Sector · Technology, SaaS & RegTech
Governance and assurance that unblocks enterprise sales
Enterprise buyers, procurement teams and investors want evidence before they sign: certified security management, accountable privacy, defensible data transfers, governed suppliers and, increasingly, governed AI. IG-Smart helps technology suppliers build that evidence proportionately, without slowing the product.
Lead evidence
Clini-Hub
Embedded governance and clinical-safety support since start-up
NHS AI Toolkit, DSPT, DTAC and clinical-safety governance from start-up
6 published cases in this sector
What is at stake
What makes governance difficult here
- Enterprise security questionnaires
- Due-diligence questionnaires and tenders ask for ISO/IEC 27001 or equivalent evidence. Without it, deals stall in procurement.
- Privacy that scales with customers
- Processor obligations, DPAs and sub-processor lists multiply as customers grow; someone has to own them credibly.
- Customer data across borders
- Cloud hosting, offshore teams and international customers create transfers that buyers will ask you to justify.
- Your own supply chain
- Customers inherit risk from your cloud and SaaS providers and expect you to have assessed them.
- AI in the product
- Enterprise buyers now ask how AI features are inventoried, risk-assessed and overseen before adoption.
- Investor and Board diligence
- Funding rounds and acquisitions test whether governance is real or only documented.
Where IG-Smart helps
The services that matter in this sector
- ISO/IEC 27001 ReadinessFor suppliers whose customers or tenders require a certifiable ISMS.
- Fractional & Outsourced DPO ServicesFor accountable privacy leadership without a full-time appointment.
- International Data Transfer AssuranceFor showing customers your hosting, support and sub-processor transfers are covered.
- Managed Supplier AssuranceFor continuing assurance over the cloud and SaaS providers your customers depend on.
- Managed AI Governance & AssuranceFor governing AI features enterprise buyers will question.
- Cyber Resilience & Supplier AssuranceFor senior cyber governance and Board-level reporting as you scale.
Common requirements
Requirements and frameworks buyers commonly encounter
Depending on the organisation, activities and jurisdiction, relevant requirements may include:
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022, where customers or tenders require it
- UK GDPR and EU GDPR processor obligations
- International transfer mechanisms (UK IDTA / Addendum, EU SCCs)
- Customer security due-diligence questionnaires and contractual security schedules
Relevant evidence
Published work in this sector
Named client
Clini-Hub
Embedded governance and clinical-safety support since start-up
NHS AI Toolkit, DSPT, DTAC and clinical-safety governance from start-up
Read the case studyNamed client
accurx
Retained DPO and NHS IG support
Retained DPO services · privacy and NHS information-governance support during growth
Read the case studyNamed client
Jigsaw Create
ISO/IEC 27001 readiness, penetration testing and training
ISO/IEC 27001 readiness and cyber assurance
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Client voices
What clients in this sector say
“Michael and his team have a deep knowledge of legislation and best practice on privacy and data protection. They work hard to understand the context we operate in and advise us appropriately. They deliver high quality DPO services.”
Matt HoneymanIG and Policy Lead, Operations, accurx“IG-Smart took the time to truly understand our business before providing concise, pragmatic and expert-level advice...”
Stephen ScanlanMD, Jigsaw Create“Their team’s depth of expertise and unwavering dedication has enabled Clini-Hub to achieve and maintain full compliance with all NHS standards applicable to us, including the AI Toolkit, DSPT, DTAC, and DCB standards.”
Hugh PassmoreCEO, Clini-Hub NHS standards governance for an AI HealthTech company
How clients engage
Ways organisations in this sector work with us
Defined engagements
Assessment, audit, readiness, remediation, assurance and defined programmes.
Managed & retained capability
Ongoing specialist governance and assurance where continuity matters.
Relevant practitioners
Who brings experience in this sector
Michael AbtarCEO and FounderGovernance, risk and assurance specialist with more than 18 years' experience spanning privacy, cyber resilience, AI governance, digital transformation, healthcare and complex regulated organisations.
Dr Bright MawudorSenior Cyber Security ConsultantCybersecurity specialist with 10+ years' experience and founder of Africahackon, combining security engineering and technical assurance with expertise in cyber governance, resilience, vulnerability management and organisational risk.
Procurement & trust