Our mission
To help every organisation build a digital supply chain it can trust — secure, resilient, and able to withstand disruption.
Building Trusted, Resilient and Secure Digital Supply Chains
Cyber Risk Doesn’t Stop at Your Organisation. Neither Do We.
M516 Cyber Solutions Ltd is a specialist cybersecurity consultancy helping organisations identify, assess and manage cyber risk across their third-party ecosystem through strategic advisory, independent assurance and bespoke cyber solutions.
Specialists in Digital Supply Chain Cyber Risk | Cybersecurity | Governance | Compliance
We advise. We assure. We build.
Book a Consultation
Scope a time-boxed supplier, framework or maturity assessment.
Talk to Us
A short, no-obligation discovery call — no scope required yet.
Our Partners
- Years front-line cybersecurity experience
- 15+Years front-line cybersecurity experience
- Years in global financial services
- 10+Years in global financial services
- Third-party risk assessments conducted
- 200+Third-party risk assessments conducted
- Years combined team compliance experience
- 20+Years combined team compliance experience
- CISSP
- CCSP
- MSc Cybersecurity
- BCS Professional Member
When organisations come to us
Preparing for an audit or certification
Getting evidence, control ownership and documentation into a state that stands up to external scrutiny.
Responding to customer assurance requests
Answering supplier due diligence questionnaires quickly, consistently and credibly.
Strengthening governance and control ownership
Making it clear who owns which control, and how that ownership is demonstrated.
Maintaining continuous readiness
Moving from point-in-time reviews to ongoing monitoring and reporting.
Figures reflect the professional experience of the M516 team. No client names, logos or engagement details are published without written client consent.
Executive Summary
A single supplier vulnerability can disrupt your entire operation.
As organisations become increasingly reliant on third parties, cloud providers, software vendors and strategic partners across interconnected digital ecosystems, cyber risk extends far beyond organisational boundaries. A single supplier vulnerability can disrupt operations, compromise sensitive information and expose organisations to significant financial, operational and regulatory consequences.
M516 Cyber Solutions Ltd is a UK specialist cybersecurity consultancy focused on Digital Supply Chain Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Governance and Compliance. We help organisations build trusted, resilient and secure digital supply chains while staying compliant, combining strategic advisory, independent cyber assurance and bespoke cyber solutions that strengthen resilience, support regulatory compliance and enable secure digital transformation.
Our expertise spans the entire digital supplier lifecycle—from procurement and supplier due diligence through onboarding, continuous assurance, operational resilience, incident response and supplier offboarding—providing organisations with the visibility, governance and confidence needed to make informed, risk-based decisions.
Our Approach
Advisory. Assurance. Solutions.
Three connected capabilities that take organisations from strategy through independent validation to delivered capability.
- Advisory
- Cyber strategy, governance frameworks and risk management aligned to business objectives.
- Assurance
- Independent assessments, maturity reviews and supply chain assurance you can evidence.
- Solutions
- Bespoke frameworks, dashboards and automation built around how you already work.
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Our Specialisms
Four specialisms, one connected practice.
Digital Supply Chain Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Governance and Compliance — organised around the decisions you need to make.
Digital Supply Chain Cyber Risk
Third-Party Cyber Risk Assessments
Know exactly where your suppliers expose you.
Read moreContinuous Third-Party Risk Monitoring
Move beyond the annual review.
Read moreCyber Governance, Procurement & Controls Mapping
Build security controls into contracts before they're signed.
Read moreBoard-Level Cyber Risk Reporting
Give leadership the picture they actually need.
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Cybersecurity
Cyber Maturity Benchmarking
An OSINT-style (Open Source Intelligence — publicly available information only) report benchmarking your organisation's own cyber posture.
Read moreBespoke Cyber Solutions
Tools and frameworks built around how you actually work.
Read moreTechnology Obsolescence & Legacy Risk
Find the ageing technology that quietly undermines your security.
Read moreOperational Resilience Management
Prepare critical supplier relationships to withstand disruption.
Read moreTraining & Capability Development
Build in-house confidence, not just dependency on us.
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Governance
AI Governance & Responsible Adoption
Govern AI-related risk across your organisation and supply chain.
Read moreData & Privacy Governance
Supplier and third-party privacy exposure, delivered via Skydra360 (see Technology page).
Read moreCyber Strategy & Governance
Strategy, frameworks and risk management aligned to business objectives.
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How We Work
A clear path from first conversation to sustained assurance.
Four stages, each with defined deliverables and a fixed timeline.
Step 01 — Discover
a short conversation to understand your supplier landscape, priorities and immediate risk questions.
Step 02 — Assess
scope and deliver the right assessment, benchmark or review for the situation, with clear deliverables and a fixed timeline.
Step 03 — Build
where needed, design and implement the governance, monitoring or bespoke solution that closes the gap.
Step 04 — Sustain
maintain visibility through continuous monitoring, reporting and advisory support as the relationship continues.
Technology
Technology that makes supply chain risk more visible and actionable.
Specialist platforms that improve visibility, evidence and remediation — operated by practitioners who remain accountable for the work.
- M516 Platform
- A unified enterprise-grade Asset Exposure Intelligence, Attack Surface Intelligence and Compliance Intelligence SaaS solution.
- Skydra360
- Privacy intelligence that turns exposure into action.
Industries
Sector context shapes supplier risk.
Financial Services
governance, operational resilience, supplier risk, data protection and control assurance for highly scrutinised operations.
Technology & SaaS
vendor assurance, cloud supplier risk, secure growth and scalable evidence management.
Healthcare
sensitive-data governance, supplier oversight, access assurance and continuity planning.
Retail & E-commerce
payment and privacy obligations, supplier ecosystems, platform risk and incident readiness.
Professional Services
client confidentiality, access governance, supplier assurance and proportionate risk programmes.
Public & Third Sector
accountable governance, data protection, resilience and risk-led assurance within constrained resources.
Mission, Vision & Values
What we are here to do.
Cyber risk doesn’t stop at your organisation — our purpose is to make risk across your suppliers as clear and manageable as your own.
Our vision
A future where managing risk across your suppliers feels as clear and confident as managing your own.
Our values
Independent and evidence-led — we say what we find, and build only what genuinely reduces risk.
Brochure
M516 Cyber Solutions brochure
Our specialisms, approach and engagement models in a three-page overview. Free to download — no form, no email required.
Why M516
Why M516 Cyber Solutions Ltd?
M516 combines deep expertise in Digital Supply Chain Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Governance, Compliance and Digital Resilience to help organisations move beyond regulatory compliance towards continuous trust, resilience and measurable business value.
Our Advisory, Assurance and Solutions approach enables organisations to embed cyber risk into procurement, supplier management and executive decision-making while designing and implementing bespoke capabilities that strengthen resilience across increasingly complex digital supply chains.
We don’t just identify cyber risks.
We help organisations understand them, manage them and build the capabilities needed to remain resilient in an increasingly connected world.
What sets us apart
- Specialism, not generalism — supply chain and third-party cyber risk is the whole practice, not one service line among many.
- Built capability, not just findings — bespoke dashboards, scoring models and workflow automation delivered alongside the advice, not left for the client to build.
- Lifecycle coverage — engaged from procurement through offboarding, rather than a single point-in-time audit.
- Board fluency — reporting and language built for executive and board consumption, not just technical teams.
FAQs
Common questions
Start with a conversation about your supplier landscape.
A short, no-obligation discovery call to understand your risk profile and where to start.