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Cyber governance for regulated South African businesses

Clear on your risk. In control. Within budget.

Regulators expect you to know your cyber risk and prove you manage it. Enc0ded gives mid-sized businesses that visibility and governance as an outsourced executive capability, without the cost of a full-time CISO and GRC team.

Methods and frameworks we work to
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • OWASP
  • NIST SP 800-115
  • PTES
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • POPIA
  • Joint Standard 2 of 2024

Sound familiar?

Security questions you can't yet answer with evidence.

01

The board asks whether you're secure.

And the only answer anyone can give is reassurance, not evidence.

02

A client sends a security questionnaire.

The deal waits while someone works out what to say and who can sign it.

03

The regulators' expectations keep rising.

POPIA enforcement is escalating, and financial institutions now have 24 hours to report a material incident.

04

A full-time CISO isn't in the budget.

So security stays with an IT team that already has a full-time job.

Enc0ded gives you the answers, and the proof behind them. Visibility first, then governance, at a price that fits a growing business.

Our services

Three services, built around one office.

The vTRO runs your security programme month to month. Penetration testing and simulated training feed it, or stand on their own.

Core service · monthly retainer vTRO

A trust and resilience department, without building one.

Board-level security leadership and a team that does the daily work, as an outsourced executive capability.

  • A Chief Trust & Resilience Strategist at board level
  • GRC analysts for policies, evidence and questionnaires
  • SecOps specialists for vulnerabilities and incidents

Essentials, Professional and Enterprise tiers

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Penetration testing

Find the way in before an attacker does.

We test your systems the way an attacker would and show you what to fix first.

  • Networks, web apps, APIs, mobile, cloud and Wi-Fi
  • Critical issues flagged the same day
  • A retest letter for auditors, insurers and clients

Fixed fee, quoted after a free scoping call

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Simulated training

Practise the breach before it's real.

Your people work through realistic incidents in a safe space, so the first one they face isn't the real thing.

  • CSILab investigation labs for technical teams
  • Crisis simulations for executive teams
  • Scored, with a debrief that feeds your response plan

For IT teams, executives and business schools

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Your roadmap

See your first 90 days before we speak.

Answer four questions to see the rules most likely to apply to you, a suggested vTRO tier and the shape of your first 90 days. Then download the full report.

Your industry
People in your organisation
Do you take card payments?
Who looks after security today?

Your roadmap summary

Rules most likely to apply
Suggested vTRO tier

Your first 90 days

Your full 90-day report (PDF)

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Indicative only. Your scoping call confirms which rules apply and what the work involves.

Why it matters now

A regulatory shield, not an IT expense.

Regulators now expect evidence, not intentions. We help you build that evidence before anyone asks for it.

R10 millionThe maximum administrative fine the Information Regulator can impose.POPIA
24 hoursFor financial institutions to notify their Authority after classifying an incident as material.Joint Standard 2 of 2024 · since 1 September 2026
12 monthsThe longest allowed gap between penetration tests for businesses that take card payments.PCI DSS v4
R5 millionFine issued to a national department that failed to prove it had renewed lapsed security licences.Information Regulator · 2023

A summary, not legal advice. Our executive briefings set out the detail and the sources.

Executive briefings

The detail, in briefings your board will actually read.

Plain-language PDF briefings on the rules that apply to South African businesses, with sources. Free with your work email.

Briefing 01 · Financial services

Joint Standard 2 of 2024: what your board is now accountable for

Who the standard covers, what the governing body must own, testing intervals and the new 24-hour incident reporting rule.

6-page PDF · free with your work email

Briefing 02 · All sectors

POPIA security safeguards: what sections 19 to 22 require

The four security duties, operator contracts, breach notification and what enforcement looks like.

6-page PDF · free with your work email

Briefing 03 · Penetration testing

How often should you run a penetration test?

What PCI DSS, Joint Standard 2, POPIA and ISO 27001 expect, and a testing rhythm you can defend.

5-page PDF · free with your work email

Next step

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Tell us what you need and we'll come back to you to book a time. If you've used the roadmap, we'll come to the call with it already reviewed.

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