Certification & Accreditation (C&A)
Support for certification and accreditation activities in regulated and high-trust environments, including risk views and assurance reporting suitable for formal decision-making.
Overview
Cybersecurity assurance for high-trust organisations
Experience across public sector and regulated organisations.
Independent, assurance-led support across certification and accreditation, governance risk and compliance, audit readiness, and security risk assessments.
Services
Core Services
Services are intentionally scoped to deliver clarity, evidence traceability, and report-ready outputs suitable for governance, audit, and accreditation forums.
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Risk assessments and governance support aligned to organisational context, including control review, prioritisation, and reporting for executive and governance forums.
Audit Readiness & Assurance
Preparation and assurance support for internal and external audit activities, including evidence readiness, gap identification, and structured remediation planning.
Risk Assessments
AI assets risk assessments, Security risk assessments across third-party, cloud, and on-prem environments, with a focus on clarity, proportionality, and decision-ready outputs.
Assurance-led services only. Operational and managed security services are not offered in Phase 1.
Approach
Assurance-led by design
TOPAZDELTA is focused on clarity, scope discipline, and accountable decision-making. Engagements are designed to produce evidence-based outputs suitable for governance and assurance forums.
Engagement principles
Independent, assurance-led delivery with clear scope, assumptions, and decision alignment.
Service boundary
Deliberate focus on assurance and advisory outcomes rather than operational or managed security services.
Evidence & traceability
Findings and risk views supported by evidence, with traceability suitable for governance and audit scrutiny.
Report-ready outputs
Structured deliverables designed for decision forums, including prioritised actions and rationale.
How we work
A simple, structured approach
Engagements typically follow a consistent structure to support predictable delivery and defensible outputs.
Discover
Confirm scope, context, and decision requirements to ensure the engagement is appropriately bounded and aligned to stakeholder needs.
Assess
Review controls, evidence, and risk to form an independent and defensible risk view.
Recommend
Provide clear findings and prioritised recommendations suitable for governance, audit, and accreditation forums.
Support
Assist with assurance outcomes, stakeholder alignment, and follow-up activities where required.
Capability
Professional credentials
Professional capability aligned to recognised security, risk, and assurance frameworks, applied pragmatically in regulated environments.
AI-102
Azure AI Engineer Associate
SC-100
Cybersecurity Architect Expert
SC-200
Security Operations Analyst Associate
SC-300
Identity and Access Administrator Associate
SC-400
Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate
AZ-500
Azure Security Engineer Associate
CLF-C02
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
CV0-004
Cloud+
Next step
Start with a short initial discussion
If you are preparing for an accreditation, audit, governance review, or require an independent risk assessment, a short discussion can help clarify the most appropriate next step.
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