GDPR & Privacy Compliance
Data protection impact assessments, records of processing, privacy policies, and ongoing GDPR compliance management. Practical guidance that fits how your organisation handles data.
// Managed Compliance & Strategy
Managed Compliance & Strategy
Compliance maintained by operators, not consultants.
Most compliance projects end with a binder on a shelf and a consultant invoice. TSO's Managed Compliance & Strategy service is a retainer-based partnership that keeps your compliance posture current and your security programme evolving. GDPR, ISO 27001, NIS2 — we handle the documentation, audit preparation, and strategic planning on an ongoing basis. And because our compliance team works alongside our red and blue teams, our advice is shaped by real-world security experience, not just framework checklists.
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What We Deliver
ISO 27001 Implementation & Maintenance
From initial gap analysis through certification readiness to ongoing maintenance. We build your ISMS to pass audits and actually improve security, not just satisfy paperwork.
NIS2 Directive Compliance
Risk assessments, incident reporting procedures, supply chain security reviews, and governance structures aligned with the NIS2 requirements for essential and important entities.
Security Programme Development
Policies, procedures, risk registers, security roadmaps, and incident playbooks. We build and maintain your security programme so it stays practical and current.
Risk & Maturity Assessments
Structured assessments of your security posture against recognised frameworks. Identify gaps, prioritise investments, and track maturity improvements over time.
Board & Executive Reporting
Clear, actionable security reporting for leadership. Risk dashboards, compliance status, incident summaries, and strategic recommendations in language that resonates at board level.
// Our Approach
Retainer Engagement Model
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Current State Assessment
We assess your existing compliance posture, documentation, and security programme maturity against your regulatory obligations.
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Gap Analysis & Roadmap
Identify gaps between where you are and where you need to be, then build a prioritised roadmap to close them.
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Documentation & Policies
Develop or update policies, procedures, risk registers, and compliance documentation that reflects how your organisation actually operates.
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Implementation Support
Hands-on support implementing security controls, processes, and governance structures required by your compliance framework.
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Audit Preparation
Prepare for internal and external audits with pre-audit reviews, evidence gathering, and mock audit exercises.
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Continuous Maintenance
Ongoing updates to documentation, annual reviews, regulatory change tracking, and quarterly strategic planning sessions.
What compliance frameworks does TSO support?
TSO provides managed compliance services across the major frameworks that Belgian and European organisations face. This includes GDPR, where we handle data protection impact assessments, records of processing, privacy policies, and ongoing compliance management. For ISO 27001, we support the full lifecycle from initial gap analysis through to certification readiness and ongoing ISMS maintenance. NIS2 compliance covers risk assessments, incident reporting procedures, supply chain security reviews, and the governance structures required for essential and important entities under Belgian law. We also support organisations working toward SOC 2 compliance, DORA for the financial sector, and the CCB's CyberFundamentals framework which is increasingly used as a baseline standard in Belgium. Our approach is practical: we build compliance programmes that reflect how your organisation actually operates, not theoretical documentation that sits unused between audits.
What is a managed compliance retainer?
A managed compliance retainer is an ongoing partnership where TSO handles the continuous work of maintaining your compliance posture. Most compliance projects fail not at the initial implementation but in the months and years that follow, when documentation goes stale, policies are not updated to reflect operational changes, and audit preparation becomes a last-minute scramble. The retainer model solves this by providing dedicated compliance support on a monthly basis. This includes regular documentation reviews and updates, regulatory change tracking so you are aware of new requirements before they take effect, internal audit support, pre-audit preparation for external certifications, and quarterly strategic planning sessions that align your security programme with business objectives. The retainer is scoped to your specific frameworks and organisation size, providing predictable cost and consistent coverage rather than expensive periodic consulting engagements.
NIS2 compliance requirements in Belgium
The NIS2 directive has been transposed into Belgian law through the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). It significantly broadens the scope of organisations required to implement cybersecurity measures compared to the original NIS directive. Essential and important entities across sectors including energy, transport, healthcare, digital infrastructure, public administration, and manufacturing now face specific obligations. These include implementing risk-based security measures, establishing incident detection and response capabilities, conducting regular security assessments, maintaining supply chain security oversight, and reporting significant incidents to the CCB within defined timeframes. The CCB's CyberFundamentals framework provides a practical baseline for meeting these requirements. TSO helps organisations assess their current state against NIS2 obligations, close identified gaps, build the required governance structures, and maintain ongoing compliance. Because our compliance team works alongside our MDR and offensive security teams, our NIS2 support includes practical security capabilities, not just documentation.
ISO 27001 as a managed service
ISO 27001 certification demonstrates that your organisation has implemented a systematic approach to managing information security risks. The challenge is that achieving certification is only the beginning. Maintaining the Information Security Management System requires continuous effort: internal audits, management reviews, risk treatment updates, document control, corrective actions, and annual surveillance audits. Many organisations achieve certification with consultant support and then struggle to maintain the ISMS internally, leading to findings at surveillance audits and, in some cases, loss of certification. TSO's managed approach treats ISO 27001 as an ongoing programme rather than a project with an end date. We maintain your ISMS documentation, conduct internal audits, prepare for surveillance and recertification audits, track corrective actions to completion, and ensure the management system evolves as your organisation changes. This is more cost-effective and reliable than periodic consultant engagements, and it means your ISMS stays audit-ready at all times.
Security programme development
A security programme is the overarching structure that ties your organisation's security policies, procedures, controls, and governance together into a coherent whole. Without it, security initiatives tend to be reactive and disconnected — a firewall here, an awareness training there, a penetration test when someone remembers to schedule one. TSO builds and maintains security programmes for organisations that need structure but do not have a dedicated CISO or security governance function. This includes developing security policies that reflect your actual operations, creating and maintaining risk registers, building security roadmaps that prioritise investments based on risk rather than vendor marketing, establishing incident response playbooks, and creating board-level reporting that communicates security posture in business terms. The programme is designed to be sustainable: practical enough that your team can follow it, and maintained by TSO so it evolves with your business and the threat landscape.
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