Do you provide a vCISO service?
Yes — fractional CISO engagements typically 2 to 8 days per month, with full board reporting.
Extended FAQs
Extended FAQs — Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance
Extended answers to the questions buyers, boards and procurement teams ask before commissioning Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance.
- ISO/IEC 27001 Certified
- ISO/IEC 27701 Certified
- ISO 9001 Certified
Delivered by an ISO/IEC 27001, 27701 & 9001 certified organisation
How do you measure cybersecurity ROI?
Three lenses: risk reduction (quantified loss expectancy), audit and regulator outcomes, and cyber-insurance premium impact. We baseline at kickoff and trend quarterly.
Do you provide 24×7 SOC services?
Yes — managed SOC with tuned use-cases, threat hunting and incident response. We deliver standalone or alongside Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike Falcon, Splunk and Sentinel One.
Penetration test or red team — which do we need?
Pentests validate specific controls and assets. Red teams test detection and response holistically against a defined objective. Most mature programmes run pentests quarterly and a red team annually.
How is this different from our current MSSP?
We provide advisory, leadership and assurance — strategy, board reporting, regulator response, third-party reviews. An MSSP runs the tooling; we make sure the right tooling is run for the right reasons.
Can you support a live incident today?
Yes. Our DFIR retainer guarantees a 1-hour response SLA for ransomware, BEC and breach response. Non-retainer clients can be onboarded within 4 hours.
Do you cover OT and ICS environments?
Yes — IEC 62443-aligned assessments and segmentation work for oil & gas, utilities and manufacturing clients.
How experienced is the team that will actually deliver Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance?
Every engagement is led by a partner or principal with at least 12 years in cybersecurity and supported by certified consultants (CISA, CISM, CISSP, CIPP/E, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 42001 Lead Implementer, OSCP, CREST). You meet the actual delivery team before contracts are signed.
How do you handle confidentiality and data residency?
All client data stays within the regions you authorise. NDAs are signed before scoping calls, and we offer fully on-premise delivery for sensitive engagements. For UAE and KSA clients, evidence remains in-country by default.
Can MAST work alongside our existing Big 4 auditor?
Yes. We routinely collaborate with EY, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, BDO and Grant Thornton as your implementation partner while they retain audit independence. Roles are agreed upfront in writing to preserve auditor independence rules.
Do you offer multi-year continuous compliance?
Yes — our Managed Compliance Service operates the programme on a monthly subscription, covering control monitoring, evidence collection, internal audit and recertification across every framework in scope.
How is success measured?
Success criteria are agreed in the engagement charter — typically a passed certification or regulator submission, an audit-ready evidence repository, trained control owners and a 12-month continuous-improvement plan.