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Organisations with an 85%+ Microsoft Secure Score experience 67% fewer security incidents. We get you there within 90 days.

Microsoft Solutions PartnerISO 27001 AlignedFCA Compliant20+ Years

The Threat Landscape for London Finance & Media

£5.4M

Average breach cost for UK financial services

157 days

Average time to detect a breach in finance

45 days

Average time to contain once detected

The FCA's operational resilience deadline has passed. Since March 2025, regulated firms must demonstrate they can stay within impact tolerances at all times — not just during annual audits. Regulators can ask for proof of continuous compliance at any point. A managed SOC that monitors, detects, and documents around the clock is no longer optional for regulated firms.

The 1-10-60 Standard

The industry benchmark for SOC performance. Most organisations take days. We work to minutes.

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Detect

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Investigate

60

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Contain

The average organisation takes 120+ hours to detect an attack. The 1-10-60 benchmark — set by CrowdStrike — targets 1 minute to detect, 10 to investigate, 60 to contain. That's the standard we hold ourselves to.

How We Protect You

A fully managed SOC built on Microsoft's security ecosystem, operated by engineers who understand regulated industries.

24/7 Threat Detection & Response

  • Continuous monitoring through Microsoft Sentinel — threats surfaced in minutes, not days
  • Automated playbooks triage and escalate so your team only sees what matters
  • Noise filtered out; genuine threats acted on immediately

Incident Investigation & Containment

  • Root-cause analysis and rapid containment before lateral movement
  • After-action reports with clear remediation steps you can hand to your board
  • Full chain-of-custody documentation for regulators

FCA & GDPR Compliance Monitoring

  • Continuous posture monitoring aligned with FCA, GDPR, and ISO 27001
  • Automated audit trails and policy violation alerts — always audit-ready
  • Quarterly compliance reporting your board and regulators can rely on

Smart Cost Optimisation

  • Tuned data connectors and analytics rules — you pay for signal, not noise
  • Tiered retention policies that reduce Sentinel costs by up to 40%
  • Full visibility on what matters most, without runaway cloud spend

Microsoft Secure Score Management

  • We bring your Secure Score to 85%+ within 90 days of onboarding
  • Organisations above 85% experience 67% fewer security incidents
  • Monthly reporting tracks your score against sector benchmarks

Proactive Threat Hunting

  • Manual and automated hunting across your environment — not just waiting for alerts
  • Hypothesis-driven investigations aligned to MITRE ATT&CK
  • Emerging threat intelligence applied before attacks reach you

Industries

Built for London Financial Services

We've spent 20+ years securing asset managers, hedge funds, and brokers across London. We understand FCA expectations, trading-hours uptime requirements, and what a breach actually costs in this sector. Our clients stay because we deliver — not because we lock them in.

Every SOC engagement is built for compliance from day one. FCA operational resilience, PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001 — we map our monitoring, detection, and reporting to the frameworks your regulators and auditors expect to see.

FCA Operational Resilience

Continuous proof of compliance with PS21/3 impact tolerances. Regulators can ask at any time — you'll be ready.

PCI DSS

Monitoring and logging controls for payment card environments. Audit trails maintained automatically.

GDPR

Data protection monitoring, breach detection within reporting windows, and evidence for DPIAs.

ISO 27001

Security controls aligned to Annex A. Continuous monitoring feeds directly into your ISMS.

Industries

Protecting Media & Publishing

Media organisations are high-value targets — and downtime during a publishing cycle isn't an option. We protect the content platforms, editorial systems, and digital archives that media companies depend on every day.

Our SOC monitors your entire environment so your editorial team can focus on output. From ransomware protection for content archives to real-time monitoring of publishing infrastructure, we keep your systems running and your IP safe.

Content platform & CMS security
Broadcast & publishing continuity
IP & digital archive protection
Ransomware detection & response
Proactive infrastructure monitoring
GDPR compliance for audience data
SOC Live — 24/7

Incident Response Roadmap

From First Call to Full Protection

Five steps. No downtime. Your environment secured and continuously monitored.

1

Book

Start the conversation

  • Free security consultation — no obligation
  • We scope your environment, threat surface, and compliance requirements
  • You receive a clear engagement proposal within 48 hours
2

Assess

Map every attack vector

  • AI-powered vulnerability scanning across your entire Microsoft estate
  • Microsoft Secure Score baseline — most clients start at ~50%
  • Gap analysis against FCA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS
  • Risk-ranked remediation roadmap delivered to your board
85%+Target Secure Score
3

Build

Architect your defences

  • Zero-Trust network segmentation — every resource verified, nothing trusted by default
  • Sentinel workspace configured with tuned data connectors and analytics rules
  • Custom detection rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for your sector
  • Log ingestion pipelines optimised to cut noise and reduce costs by up to 40%
4

Deploy

Go live in hours, not weeks

  • Custom SOAR playbooks automate triage, escalation, and containment
  • 40% efficiency gains from automated response workflows
  • Sentinel connected across endpoints, identity, email, and cloud workloads
  • Live monitoring begins — your environment protected from day one
40%Efficiency Gains
5

Transform

Continuous improvement

  • Monthly security dashboards with Secure Score tracking
  • Quarterly board-ready compliance reports for regulators
  • Proactive threat hunting and detection rule refinement
  • Ongoing cost optimisation — tiered retention, tuned connectors
100%Client Retention

Zero-Trust Architecture & Sentinel Ingestion

Every resource verified. Every log ingested. Nothing trusted by default.

DATA SOURCESEndpointsDefender for EndpointIdentityEntra ID + MFAEmail & CollaborationDefender for Office 365Cloud WorkloadsAzure + Microsoft 365NetworkFirewall & NSG logsZERO-TRUST GATEVerify IdentityCheck DeviceEnforce PolicyLeast PrivilegeLog EverythingVERIFIED LOGSALPINE SOCMicrosoft SentinelSIEM + SOARAnalytics RulesAutomated PlaybooksThreat IntelligenceIncident Correlation1-10-60 Response1min detect10min investigate60min contain24/7 MONITORING — ALPINE INTERACTIVE SOC

20+

Years

100%

Client Retention

15+

Year Partnerships

Trusted by industry leaders

Impax Asset Management
Sigma Broking
Regenerate Asset Management
The Spectator
BARB
Educate Direct

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