Cyber Control Modernisation During Enterprise Transformation
27th February 2026 ·
Albany Beck partnered with a global capital markets organisation to modernise its cyber security controls as part of a large-scale enterprise digital transformation programme. The initiative focused on embedding security-by-design across cloud and platform modernisation while strengthening governance and regulatory alignment under evolving supervisory requirements, including DORA and enhanced ICT risk standards. The firm required cyber uplift to progress in parallel with transformation delivery, ensuring resilience strengthened as technology accelerated.
Challenge
The organisation was undertaking significant platform and data transformation while responding to increasing regulatory expectations around cyber resilience. Cyber capability struggled to scale at the same pace as engineering and cloud adoption, creating gaps in embedded security architecture, control consistency and executive oversight. Security activity was fragmented across transformation workstreams, contractor-heavy and lacking structured governance. Without stronger coordination, there was a risk that modernisation would outpace control maturity, increasing regulatory and operational exposure.
Approach
Albany Beck embedded cyber programme leadership alongside security architects, technical SMEs and change specialists across key transformation streams. We aligned cyber uplift to regulatory expectations, introduced structured governance and reporting and consolidated disparate security activity into a coordinated delivery framework. Working closely with engineering and risk teams, we embedded security-by-design principles into cloud migration, platform enhancement and integration initiatives. Delivery was stabilised through clear ownership, structured milestone tracking and executive transparency across cyber risk domains.
Solution
Security controls were standardised and modernised across infrastructure and cloud environments, with stronger alignment between architecture, engineering and risk functions. Governance and reporting frameworks were enhanced to provide clearer visibility of control maturity and transformation progress at executive level. Cyber uplift was delivered in parallel with core digital transformation, ensuring regulatory compliance and resilience were strengthened without slowing platform modernisation. The engagement transitioned fragmented contractor activity into a structured managed delivery model, improving coordination and sustainability.
Outcomes
Cyber control maturity improved across core technology domains, with security-by-design embedded into ongoing transformation initiatives. Regulatory alignment was strengthened, governance transparency improved and executive oversight enhanced through clearer reporting structures. The organisation established a more scalable and sustainable cyber capability, enabling continued digital expansion without increasing structural risk exposure.