Our Services.

Strategic cyber security and governance advice

Clear, practical guidance on security, privacy, governance, and operational risk.

We help organisations understand where they stand, what obligations apply to them, and where attention is most needed. The focus is on practical, proportionate advice—not unnecessary complexity.

Cyber security increasingly affects operations, reputation, compliance, and client trust. Combase works alongside management teams to assess risk, review existing controls, and support informed decision-making across security and governance matters.

Security posture and risk assessments

A practical review of your current environment, systems, and operational risks.

We assess areas such as access management, cloud services, backups, third-party providers, staff practices, and handling of sensitive information to help identify gaps, weaknesses, and priorities for improvement.

The outcome is a clear, grounded understanding of where you stand and what actions are likely to have the greatest impact.

ISO 27001 readiness and alignment reviews

Practical guidance for organisations preparing for ISO 27001 or seeking a clearer understanding of their current position against recognised security standards.

We review existing controls, governance, operational practices, and documentation to identify areas of alignment, potential gaps, and priorities for improvement. We also indicate areas likely to attract attention during an audit process and provide practical recommendations for remediation.

The focus is on achievable, proportionate steps that support stronger governance and future audit preparedness.

Privacy and data handling reviews

Combase are veterans of cloud. Our first fully on-line application was built before the cloud became a thing. We were into cloud before it was cool.

We loaded that up onto AWS in 2008 and have never looked back. We acknowledge that migrating to the cloud is a complex and daunting task and have been offering our services to help set up secure, automated cloud accounts in Azure and AWS.

We provide advice on:

How to migrate services to the cloud
How to secure your cloud services
How to get the best value for money out of the cloud
Which cloud providers are best suited to your needs

Cloud and operational security reviews

Practical review of cloud platforms, operational systems, and day-to-day security practices.

We assess areas such as account security, access management, backups, monitoring, configuration, and handling of sensitive information to identify gaps, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.

The focus is on helping organisations maintain appropriate visibility, control, and operational resilience without unnecessary complexity.

Internal audit and control reviews

Sometimes data processing is hard. Sometimes for particular jobs you need to use tools, languages or concepts that are beyond the understanding of your team.
We can help you with that.

Combase is in the process of building a formidable group of data professionals, covering fields from hydrological modelling to actuarial science.

The Combase data team has skills in text handling, natural language processing, geospatial processing and analysis, artificial intelligence and machine learning, Internet of Things, cluster computing, MapReduce and Apache Spark. We are a team that relishes a challenge.

Threat and vulnerability analysis

Targeted review of the threats, vulnerabilities, and operational risks most relevant to your organisation and sector.

We assess areas such as exposed systems, access controls, third-party dependencies, staff practices, and common attack pathways to help identify where your organisation may be vulnerable and what risks are most likely to matter in practice.

Our approach is tailored to the realities of your industry, operational environment, and obligations, with practical recommendations focused on reducing meaningful risk rather than unnecessary complexity.

Supplier and third-party risk reviews

Review of the security, privacy, and operational risks associated with external providers, cloud platforms, and third-party services.

We help organisations understand what responsibilities remain with them, what risks may be introduced through suppliers, and whether reasonable oversight and controls are in place.

The focus is on practical due diligence, clearer visibility of dependencies, and reducing exposure to avoidable operational and security risks.

Incident response planning and preparedness

Preparation and planning for security incidents, operational disruptions, and data breach events.

We help organisations establish practical response procedures covering areas such as cyber incidents, unauthorised access, system outages, and privacy breaches, so key staff understand what to do if something goes wrong.

The focus is on clear communication, sensible preparation, and reducing confusion and operational impact during high-pressure situations.

Executive and staff awareness sessions

Combase offers classroom-based training for users, managers and executives.
Our list of courses is expanding all the time. Listed below are the courses we
are currently running. Use the accordion to discover more detail.

The user course (2 Days on site)

This course is designed to improve awareness of the cloud and to prepare people to start using resources based in the cloud. It gives a short tour of cloud features without going into too much technical detail. It is aimed at people who may perform minor administrative tasks, or to those who manage people who perform such tasks.

Introduction to the cloud (an overview of cloud services)
Just enough networking
Launching and health checking virtual machines
Understanding storage
User management
Things to be careful of

Managers (2 Days on site)

This is a course designed for people who are going to be accountable for how cloud resources are used. It emphasizes the security and administration side and explains in detail where the responsibilities of cloud providers end and the managers responsibility takes over.

Overview of the cloud
The essentials of cloud security
How to stay in control of a cloud account
The essentials of cloud security
Monitoring activity on the cloud
How to size your cloud requirements
How to automate cloud resources

Executives (2 Days on site)

This course is focused on the strategic opportunities and risks associated with cloud adoption. It is for executives who are either interested or are being pushed into adopting a cloud strategy.

How to choose between cloud providers
Risks of maintaining a cloud presence (The implications of the shared security model)
Trends and opportunities in the cloud

Data Training

Combase provides data training to people of all levels. Our experts deliver training modules that are bespoke and designed to optimise your knowledge. Below is a summary of our data training modules, use the accordian to discover the detail.

Big Data for Beginners

Getting your head into big data means learning to see things differently This is a course aimed at helping people to understand the paradigm shift of Big Data. Big data does not just mean data processing on a very large scale. It is a change in the way data are handled from ingest to analysis.

Introduction to big data concepts
Data lakes and data swamps how to build one and avoid the other
Data governance in a big data world

Big Data for Managers

The leaders need to set the course. The solutions are out there but only the managers really understand the problems.
This course aims to help managers to connect familiar problems with emerging solutions

The role of data schemas in the big data world
Distributed file systems as data stores
How MapReduce operates on raw data
How the cloud powers data processing

Need something more specific? No worries.

The Combase team offer fully customised solutions, we just need
your help to map out some of the details.

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Our Services.

Strategic cyber security and governance advice