AXPERTCYBERBahrain | GCC | MENA

GRC Consulting Services

Governance, risk, and compliance consulting for your business.

AxpertCyber's GRC consulting service empowers organizations to effectively manage governance, risk, and compliance. We offer tailored solutions that integrate best practices and innovative technologies, ensuring robust risk management and regulatory adherence while improving resilience and performance.

Cyber Security GRC Service Catalogue

Managed by in-house highly certified team of GRC Consultants and Auditors.

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ISO 27001 CONSULTING AND CERTIFICATION

GRC service portfolio

ISO 27001 consulting and certification

Build, certify, and continuously improve an information security management system that aligns with the ISO 27001 standard and the customer's risk profile.

  • •ISMS scoping, gap assessment, and statement of applicability
  • •Risk treatment, control implementation, and internal audit
  • •Stage 1 and Stage 2 audit support and post-certification maintenance
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ISO 22301 consulting and certification

Stand up a business continuity management system that keeps critical services running through disruption and satisfies ISO 22301 expectations.

  • •Business impact analysis and continuity strategy design
  • •Continuity plans, exercising, and recovery validation
  • •Audit readiness and certification body coordination
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Cybersecurity maturity assessments

Benchmark identity, data, cloud, and operational security maturity against leading frameworks and produce a prioritised improvement roadmap.

  • •Capability maturity scoring across people, process, and technology
  • •Peer benchmarking and target state definition
  • •Board-ready maturity report and roadmap
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NIST CSF consultancy and central bank compliance

Apply the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and central bank cybersecurity mandates to the customer's environment with controls, evidence, and reporting.

  • •NIST CSF function and category assessment
  • •Central bank cybersecurity mandate mapping and evidence collection
  • •Remediation tracking and regulator-ready reporting
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SAMA and Saudi Aramco CCC certification consultancy

Meet the SAMA cybersecurity framework and Saudi Aramco CCC third-party compliance requirements for financial services and energy sector suppliers.

  • •SAMA CSF and SAMA cloud controls assessment
  • •Aramco CCC questionnaire completion and evidence pack
  • •Continuous compliance monitoring and renewal support
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Managed detection and response / managed SOC

Outsource 24/7 detection, triage, and incident response to a managed SOC with integrated MDR workflows tuned to the customer environment.

  • •SIEM/SOAR onboarding and use case tuning
  • •Continuous monitoring, alert triage, and response playbooks
  • •Monthly threat reporting and executive briefings
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GDPR and PDPL compliance

Operationalise GDPR and Saudi PDPL obligations across privacy notices, data subject rights, processing records, and cross-border transfers.

  • •Data protection impact assessments and privacy program design
  • •Records of processing, consent, and data subject request handling
  • •Cross-border transfer mechanisms and regulator liaison
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Brand protection, dark web monitoring, and EASM

Continuously monitor the external attack surface, leaked credentials, and impersonation attempts targeting the customer's brand.

  • •Domain, subdomain, and certificate exposure scanning
  • •Dark web and credential leak monitoring
  • •Brand abuse and phishing takedown coordination
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SOC 2 compliance and ESG reporting

Achieve SOC 2 Type I or Type 2 readiness and align cybersecurity disclosures with ESG reporting expectations for stakeholders.

  • •Trust services criteria scoping and gap assessment
  • •Control design, evidence collection, and audit support
  • •Cybersecurity metrics aligned with ESG disclosures
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PCI-DSS consultancy and certification

Scope, implement, and maintain PCI-DSS controls for cardholder data environments across merchants, processors, and service providers.

  • •Cardholder data environment scoping and segmentation
  • •Control implementation, SAQ support, and ROC readiness
  • •Continuous compliance and annual re-certification
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Virtual CISO, managed resources, and advisory

Provide executive security leadership and specialist capacity through vCISO, fractional security, and managed advisory engagements.

  • •vCISO leadership covering strategy, board reporting, and risk
  • •Fractional security architects and engineers
  • •Cybersecurity advisory for IT, OT, and product teams
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Cyber-drill, tabletop, and breach simulations

Validate incident response plans with realistic exercises aligned to ransomware, insider, and supply chain attack scenarios.

  • •Tabletop and purple team exercise design and facilitation
  • •Technical breach and attack simulations against production-like environments
  • •Maturity scoring and remediation action plan
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Incident response retainer

Pre-arranged access to incident response specialists with defined SLAs for triage, containment, and recovery during an active incident.

  • •Hot, warm, and cold retainer options with defined SLAs
  • •Forensic readiness assessment and playbook hardening
  • •Post-incident reporting and lessons learned workshops
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IT audits

Independent assessment of IT general controls, application controls, and regulatory compliance to satisfy internal audit and external stakeholders.

  • •IT general controls review across identity, change, and operations
  • •Application and system-level control testing
  • •Audit-ready findings, risk ratings, and remediation tracking
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Methodology alignment

Assessment work mapped to recognized security frameworks and control priorities.

Our methodology aligns with internationally recognized security frameworks including OWASP Top 10, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001.

  • OWASP Top 10
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  • CIS Benchmarks
  • PCI DSS
  • ISO 27001
  • SOC 2
  • PDPL

GRC engagement process

From scoping and discovery to certification, reporting, and continuous improvement.

GRC engagements follow a structured path from scope and stakeholder alignment through risk treatment, audit-ready evidence, certification, and ongoing improvement, calibrated to the standards and regulators involved.

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Scope and stakeholder alignment

We confirm the standards, regulators, business units, and audit cadence the GRC engagement needs to satisfy.

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Risk treatment and control design

Our consultants design or refine the controls, processes, and ownership needed to meet the standard and reduce real-world risk.

03

Evidence and audit readiness

We collect, structure, and validate evidence so internal and external auditors can review without rework or surprises.

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Certification and continuous improvement

We support certification, surveillance, and ongoing improvements so the GRC programme stays current after the initial rollout.

Next step

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