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Managed Security

Incident response that delivers value before the incident.

Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Preparedness

UK organisations face growing pressure to prove incident response readiness. ISO 27001, FCA resilience rules, and cyber insurers all require tested response capability, while boards and auditors increasingly expect evidence. Internal teams are often stretched, so training, testing, and plan reviews slip over time. Intrinsic Response provides continuous, year-round readiness — delivering proven incident response capability, not just emergency support.

Why Intrinsic Response

Compliance delivered

Compliance delivered

The readiness activities your organisation needs for ISO 27001, FCA operational resilience, and cyber insurance requirements are handled and maintained by us. You have auditable evidence ready when auditors, insurers, or regulators ask.

Guaranteed value, every year

Guaranteed value, every year

Unlike a traditional retainer, Intrinsic Response delivers tangible deliverables throughout the year: incident response documentation, trained staff, completed exercises, and a full evidence pack. Whether or not an incident occurs.

Responders who already know you

Responders who already know you

When something serious happens, your response team already understands your organisation from the readiness work completed throughout the year. They know your environment, your team, and your priorities before the call comes.

Costs reduce over time

Costs reduce over time

As your incident response maturity improves, the effort required in subsequent years decreases. Initial documentation becomes annual review. Foundational training becomes a refresh. Year 2+ pricing reflects this improvement.

What You Receive

  • Incident Response Plan aligned to ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NCSC CAF, FCA, or your sector's specific requirements
  • Response playbooks for ransomware, data breach, and business email compromise
  • Communication templates ready for internal, regulatory, and media use
  • Exercise reports and attendance records suitable for audit and certification purposes
  • Executive quick reference guides for leadership responsibilities during an incident
  • Forensic USB toolkits and field guides for internal first responders
  • Access to specialist partners including ransom negotiators, breach coaches, and crisis communications support
  • Periodic compromise assessments to identify hidden indicators of compromise

Service Components

Readiness Assessment and IRP Development

  • A comprehensive review of your current incident response capability, resulting in a bespoke Incident Response Plan, step-by-step playbooks for priority scenarios, and communication templates for internal stakeholders, regulators, and the media.

First Responder Training

  • Modular training tailored to two audiences: IT teams on evidence preservation and working effectively with external responders; and leadership on crisis decision-making, regulatory notification, and stakeholder communication.

Quarterly Tabletop Exercises

  • Quarterly Tabletop Exercises Short, focused 90-minute exercises that test specific aspects of your response capability, maintain team awareness, and generate auditable evidence of regular testing. Scenarios are tailored to your sector and environment.

Annual Full Crisis Simulation

  • A comprehensive, multi-stakeholder exercise testing end-to-end organisational response. Board and executive-level participation, with a detailed findings report and improvement roadmap as output.

24/7 Emergency Response

  • Round-the-clock access to experienced incident responders who already understand your organisation. A dedicated incident commander leads each response. Full digital forensics and incident response tooling available from activation.

Forensic Tooling

  • Option to pre-deploy advanced remote forensic agents across your environment. When an incident occurs, investigation begins immediately without waiting for emergency deployment.

Our Credentials

  • 50+ years combined experience in cyber security, digital forensics, and incident response
  • GCFE, CISSP, CISM, OSCP, and GREM certified professionals
  • SANS Institute trained responders
  • Almost 40 years of law enforcement investigation experience
  • Largest deployment: 75,000 hosts across 11 countries
  • Experience with major ransomware groups including REvil, RYUK, Conti, Hive, and Lockbit3