Compliance Advisory
Practical guidance to meet regulatory and standards-based obligations — sized to what your business actually needs, not built to impress an auditor who was never going to show up.
What this covers
Compliance work has a habit of becoming a paperwork exercise disconnected from what actually keeps a business safe. This service line is built the other way round — start from your real regulatory obligations and your real risk, then document what's genuinely needed to meet them, no more and no less.
Grounded in direct exposure to the Singapore Cybersecurity Act, PDPA, and MAS Technology Risk Management guidelines, alongside ISO 27001 Lead Auditor certification — so the guidance reflects what regulators and auditors are actually looking for, not a generic template.
What's included
In scope
- Regulatory readiness (Cybersecurity Act, PDPA, MAS TRM)
- ISO 27001 gap assessment & certification support
- Policy & documentation development
- Breach notification process review
- Vendor and third-party compliance obligations
- Data Protection Service (ongoing retainer)
Not included
- Formal ISO 27001 accredited audit (independent auditor required)
- Legal advice or regulatory representation
- Litigation or regulatory investigation support
Data Protection Service
An ongoing retainer for businesses that need a dedicated point of contact for PDPA obligations — data protection queries, breach response coordination, and staying current as guidance evolves — without hiring a full-time data protection officer.
This runs as a separate, clearly-scoped retainer alongside project-based compliance work, since it's a standing commitment rather than a fixed-duration engagement. Depending on the client's needs, this can operate as formal DPO appointment under PDPA or as an advisory-only data protection contact — worth clarifying which at the outset, since the two carry different levels of formal accountability.
How an engagement typically starts
With a gap assessment against whichever framework is actually relevant to your business — PDPA for most Singapore companies handling personal data, the Cybersecurity Act if you're a Critical Information Infrastructure operator, MAS TRM if you're in or adjacent to financial services, ISO 27001 if a customer or partner is asking for it.
From there, the work focuses on closing the gaps that matter most first — not producing the thickest possible binder of policies.
Who this is for
SMEs that need to demonstrate compliance to a regulator, customer, or partner, but don't have (and don't need) a full-time compliance function to get there.