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Protego is an information security practice for regulated industries. We take fintech, banking and RegTech teams from gap analysis to certified — and keep them there.
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Services
Four disciplines, delivered by the people who do the work.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
The management system, the evidence, and the people to run it.
- SVC.01.1
ISO 27001 Certification & ISMS Implementation
We build the management system and evidence your auditor will ask for, and stay with you through certification.
- SVC.01.2
Information Security Office as a Service (vCISO)
Outsourced security leadership for organisations that need the function before they need a full-time hire.
- SVC.01.3
Risk Assessment & Risk Register Management
Identify what actually threatens you, and keep the register current as things change.
- SVC.01.4
Third-Party & Vendor Risk Management
Assess the risk your suppliers introduce, on a cadence that matches your obligations.
- SVC.01.5
Framework & Regulatory Advisory
SOC 2 readiness, ISO 27701, PCI DSS, GDPR and local data protection requirements, scoped to what applies to you.
Technical Assurance
Testing and review of the systems and code you run.
- SVC.02.1
Penetration Testing
Web, API, mobile, infrastructure and cloud, tested manually and reported with fixes your engineers can act on.
- SVC.02.2
Secure Code Review
Line-level review of the code that handles identity, money, and personal data.
- SVC.02.3
Cloud Security Posture Assessment
AWS and Azure environments reviewed against misconfiguration and access risk.
- SVC.02.4
Architecture & Configuration Review
A second set of eyes on how systems are built, before they're in production.
- SVC.02.5
Vulnerability Management
Ongoing scanning and triage, not a one-time report that goes stale.
Managed Security & IT Governance
Day-to-day operations that keep controls in place after the audit.
- SVC.03.1
Outsourced IT Governance
License and asset lifecycle management, so nothing lapses without you noticing.
- SVC.03.2
Endpoint Security Monitoring
Antivirus/EDR deployment and patch compliance tracked continuously.
- SVC.03.3
Access & Identity Governance
Provisioning, de-provisioning, and access reviews run on a fixed schedule.
- SVC.03.4
Incident Response Planning & Tabletop Exercises
A plan that has been tested before you need it, not just written.
Advisory
Ongoing guidance for leadership and staff.
- SVC.04.1
Virtual CISO Retainer
Ongoing strategic security leadership on a monthly cadence.
- SVC.04.2
Security Awareness Training
Practical training for staff, built around how your organisation actually works.
How we work
A sequence, not a retainer with no end state.
- 01
Assess
We map your systems, data flows, and obligations, then test them. You get a clear picture of where you stand against the standard.
- 02
Remediate
We work alongside your engineers to close gaps — controls implemented and documented, not just listed in a report.
- 03
Certify
We prepare the evidence pack, run the internal audit, and support you through Stage 1 and Stage 2 with the certification body.
- 04
Monitor
Access reviews, vulnerability management, and reporting continue on a fixed cadence so surveillance audits hold no surprises.
Who we serve
Built inside a regulated compliance business.
Protego began as the security function behind Idenfo, a KYC and AML compliance technology company, and remains its founding client. The work was practical from the start: certify a platform that handles identity data, and keep it certified while it ships.
We now bring the same practice to organisations under comparable scrutiny — regulated financial services, banking technology providers, RegTech and fintech firms answering to supervisors, certification bodies, and their own enterprise customers.
If your security posture has to survive a due diligence questionnaire, a regulator's question, or a Stage 2 audit, that is the standard we work to.
- Sectors
- Banking, fintech, RegTech, compliance technology
- Frameworks
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 readiness, OWASP ASVS
- Founding client
- Idenfo — KYC / AML compliance technology
- Delivery
- Embedded with your engineering and compliance teams
Why Protego
Protego means “I shield.” We take the verb literally.
- 01
Audit-ready documentation
Every control we implement arrives with the evidence trail an auditor expects, written to be read by someone who was not in the room.
- 02
Hands-on technical delivery
We test, review code, and configure controls ourselves. The policy set is the output of the work, not a substitute for it.
- 03
Fluent in regulated environments
We have answered supervisor questions and enterprise due diligence on live platforms handling identity and financial data.
- 04
Continuity after certification
Certification is a date, not a finish line. We stay for surveillance audits, new products, and the changes in between.
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