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Software, security and the systems businesses run on.
A representative cross-section of commercial engagements — anonymized by sector and region where
confidentiality applies. The pattern is consistent: a hard problem in, something measurably better out.
Business Systems · OptimizationFintech · United Kingdom
Plugging a billing system that was quietly leaking revenue.
A fast-growing payments business was losing money it couldn't fully account for — charges dropped between systems, manual reconciliation everywhere, and a finance team buried in spreadsheets.
ChallengeLegacy billing tooling with no single source of truth. Usage events, invoices and the ledger disagreed, and no one could say by how much or why.
ApproachWe instrumented the full billing path, built an automated, reconciled invoicing platform integrated with their ledger, and added controls that flag discrepancies before they reach a customer.
DeliveredA replatformed billing engine, automated reconciliation, and a finance dashboard that closes the month in days, not weeks.
OutcomeRecovered an estimated 3–5% of previously leaked revenue and cut month-end close time by roughly two thirds.
BillingAutomationData integrationFinance ops
Data & AI · AnalyticsHealthcare · European Union
Turning fragmented clinical data into decisions clinicians trust.
A multi-site healthcare provider had rich data trapped in incompatible systems, and leadership was making operational calls on stale, hand-built reports.
ChallengeSiloed source systems, inconsistent definitions, and reporting that took analysts days to assemble and no one fully trusted.
ApproachWe built governed data pipelines into a central lakehouse, modeled consistent metrics, and delivered self-serve dashboards with privacy controls appropriate to clinical data.
DeliveredA governed data platform, a trusted metric layer, and operational dashboards across sites — with lineage and access controls throughout.
OutcomeReporting that was once measured in days now lands in near real time, and operational reviews run from a single agreed set of numbers.
Data engineeringLakehouseBIData governance
Enterprise Apps · ModernizationLogistics · EU / US
Replatforming a logistics ERP without stopping the trucks.
An ageing, heavily customized ERP was holding a logistics operator back — slow, fragile, and impossible to change safely as the business grew across borders.
ChallengeA decade of bespoke customization on an unsupported platform, with operations that could not tolerate a big-bang cutover.
ApproachWe modernized incrementally — strangling functionality across to a supported platform module by module, with integration and automated testing protecting live operations at every step.
DeliveredA modern, supported ERP core, re-engineered procurement and fulfilment workflows, and integrations that ended manual re-keying between systems.
OutcomeOrder processing time fell materially, change that once took months now ships in weeks, and the cutover landed with no operational outage.
ERPLegacy modernizationIntegrationWorkflow
Cloud & DevOps · PerformanceRetail · United Kingdom
Making an e-commerce platform fast — and ready for peak.
A retailer's storefront buckled under campaign traffic and cost a fortune to run, with releases that were slow and nerve-wracking.
ChallengeA monolithic platform with poor observability, painful deployments, and performance that collapsed exactly when marketing succeeded.
ApproachWe re-architected hot paths, introduced containerized services, automated the release pipeline, and added SLO-based monitoring and cost controls.
DeliveredA faster, observable platform with automated CI/CD, autoscaling for peak, and a cloud bill brought back under control.
OutcomePage-load times roughly halved, peak-traffic incidents effectively eliminated, and cloud run-cost reduced by around 30%.
Cloud-nativeCI/CDPerformanceFinOps
Digital Forensics · DFIRLegal · United Kingdom
Reconstructing the truth for a high-stakes dispute.
A law firm needed defensible answers — fast — about what happened on a set of devices and systems central to contested litigation.
ChallengeTime pressure, a mix of endpoints, cloud and mobile sources, and a standard of evidence that had to hold up under challenge.
ApproachWe forensically collected and analyzed across disk, memory, cloud and mobile, preserving chain of custody, and produced a clear, exhibit-backed timeline.
DeliveredA defensible investigation, documented methodology, and expert reporting suitable for proceedings.
OutcomeThe findings withstood legal scrutiny and gave counsel a clear, evidenced account to act on.
ForensicseDiscoveryChain of custodyExpert reporting
Cyber Defense · OT / ICSManufacturing · European Union
Securing a factory floor without halting production.
A manufacturer's operational technology had grown organically and was dangerously exposed, but production could not stop for security work.
ChallengeFlat networks bridging IT and OT, legacy controllers, and no tolerance for downtime on the production line.
ApproachWe mapped the environment, segmented IT from OT, deployed monitoring suited to industrial protocols, and built an incident playbook the site could actually run.
DeliveredA segmented, monitored OT estate, hardened remote access, and a tested response plan — delivered around production schedules.
OutcomeLateral-movement risk between IT and OT was sharply reduced, with continuous visibility where there had been none.
OT securitySegmentationMonitoringIR planning
Cloud & DevOps · FinOpsTechnology · United States
Cutting a SaaS company's cloud bill while improving reliability.
A scaling SaaS business was burning cash on cloud and firefighting reliability at the same time — growth was making both worse.
ChallengeOver-provisioned infrastructure, no cost accountability, and reliability gaps that surfaced as customer-visible incidents.
ApproachWe migrated to a right-sized, IaC-managed platform, introduced SLOs and observability, and put FinOps practices and guardrails in place.
DeliveredA modern, codified platform with reliability targets, cost visibility per team, and automated waste removal.
OutcomeCloud spend reduced by roughly a third even as load grew, with a measurable drop in customer-impacting incidents.
FinOpsIaCSREObservability
Mobile Verification · MVTSCivil Society · Global
Protecting people whose phones are a target.
Journalists and human-rights defenders had credible reason to believe their devices were being targeted by mercenary spyware.
ChallengeHigh-risk individuals, sophisticated commercial surveillance implants, and a need for discretion and care throughout.
ApproachWe forensically verified the devices for Pegasus-class indicators, remediated where compromise was found, and put ongoing hardening and monitoring in place.
DeliveredDevice verification, remediation, and continuous protection for at-risk principals — handled quietly.
OutcomeAffected individuals regained a trusted device and an ongoing safety net, with practical guidance they could live with.
MVTSSpyware detectionMobile hardeningHigh-risk protection
Biometrics & Identity · Public SectorGovernment · European Union
Scaling an identity-onboarding system to national volume.
A public-sector identity programme needed to enrol and verify people reliably at a scale its existing system could not sustain.
ChallengeMillions of records, strict accuracy and interoperability requirements, and latency that had to stay low under heavy load.
ApproachWe optimized the biometric matching and deduplication pipeline, tuned large-database search, and aligned data handling to recognized biometric interchange standards.
DeliveredA higher-throughput identity pipeline, reduced match latency, and standards-aligned interoperability.
OutcomeIdentification turnaround improved substantially at national scale, with accuracy and throughput both holding under load.
IdentityABISPerformanceStandards
Secure Comms · CryptographyFinancial Services · United Kingdom
Getting ahead of the quantum threat to long-lived secrets.
A financial institution held data that must stay confidential for decades and wanted a credible, prioritized path to quantum-resistant cryptography.
ChallengeCryptography spread across many systems, unclear crypto-agility, and a 'harvest-now, decrypt-later' risk to long-lived data.
ApproachWe inventoried cryptographic use, reviewed implementations against current best practice, and built a phased migration plan toward post-quantum readiness.
DeliveredA cryptographic inventory, an implementation review, and a crypto-agility roadmap with clear sequencing.
OutcomeThe organization moved from an unknown exposure to a measured, prioritized programme it could fund and track.
CryptographyPost-quantumCrypto-agilityReview
TEMPEST / EMSEC · FacilitiesCritical Infrastructure · European Union
Certifying a space that simply could not leak.
A critical-infrastructure operator needed a secure facility whose sensitive processing could not be reconstructed from outside the room.
ChallengeCompromising emanations, an existing space not built for it, and an exacting emanation profile to meet and prove.
ApproachWe assessed and zoned the facility, specified shielding and filtering, and verified attenuation through instrumented measurement.
DeliveredA zoned, shielded space with documented emanation performance and the gear specified to maintain it.
OutcomeThe facility met its required emanation profile, evidenced by measurement rather than assertion.
TEMPESTShieldingRF surveyCertification support
Business Admin · AutomationInsurance · United Kingdom
Taking the manual grind out of back-office insurance ops.
An insurer's back office was drowning in repetitive, error-prone administrative work that scaled headcount linearly with volume.
ChallengeHigh-volume manual processing across disconnected systems, with errors and backlogs that grew with the book.
ApproachWe automated the highest-volume workflows with RPA and integration, added document capture, and put operational reporting around the whole flow.
DeliveredAutomated back-office workflows, integrated systems, and management reporting on throughput and exceptions.
OutcomeProcessing capacity rose sharply without added headcount, error rates fell, and staff moved to work that needed judgment.
RPABack-officeDocument managementReporting
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