Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks that work in practice — not just on paper. Paragon builds GRC programmes tailored to your sector, scale, and strategic objectives.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance are inseparable. We build programmes that integrate all three into a single, coherent framework — not three separate workstreams that don't talk to each other.
The structures, roles, and accountabilities that ensure security decisions are made deliberately and at the right level — from board to operations.
A structured, repeatable approach to identifying, assessing, treating, and monitoring information security risks — aligned to your organisation's risk appetite.
Mapping your controls to the regulations and standards that matter for your sector — and keeping pace as those obligations evolve.
GRC requirements vary enormously by sector. Our consultants bring deep domain knowledge of the regulatory landscape, common risks, and control patterns relevant to your industry.
FCA obligations, DORA, PRA supervisory expectations, and operational resilience frameworks
DSPT compliance, Data Security Standards, CQC expectations, and NHS Digital requirements
Cyber Essentials mandates, NCSC guidance, PSN compliance, and GDS security requirements
SOC 2, ISO 27001, customer security questionnaires, and enterprise procurement requirements
NIS2, IEC 62443 for OT/ICS environments, supply chain security, and product security obligations
PCI DSS, consumer data protection, third-party payment processor risk, and fraud prevention controls
Every GRC engagement starts with a genuine understanding of your organisation — not a template. We bring structure to complexity and build programmes your team can actually run.
We map your regulatory obligations, existing controls, risk appetite, and stakeholder landscape before recommending anything.
Week 1–2Current-state assessment against your target framework — producing a gap register, maturity score, and prioritised remediation roadmap.
Week 2–3Architecture of your GRC programme — governance structure, risk methodology, policy hierarchy, control framework, and reporting cadence.
Week 3–5Production of all required documentation — policies, procedures, risk register, SoA, and reporting templates — and embedding with your team.
Week 5–8Handover, staff briefings, and optional ongoing advisory retainer to ensure the programme stays live and effective as your organisation evolves.
Week 8+ (optional)v2.4 — Q1 Review
Our consultants hold accreditations across all major GRC frameworks and translate complex requirements into practical, implemented controls.
| Framework | Sector | Gap Analysis | Implementation | Ongoing Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | All sectors | |||
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 | All sectors | |||
| DORA | Financial services | |||
| NIS2 Directive | Essential & important entities | |||
| Cyber Essentials & CE+ | UK organisations | |||
| UK & EU GDPR | All sectors | |||
| NHS DSPT | Healthcare / NHS supply chain | |||
| PCI DSS v4.0 | Retail, payments |
Full coverage Partial / advisory support
We don't produce documents for the sake of it. Everything we deliver is designed to be read, used, and maintained by your team — not filed and forgotten.
Fully populated risk register with inherent/residual scoring, risk owners, treatment plans, and review cadence.
Complete information security policy library — tailored to your organisation, not off-the-shelf templates.
ISO 27001 SoA with justification for inclusion/exclusion of all 93 Annex A controls, mapped to your environment.
Domain-by-domain maturity scoring with prioritised remediation roadmap and effort estimates.
Executive-ready dashboard and narrative report — designed to brief your board or senior leadership on risk posture.
Mapped control set aligned to your chosen framework(s), with ownership assignments and evidence guidance.
Whether you need a rapid gap analysis or a full programme build, we have an engagement model that fits your timeline and budget.
Understand where you stand before committing to a full programme
End-to-end programme design and implementation
Continuous GRC support as your organisation grows
GRC — Governance, Risk, and Compliance — is the integrated framework through which an organisation manages its security obligations and risk exposure. Most organisations attempt to build GRC piecemeal, resulting in disconnected policies, poorly-maintained risk registers, and compliance activities that don't reduce actual risk. A specialist consultant brings a coherent methodology, cross-sector benchmarking, and the experience to build something that's both audit-ready and operationally useful.
Yes — and the earlier you build good foundations, the less costly it is to maintain them as you grow. Small organisations often face the same regulatory obligations as large ones (GDPR, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 customer requirements) with fewer internal resources to manage them. We scale our programmes to fit organisations from 10 to 10,000 employees — the approach is proportionate to your size and risk profile.
Security Auditing assesses what you already have against a standard — it's evaluative. GRC Consulting builds what you need — it's constructive. If you have no ISMS, no risk register, or no policy framework, auditing it won't help. GRC Consulting designs and implements the programme first. Many clients use both: GRC Consulting to build the programme, then Security Auditing to verify it's working.
For a mid-sized organisation starting from scratch, a full GRC programme — covering governance structure, risk register, policy suite, and control framework — typically takes 6–10 weeks to design and implement. A gap analysis alone can be completed in 1–2 weeks. ISO 27001 certification readiness from a standing start typically requires 4–6 months, depending on the complexity of your environment and how quickly your team can implement remediations.
Yes. We're vendor-neutral and can advise on GRC platform selection — whether that's an enterprise tool like ServiceNow GRC or Archer, a mid-market solution like Vanta or Drata for compliance automation, or a lightweight spreadsheet-based approach for smaller organisations. We help you select the right tool for your maturity level and budget, and can support implementation and data migration.
Book a free consultation and we'll show you what a real, working GRC programme looks like for an organisation your size.