cBCobalt Black

• Strategic and Operational leadership and mentoring
• Strategy development and implementation
• Collaborative working 
• Cyber security planning, risk management and response
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• Intelligence and Surveillance system design and implementation
• Privacy in hostile cyber environments
• Bid management and optimisation for success
• Business change leadership
• Sensitive research 
• Expert advisory and witness services
• Human Factors

Examples of Cobalt Black experience and expertise applied to specific areas:

Leadership and Strategy Delivery

Leadership team development; mentoring; strategy development and implementation; growth and new business planning; failing programme recovery.

Cyber Security and Data Privacy

Business Cyber Security Strategy development and implementation; cyber intelligence; cyber security human factors; data privacy and compliance with security standards.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Strategies and Planning.

Personal and small team data privacy in hostile cyberspace environments.

Countering scams and cyber-stalking.

Intelligence Systems and Information Exploitation

Design and implementation of intelligence and surveillance systems: design from 'sensor to user', processes, information handling and management, ways of working, use of technology and security.

Exploiting AI, AI ethics and governance.

Winning New Business

Bid requirements analysis; building and managing partnerships; critical reviews and 'Red Teaming'; risk/assumptions/dependencies/opportunity optimisation; delivery assurance.

Government and department strategy and policy analysis; navigating UK MOD procurement; management of export control compliance.

Collaborative Working and Business Change

Building successful teams; ISO 44001 best practice; inter government agency and organisational collaborative working. See here for a presentation Cobalt Black gave to an industry day on "Building Successful Partnerships".

Business change leadership and implementation in all sizes of organisation.

Agile delivery: choosing and implementing the optimal linear or agile ways of working.

Expert Witness Services

Advice, research and reports in areas of Cobalt Black expertise relevant to case requirements.

Human Factors Analysis

Analysis of systems and incidents to understand the impact of psychology and wider human factors on interactions and outcomes.

Our Approach

Approach

Cobalt Black will always seek to gain a thorough understanding of a situation or issue before recommending solutions.  Although technology can be a major element, we strongly believe that an optimal solution integrates technology, business output needs, processes, structures, and human factors and behaviours. ​

Security and Privacy​

Cobalt Black is certified to Cyber Essentials level, and in addition has rigorous physical and cyber security processes and practices in place to handle and protect sensitive client data and personal information. ​

Cobalt Black can also apply additional handling requirements for specific data if required by a client.  ​

Support to Small and Medium Enterprises​

Navigating cyber security and data privacy, and the complexities of developing effective business strategies can appear challenging particularly for small businesses.  Cobalt Black aims to support smaller businesses by using plain language to explain issues in practical and understandable terms, to avoid over-stating potential threats and the efficacy of proprietary solutions, and to give honest balanced advice and support. ​