GRC is not a certification exercise. It is how your organisation proves to customers, regulators, and partners that your security posture is real and maintained. White Aegis works with banks, fintechs, SaaS companies, and regulated enterprises across India, the UK, the Middle East, and Singapore to build GRC programmes that pass audits and hold up under scrutiny.
A few years ago, ISO 27001 was a differentiator. Today it is a procurement filter. Enterprise customers in the UK, EU, and Singapore will not sign contracts without it. US enterprise clients require SOC 2 before onboarding a vendor. RBI's 2026 Cybersecurity Directions are immediately enforceable for Indian banks, with no transition period. India's DPDP Act 2023 carries penalties up to ₹250 crore for significant breaches.
Organisations that build their GRC programme early stop losing deals to better-prepared competitors. Those that wait scramble to meet each new requirement separately, paying more and taking longer each time.
We focus on the frameworks that have real commercial or regulatory consequences for your organisation, not the ones that look good on a website.
The benchmark for information security management, and the certification most enterprise procurement teams require in the UK, EU, Singapore, and the Middle East. If your sales team is being asked for it, this is what removes that obstacle.
Required by US enterprise clients before signing contracts with SaaS vendors and IT service providers. Type II runs over a minimum six-month observation period, demonstrating that your controls actually operate consistently, not just that they exist on paper.
Mandatory for any business that processes, stores, or transmits card payment data. Non-compliance is a contractual breach with your payment processor and can result in loss of card acceptance rights, not just regulatory fines.
Binding directions for Indian commercial banks across 233 paragraphs covering governance, VAPT, incident response, CSOC requirements, and third-party risk. Effective from July 2026 with no grace period.
Applies to any organisation that processes personal data of Indian citizens, regardless of where the organisation is based. Penalties reach ₹250 crore for significant breaches.
The US federal baseline, widely adopted by global enterprises with US government exposure or clients who require it. Increasingly used outside the US as a foundation for enterprise risk programmes.
The privacy extension to ISO 27001, covering personal data protection within your information security management system. Relevant for organisations with GDPR, DPDP Act, or cross-border data obligations.
Business Continuity Planning and Business Impact Analysis. Required under several regulatory frameworks and increasingly a condition of enterprise insurance and client contracts.
Every engagement starts with a gap assessment, not a sales pitch. We map your current controls against your target framework, tell you exactly where you stand, and give you a realistic timeline and cost before you commit to anything.
Our clients include commercial banks, NBFCs, insurance companies, fintech startups, SaaS companies, IT and ITES firms, healthcare providers, and manufacturers across India, the UK, the Middle East, Singapore, and North America. We have run GRC programmes for a 30-person startup preparing its first SOC 2 and for large banks building full RBI-compliant frameworks.
Security risk does not follow industry lines. What we bring to every engagement is the ability to take a complex regulatory framework and turn it into controls that actually work in your specific environment.
Most GRC programmes produce documentation that never gets used and controls that exist only on paper. The same three problems come up repeatedly.
Frameworks like ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are written for auditors. Without someone who can translate those requirements into what your team actually needs to build and maintain, you end up with policies that do not reflect how your organisation works — and auditors notice.
GRC implementation also runs parallel to everything else your security and IT teams are doing. Without dedicated resource or outside support, timelines slip and certification dates move quarter after quarter.
The third issue is timing. Finding a significant control gap during an audit is expensive and sometimes means a failed certification. A proper gap assessment at the start catches these before the auditor does.
For a focused scope, typically four to nine months. A broader programme covering multiple frameworks or a larger organisation takes longer. We run a gap assessment at the start of every engagement so you have a realistic timeline before implementation work begins.
ISO 27001 certifies your information security management system against an international standard. SOC 2 is an attestation by an independent auditor that your controls meet the Trust Services Criteria — primarily required by US enterprise clients from SaaS vendors and IT service providers. Many organisations pursue both: ISO 27001 for international credibility, SOC 2 for US market access.
Internal teams know your business and are essential to getting a GRC programme right. What they typically lack is specialist framework knowledge, audit experience, and the bandwidth to run an implementation project on top of their existing workload. We work alongside your team, not instead of them.
Yes. Gap assessments, policy work, risk registers, evidence collection, and audit preparation are all delivered remotely. We work across time zones with clients in the UK, Middle East, Singapore, and North America regularly.
We map your current controls, policies, and practices against your target framework and produce a prioritised gap register: what is missing, what needs updating, and what is already compliant. It gives you a clear picture of scope, effort, and timeline before any implementation begins.
Certification timelines are not forgiving. Get in touch with White Aegis and we will tell you honestly where your gaps are and what it will take to close them.
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