Typical Scenarios

International expansion

Situation:

A growing company planned expansion into multiple European markets.

Challenge:

An IT upgrade risked becoming invalid once new regional legal requirements applied.

Our approach:

Early advisory to align architecture with cross-border legal realities.

Outcome:

One upgrade, no rework, and smooth expansion.

Regulated mid-sized organisation

 Situati​on:

A regulated organisation needed to modernise outdated systems.

Challenge:

Fear of choosing a solution that would later create audit or compliance issues.

Our approach:

Defined a balanced, future-proof architecture before implementation.

Outcome:

Reduced risk, improved confidence, and controlled execution.

Ownership & transaction readiness

 Situati​on:

An organisation anticipated future investors or a potential sale.

Challenge:

IT upgrade risked locking the company into restrictive vendors or jurisdictions.

Our approach:

Vendor-neutral, legally durable design choices.

Outcome:

Simpler due diligence and preserved strategic options.

European business with MS 365 dependency

Situation:

European company with customer database, contracts etc in SharePoint and MS 365 applications

Challenge:

Microsoft was the trusted data protection service

Microsoft is now obliged to share personal information on demand

European company has limited or no capability to control, report or manage data breach according to GDPR requirements

Our approach:

Advisory to raise risk awareness and mitigation options

Support for execution

Outcome:

Sovereign or hybrid data solutions to host in scope data on protected systems

European business with US Cloud app dependency

 Situati​on:

European company with citizen focussed applications hosted on AWS, Google, Azure

Challenge:

Vendor is obliged to share personal information on demand

Vendor controls the encryption keys

European company has limited processes for information security

Our approach:

Advisory to raise risk awareness and mitigation options

Develop govenance models, processes, and procedures to manage reporting requirements

Outcome:

Tactical BYOK roadmap (Bring you own encryption key to scramble data)

InfoSec driven migration strategy to hybrid or sovereign cloud solutions

Customer demand for better protection

 Situati​on:

Citizens are unhappy about increased security risks

Challenge:

Customer pressure to better protect their personal data 

Conditional ”Right to be forgotten” requests trending upwards'

Our approach:

Advisory to raise risk awareness and mitigation options

Develop governance models, processes, and procedures to manage reporting and compliance requirements

Assess alternatives and recommend startegic adjustments

Outcome:

Mechansims to meet customer data protection requests

InfoSec driven data privacy protection strategy

Establish CISO capability or role

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