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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.
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The Challenge
While a number of information security controls and processes were already in place, these had developed over time and presented an opportunity for greater standardisation and alignment with recognised best practice. In particular, there was a need to enhance consistency in documentation, governance, and the application of controls across the organisation.
Sulzer Schmid also identified opportunities to further structure its approach to areas such as incident management, business continuity and information security risk management. Establishing more formalised processes in these areas would support a more consistent and proactive approach to managing risk, as well as strengthening the organisation’s ability to respond to and recover from potential security incidents.
The implementation of ISO 27001 provided a framework to bring these elements together, enabling Sulzer Schmid to build on its existing capabilities and adopt a more structured, scalable and internationally recognised approach to information security. SSL wanted to achieve ISO 27001 certification as soon as possible, ideally in Q1 2026. Achieving certification would enable the organisation to demonstrate a clear and externally validated commitment to information security to its customers and stakeholders.
Implementing a formal ISMS would also provide SSL with a clear structure in terms of managing information security risk and help foster a more proactive security culture across the organisation.
The Solution
As part of a structured market assessment and procurement process, Sulzer Schmid reviewed a range of cyber security partners and their services. This allowed the organisation to evaluate different approaches, capabilities and expertise before selecting the solution that best aligned with its objectives for ISO 27001 certification and the implementation of a formal Information Security Management System (ISMS). Other cyber security partners’ services were considered as part of the market assessment and procurement process.
Bridewell has credible energy industry experience and demonstrated a very flexible and outcome driven approach that was a great match for how SSL wanted to deliver and gain ISO 27001 certification.
SSL’s ISMS was designed and implemented in accordance with Bridewell’s five phase methodology.
Scope & Context
The first phase of the project was focused on establishing context, building relationships, agreeing ways of working, and defining a roadmap to achieve ISO 27001 certification. Initial deliverables included the completion of an ISO 27001 gap analysis, and the development of the ISMS Scope, Context & Requirements document. The outputs of the ISO 27001 gap analysis helped Bridewell develop a more in-depth understanding of how well SSL and their security controls aligned with ISO 27001 and what gaps existed that required remediation during the course of the project.
Risk Assessment
The objective of the next phase was to establish an information security risk management framework within SSL. After developing a risk assessment and treatment methodology tailored to reflect SSL’s requirements, each of the risks identified during the ISO 27001 gap analysis were added to a new ISMS risk register and analysed and evaluated.
Risk treatment plans were developed for all those risks that needed their impact and/or likelihood reduced, and each risk was assigned a risk owner. A series of workshops were run with key stakeholders across SSL to ensure that each of the identified risks were relevant and assessed correctly.
Control Implementation
Phase three of the project required the most amount of time and effort, and consisted of implementing all of the clause 4-10 requirements plus the risk treatment plans designed in phase two. Designing and implementing these controls necessitated a hugely collaborative effort amongst stakeholders across SSL from all departments including IT, Software Development, Operations, and People and Culture.
Many hours were spent drafting and reviewing security policies, procedures and standards to ensure they made sense to SSL and their organisational needs. Technical controls were reviewed and improved, and various weekly meetings were run by Bridewell to ensure that SSL staff were educated on the controls being put in place, their rationale, and the benefits of implementing such controls. Various registers, logs and trackers were operationalised in this phase to track and improve ISMS performance, including the effectiveness of any newly implemented or improved security controls and processes.
Internal Audit
Once the control implementation phase was complete, the next major milestone was to plan and execute the first internal audit on the ISMS. This audit was run by a Bridewell consultant who was completely independent of the implementation project to ensure impartially. An internal audit methodology was developed prior to the audit, and Bridewell worked closely with SSL on all audit preparation activities.
The Bridewell delivery team also attended each of the audit interviews alongside SSL, providing support in answering questions raised by the auditor and helping to demonstrate and present any relevant evidence. Upon completion of the internal audit, Bridewell and SSL reviewed any findings raised and worked collaboratively to ensure that all findings were addressed in a timely manner and ahead of the certification audit.
External Audit
The final phase of the project was the ISO 27001 certification audit. Similar to the internal audit, Bridewell supported SSL with all preparation activities relating to both Stage 1 and Stage 2. This included stakeholder preparation, evidence collection and arrangement of each of the audit interviews. The Bridewell delivery team also attended each of the interviews to ensure that SSL had all the support they required to adequately answer the questions and requests of the auditor. Thanks to all of the hard work completed across the project, SSL achieved ISO 27001 certification with no nonconformities raised by the external auditor.
The Results
The project finished with Bridewell conducting a detailed handover to ensure that SSL and their ISMS team had a clear roadmap of activities they needed to perform before their first surveillance audit to not only maintain the ISMS but also improve it, which is one of the key requirements of ISO 27001.
Bridewell established strong working relationships with various key stakeholders across SSL, in particular the appointed ISMS lead, as they worked closely together to plan, design and implement all of the required security controls to align with ISO 27001 requirements and manage information security risk.
Weekly project review meetings and daily discussions and workshops were used to ensure all those involved in the ISMS implementation project were fully aware of their duties and what tasks needed to be completed over the short, medium and long term to ensure project success. By having such regular touch points, any project issues, risks or blockers were quickly identified and resolved to ensure that project deadlines were achieved. The open communication channels put in place meant that Bridewell were able to respond to any queries that SSL had in a timely manner thus minimising the likelihood of any project delays or blockers.
Since working with Bridewell, SSL has strengthened and formalised its information security practices across the organisation. The company now has clearly defined information security roles and responsibilities, supported by a suite of tailored policies, procedures, and standards. A structured information security risk management framework ensures that risks are identified, analysed, and treated proactively, while incident response and business continuity plans are in place and tested regularly.
Governance has been enhanced through the establishment of an Information Security Board (ISB), which reports ISMS performance to top management on a consistent basis. Supplier management processes have been implemented to address supply chain risks, particularly for critical or high-risk suppliers. In addition, a comprehensive security awareness and training programme has been introduced, and a new Security & Trust Centre has been designed and implemented, providing SSL with improved visibility, accountability, and a more proactive security culture throughout the organisation.
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.
