Clear, practical cyber risk management aligned to how organisations actually operate.
Risk Management
Understanding Cyber Risk
Effective cyber security starts with understanding the risks to an organisation’s information assets. These risks typically fall into three broad categories: insider threat, external cyber threat, and cyber threats that exploit low awareness or low threat IQ within an organisation.
Each of these threats has multiple variants and evolves over time, adapting to the vulnerabilities present within people, processes and technology. Risk increases significantly when an organisation becomes a target, whether because it holds valuable financial, commercial or political assets, or because it represents something others seek to disrupt.
Analysing Threats and Vulnerabilities
Identifying which threats are relevant requires an understanding of how modern cyber threats operate and how they exploit organisational weaknesses.
Effective analysis considers not just technical vulnerabilities, but also human behaviour, supplier relationships and operational dependencies.
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IL7 Security applies deep technical knowledge and practical experience to assess how threats interact with an organisation’s specific environment, enabling a clear and proportionate view of risk.
Managing Risk in Practice
Managing cyber risk requires balance. Controls must be strong enough to reduce exposure while allowing the organisation to operate, grow and adapt. IL7 supports this balance through a combination of defensive architecture, monitoring and analytics, and improved communication and awareness across the organisation.
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Our work focuses on understanding what business assets are truly valuable, identifying vulnerabilities, and introducing controls to eliminate or reduce risk. Where risk is taken to enable opportunity or change, we help organisations understand the consequences and implement measures to reduce impact should that risk materialise.
Business-Focused Risk Framework
IL7 consultants operate within a framework aligned to ISO 31000 principles, clauses and guidelines. We begin by establishing the context in which the organisation operates, whether central or local government, transport, utilities or service providers.
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Our consultancy goes beyond producing static risk assessment documentation. We focus on active risk management, including how security and risk are communicated, how controls are monitored, and how progress is maintained over time. The objective is to build internal capability, support continual improvement and ensure risk management remains effective as threats evolve.
