From cafés to contractors, digital risk has become part of everyday business reality. It only takes one small moment for a normal working day to turn into a crisis, yet many small businesses still assume it won't happen to them.
Build security that helps your business grow.
Practical cyber security for startups and small businesses, from getting the basics right and securing your product, to winning customer trust.
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Challenges we help our clients overcome.
You are not sure what "good enough security" actually looks like.
Your product, cloud or AI use is moving faster than your security can keep up with.
Customers, investors or partners are starting to ask harder security questions, and you are not sure how to respond.
How it works
Secure. Grow. Solve. Lead.
Cyber security should fit your business, not force you into an enterprise-sized programme. We help you put the right foundations in place, build capability, solve the challenges that matter, and add ongoing leadership when you need it.
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Secure
Put the right foundations in place.
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Grow
Learn how to manage security yourself.
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Solve
Get expert help with product, AI, strategy or commercial challenges.
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Lead
Bring in ongoing senior security leadership.
Our Services
Choose the support you need.
A quick look at how we help. Explore the full range, including pricing, on the services page.
Getting the basics right
Secure Foundations
Build the right security foundations for your business
Learn MoreBuild your own capability
Security Coach
Learn to run security yourselves, with an expert in your corner
Learn MoreBuilding or shipping
Product & AI Security
Build security into your product and AI features before they ship
Learn MoreSolving a specific challenge
Strategy Workshop
Get a clear, confident answer to a specific security challenge, fast
Learn MoreSelling or raising
Commercial Readiness
Be ready when customers, investors or partners ask tough security questions
Learn MoreOngoing security ownership
Security Leadership
Get experienced security leadership, without a full-time CISO hire
Learn MoreYour cyber security partner
We're Pracsys Security.
We’re Nadia and Kathryn Boreux, and we started Pracsys Security because cyber security should make your business stronger, not make running it harder.
We help startups and small businesses cut through the noise, understand what really matters, and build security that fits the way they actually work. No generic frameworks, unnecessary complexity or long lists of things to fix, just practical priorities and support you can use.
Whether you are getting the basics right, building a digital or AI product, preparing for bigger customers, or reaching the point where security needs dedicated leadership, we meet you where you are and help you build from there.
From the Pracsys Team.
Insights.
Our latest thinking on cyber security for digital startups and SME's.
A stage-by-stage guide to cyber security for startups, from founding through Series A and beyond, focused on priorities that match your actual risk rather than your funding round.
A practical guide to what a vCISO actually does, why UK startups and SMEs are turning to fractional security leadership, and what it typically costs.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ASK US
Frequently Asked Questions.
These are some of the key questions we get asked by startup founders. If your question isn't covered here, please get in touch.
Do you work with UK digital startups specifically?
Yes, that is who we build our services for. Pre-revenue to around £1m, pre-seed to Series A, SaaS, fintech, healthtech, marketplace, or AI-led. We give proportionate advice scoped to your stage and runway, not an enterprise framework applied at a quarter of the scale.
We're a small business, not a venture-backed startup. Can you still help us?
Yes. Our core focus is digital startups, but the fundamentals, like Secure Foundations, apply just as well to any small business that needs the basics properly in place, whether or not you are raising investment. Some of our services, such as Commercial Readiness, are built around investor and enterprise-procurement scrutiny specifically, and may be less relevant if that is not your situation, but we will tell you honestly which of our services actually fit.
What is the difference between SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and which do we need?
They are not direct equivalents, they work differently. SOC 2 is a US-style attestation report against a set of trust criteria, assessed annually. ISO 27001 is an internationally recognised, certifiable management-system standard. In practice, UK investors and UK enterprise clients typically ask for ISO 27001 rather than SOC 2, so that is usually the more useful one to hold if you are selling or raising in the UK. If you are selling into the US or raising from US investors, SOC 2 may still come up. Commercial Readiness maps out which one actually applies to you before you spend money on either.
Our developers already handle security. Isn't that enough?
Your development team keeping the product running and your business being able to demonstrate, with evidence, that it can be trusted at scale are two different things. Investors, enterprise clients, and regulators ask about the second one. That is usually the gap we get called in to close.
We already use Vanta or Drata. Do we still need you?
A compliance platform automates evidence collection, it does not tell you what controls you actually need, whether your architecture is sound, or what an investor will find when they look closely. We do not resell these platforms, and we will tell you honestly whether one fits your stage. Advisory and a platform work well together; a platform alone is not the same as being investor-ready.
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