure and operate the technology in accordance with NCSC guidance and good practice.”
Nigel added that this level of support had been particularly invaluable for him:
“All four organisations are involved in information security services and actually collaborate on many things, which allows all of our IT to be delivered from a single, secure data centre. Bridewell has been able to provide an information security team based from that site, working with the SRS to ensure our security requirements are being delivered”
Protecting The Protectors
While Gwent Police spend their days protecting the people of Gwent, they take advantage of modern technology to support policing and it is critical that this technology is protected from vulnerabilities, malware and hacking attempts.
Through working with Bridewell, Gwent Police have also been able to effectively manage this responsibility; providing timely identification, advice and guidance to mitigate some of the well-known industry threats and vulnerabilities that have emerged, such as WannaCry, Petya and more recently the Krack vulnerability.
“Naturally, we do face hacking attempts, and we are very much aware of our vulnerabilities. Bridewell ensures that when any one of the partner defence systems is attacked, that we’ve got coverage across all four of the partner organisations” During the course of all these industry scares the Police and Local Authorities have managed to deal with them effectively, working collaboratively with the SRS.
“Bridewell report very clearly, so I get a weekly report on the progress that they have made for all four partners as I manage the contract. They support and drive security leadership meetings, which I chair on behalf of the four partners and are clear on progress and how the support program is working”.
“Overall, Bridewell have been worth their weight in gold, I am impressed with their philosophy and approach; and in all seriousness, the relative amounts that each individual partner pays towards the service means it offers very good value for money.”
Bridewell have a vast amount of services within their Portfolio, covering Cyber Security, Technology Risk, Information Security and Assurance, Penetration Testing and Data Privacy. To discuss how Bridewell could assist your organisation with your requirements just get in touch with us today.
Risk Management FAQs
The length of the engagement varies depending on the scope, current maturity and requirements. Some clients require days of advice and guidance, others prefer to utilise Bridewell for more in depth analysis, or to reduce the demand on their own resources on a temporary or long term basis.
Risk management is an ongoing process and Bridewell share knowledge, best practices and examples with clients to support organisations to mature and continue risk management practices independently.
Ideally an organisation will have an asset inventory, existing risk assessment and risk management processes and a previous risk assessment. We appreciate that organisations operate at different levels of maturity and that not all items might be available or complete.
Allocation of resources internally to support the engagement and risk management process is beneficial, often with communication to the business on the importance of risk management and what is required from staff and teams to support the initiative, along with the organisations reasons for focusing on risk management (e.g to support an ISO 27001 implementation or new business opportunity).
Some of the top cyber security risks include phishing attacks, ransomware, insider threats, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and unpatched software vulnerabilities.
Cyber security focuses on protecting systems, networks and data from cyber threats through measures like firewalls and encryption. Cyber risk management is a strategy within cyber security that involves identifying, assessing and prioritising risks to mitigate potential impacts.
A cyber security risk management plan is a structured approach to identifying, assessing and prioritising cyber security risks. It outlines strategies for mitigating or treating risks that include policies, procedures and controls. The plan also includes monitoring and reviewing approaches to new threats to maintain the ongoing protection of vital information.
To identify a cyber security risk, it’s important to conduct a structured risk assessment that will help identify, analyse and evaluate any potential threats to information centres. Some methods include cataloguing all data and hardware assets, identifying potential vulnerabilities, and determining threat likelihood.
Risk levels in cyber security range from low risk, which may have a minor impact on your organisation, through medium and high impact levels, to critical levels, which represent immediate and catastrophic damage to your organisation. Risk factors are determined by assessing the severity of impact, how easily they’re exploited, how widespread they are, and how easily they can be identified.
Why Us?
Awards
Our team have won numerous industry awards, including 'Cyber Security Company of the Year' at the Cyber Security Awards 2026 and Best Cyber Security Service Provider' at the Cyber Security Awards 2025.
Certifications
Our people and services are highly accredited by leading industry bodies including CREST, the NCSC, and more. Our SOC holds extensive accreditations from CREST (including for CSIR and SOC2) and works closely with our cyber consultancy services.
Partnerships
As a Microsoft Partner, we also hold advanced specialisms in Cloud Security and Threat Protection. We’ve also implemented some of the UK’s largest deployments of the Microsoft Security stack, inc. Sentinel, Defender, Purview and more.
