Cyber, data and third-party risk, run as one discipline.
Risk is not a project. Reduce Risk treats cyber, data and vendor risk as a single operating discipline, sized to the organisation, and reported in language your leadership team can act on.
See
One register covering cyber, data and third-party exposure, ranked by business consequence.
Secure
Identity, email, endpoint and data controls managed to a measurable standard.
Report
What moved this quarter, what it means, and what happens next.
One register
Cyber, data and vendor risk held in a single prioritised view.
MDR
Managed detection and response with named escalation paths.
Quarterly
Leadership risk review on a fixed rhythm, not on incident day.
Business terms
Exposure expressed as consequence and cost, never as CVE counts.
Risk is rarely unmanaged. It is usually managed in four places by nobody in particular.
Fragmented ownership
Cyber sits with IT, data with legal, vendors with procurement. No single view, no single owner.
Identity as the soft edge
Most incidents start with a credential, not an exploit. Access reviews are annual at best.
Reporting nobody can act on
Dashboards count alerts and patches. Leadership still cannot say whether exposure went up or down.
Unassessed third parties
Suppliers hold your data and connect to your systems, with no review since the contract was signed.
The standard the outcome is held to.
Risk is discussed in business terms, not CVE counts. Cyber, data and third-party exposure sit in one register. Leadership sees what moved this quarter and why. Escalation paths are named, tested and understood before an incident, not during one.
- A prioritised risk register tied to business consequences, not CVE counts.
- Identity, email and endpoint protection managed to measurable outcomes.
- Third-party risk visible and reviewed on a defined cadence.
- Executive-grade reporting: what changed, what it means, what happens next.
A rehearsed sequence, not a bespoke project.
Assess
Cyber posture, data handling and third-party exposure against the maturity rating.
Prioritise
One register, ranked by business consequence and cost to remediate.
Secure
Managed identity, email, endpoint and data protection to a defined standard.
Detect
Monitored detection and response with named escalation paths, tested.
Report
Quarterly executive review: what moved, why, and what is next.
Coverage scales with the NumataOne service tier.
Each tier includes everything in the one before it.
Core
Managed identity, email and endpoint protection, with a baseline risk register and annual review.
Standard
Adds vulnerability and patch management, access reviews and half-yearly risk reporting.
Premium
Adds 24/7 managed detection and response, data classification and quarterly executive risk review.
Enterprise
Adds third-party risk management, rehearsed incident scenarios and evidence prepared for audit, insurer or acquirer.
What leadership can review, and when.
- Risk register with movement over time.
- Control effectiveness metrics.
- Incident timeline and lessons-learned record.
- Third-party review status by supplier tier.
A risk register that only a technical team can read is not a risk register. It is a backlog with better formatting.
Questions leadership teams ask.
How is this different from buying a security product?
Products cover controls. This outcome covers the discipline around them: who owns each risk, how exposure is ranked against business consequence, how detection is monitored and escalated, and how leadership sees movement quarter to quarter.
What goes into the risk register?
Cyber exposure, data handling and retention risk, and third-party or supplier risk, each with an owner, a business consequence, a current rating and a remediation position. It is maintained continuously, not rebuilt for audits.
Do we need managed detection and response?
If the business cannot tolerate an intrusion going unnoticed overnight or over a weekend, yes. Detection without a monitored response path simply records the incident. Coverage is sized to the tier and the risk appetite.
How do you assess third-party risk without slowing procurement?
Suppliers are tiered by the data and access they hold. Only the higher tiers get a full assessment, and those reviews run on a defined cadence so procurement is never waiting on a queue.
How is progress measured?
By movement in the register, control effectiveness metrics, and time to detect and respond. The quarterly review states what changed, what it means for the business, and what is scheduled next.