First weekDefine the changes.
We confirm the response, affected controls, owners, constraints and the workstreams that need sequencing.
Shield Cascade
Response Plan
Turn a chosen response into a sequenced remediation roadmap with owners, dependencies, controls and a plan for keeping evidence current.
Fixed Fee, Money-Back.No surprise invoices. Our work earns its fee, or we refund it.
Every Claim Cited.Public-source evidence behind every claim.
Models You Keep.Advanced analytical frameworks, yours to re-run and audit.
Adversarial Review.Every verdict challenged and verified before delivery.
The decision
The response is chosen. What must change, and how will it stay current?
Use this when the response direction is set and the business needs a practical route across data, supplier, product and operating controls.
What we need from you
- The threat and chosen response
- Products, markets or routes in scope
- Data, supplier and product-control changes already known
- Timeframe and practical constraints
- Owners, systems and dependencies
What you keep
Outputs built to travel beyond the project.
The recommendation is delivered with the evidence, assumptions and decision logic needed for leadership review.
01
Remediation roadmap
A sequenced plan for the data, supplier, product and operating changes required.
02
Critical path
The activities and dependencies that control the response window.
03
Control and ownership map
The owners, systems, decision gates and records needed to make the response work.
04
Maintenance plan
The review cadence, revalidation points and supplier or product change triggers that keep evidence current.
How the answer is built
A method fitted to the shape of the decision.
The Signal Method turns the chosen response into a Shield Pathway Model using Strategic Choice Cascade, scenario and options gates, CPM and PERT.
Remediation dependencies are sequenced alongside the ownership, review and change triggers needed to maintain the evidence. Every material conclusion is cited and challenged before human sign-off.
Read the full methodologyHow the work runs
Four weeks. Three beats.
Middle weeksSequence the remediation.
Activities, dependencies, gates, timing ranges and evidence requirements are assembled into a practical model.
Final weekLand the controls.
You receive the roadmap, ownership map and maintenance plan, with the first actions and future triggers made clear.
Good fit when
- Remediation crosses several functions
- Supplier, product or data changes have hidden dependencies
- The board needs owners, gates and review triggers
Not designed for
- Choosing the response posture
- Operating the controls or providing continuous monitoring
- Replacing specialist implementation, regulatory or legal work
Commercial clarity
From £6,500. Four weeks.
The scope, fee, evidence boundary and exclusions are agreed before work starts. Fixed-fee project engagements are covered by the three-month money-back guarantee under the signed terms.
Shield bundle
From £12,000. Save £4,500.
Includes Exposure Ranking, Response Decision and Response Plan.
Use it when the issue is urgent and you need one route from interpretation and exposure tracing to a controlled response plan.
One intake and one current evidence base connect the ranking, decision, remediation and maintenance design.
Discuss the Shield bundleQuestions before you commission
Clear boundaries produce better work.
We confirm the commercial question, scope, evidence boundary, inputs, timetable, fee and exclusions in writing. Work begins only after the engagement terms are agreed.
No. This engagement uses deeply triangulated secondary research. If the decision needs primary research, we identify that gap rather than presenting an inference as evidence.
No. Shield Cascade designs the owners, records, review cadence and triggers the client will operate. Ongoing monitoring and implementation remain separate.
No. We surface relevant commercial and regulatory evidence, but specialist advice remains outside scope and should be obtained where the decision requires it.
Next step
Start a conversation.
Bring us a market question the leadership team cannot yet answer. We will tell you whether it fits a defined product, what evidence it needs, and what the fixed fee would be. If it does not fit, we will say so.