Executive Solutions

Structured solutions to the questions executives are actually asking.

Each HazelGRC solution is a focused, board-grade engagement designed to bring clarity, independence and executive insight to the technology decisions that matter most.

Solutions overview

Executive Solution

Technology Assurance Health Check

CIOs · CTOs · Heads of Internal Audit · Audit Committees

A structured executive view of the coverage, quality and independence of assurance across your technology estate.

Business Challenge

Technology environments evolve faster than the assurance activities that cover them — leaving executives uncertain about where confidence is real and where it is assumed.

Our Approach

  • Map the assurance landscape across first, second and third lines
  • Assess coverage against your technology and AI risk profile
  • Evaluate independence, quality and executive reporting
  • Benchmark against leading practice and regulatory direction

Deliverables

  • Assurance coverage heat map
  • Findings on gaps, duplication and blind spots
  • Prioritised remediation roadmap
  • Executive and board-ready summary

Business Benefits

  • Confidence in the reliability of assurance
  • Clear priorities for investment and uplift
  • A single, board-grade view across the estate

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does an engagement take?
Typically four to eight weeks depending on scale, complexity and stakeholder availability.
Is this independent of internal audit?
Yes. Findings are shared with executive and audit committee stakeholders directly.
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Executive Solution

Board Technology Governance Review

Boards · Chairs · Audit & Risk Committees

An independent evaluation of committee design, reporting quality and the effectiveness of board-level technology oversight.

Business Challenge

Boards are accountable for technology, cyber and AI outcomes but often lack an independent view of whether governance structures, information flows and skills are truly effective.

Our Approach

  • Review committee terms of reference and information flows
  • Assess board reporting quality and escalation paths
  • Evaluate skills, cadence and challenge dynamics
  • Benchmark against regulator expectations and peer practice

Deliverables

  • Board technology governance maturity assessment
  • Committee and reporting recommendations
  • Skills and information design proposals
  • Executive presentation for the board

Business Benefits

  • Strengthened board accountability for technology
  • Higher-quality information at the top of the house
  • Improved regulator and stakeholder confidence

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you engage directly with the board?
Yes — findings are delivered to the Chair, board and relevant committees.
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Executive Solution

AI Governance Readiness Assessment

Executives · Boards · Risk · Technology · Audit

An independent readiness view across AI strategy, governance, policy, risk and assurance benchmarked against leading frameworks and regulatory direction.

Business Challenge

AI adoption is accelerating ahead of governance. Leaders need to know whether their organisation can adopt AI responsibly, safely and in line with emerging regulation.

Our Approach

  • Assess AI strategy, use cases and organisational readiness
  • Evaluate governance, policy and risk framework maturity
  • Test controls across model lifecycle, data and decision oversight
  • Benchmark against emerging AI regulation and standards

Deliverables

  • AI readiness maturity rating
  • Regulator-aligned gap analysis
  • Governance uplift and assurance roadmap
  • Executive briefing on AI risk posture

Business Benefits

  • Confidence to scale AI responsibly
  • Clear regulatory alignment
  • A defensible AI governance posture

Frequently Asked Questions

Which frameworks do you benchmark against?
Leading international frameworks and current regulatory direction relevant to your jurisdiction and sector.
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Executive Solution

Cybersecurity Governance Maturity Review

Boards · CISOs · Risk & Audit Committees

An executive assessment of cyber governance, oversight, KRIs, incident readiness and board reporting quality.

Business Challenge

Cyber investment is rising, yet governance, oversight and accountability structures often lag — leaving boards exposed to risks they cannot clearly see.

Our Approach

  • Assess cyber governance model, roles and accountabilities
  • Evaluate committee oversight, KRIs and reporting quality
  • Review incident readiness and executive escalation
  • Assess third-party cyber exposure at governance level

Deliverables

  • Cyber governance maturity view
  • Oversight, reporting and KRI recommendations
  • Prioritised board-level remediation plan
  • Executive summary for the board and audit committee

Business Benefits

  • Cyber oversight elevated to board level
  • Clear accountability across the operating model
  • Improved regulator and stakeholder confidence

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a technical penetration test?
No. It is a governance and oversight review — complementary to technical testing.
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Executive Solution

Technology Risk Assessment

CROs · CIOs · Heads of Technology Risk

A modern assessment of your technology risk profile, taxonomy, appetite, controls and executive reporting.

Business Challenge

Traditional risk frameworks struggle to keep pace with the scale and interconnection of modern technology risk — leaving material exposures unmanaged.

Our Approach

  • Review technology risk taxonomy, framework and appetite
  • Assess key risks, controls and residual exposure
  • Test connection to enterprise risk and strategy
  • Evaluate executive and board reporting

Deliverables

  • Consolidated technology risk profile
  • Framework and taxonomy recommendations
  • Executive risk narrative and dashboard design
  • Integration plan with enterprise risk

Business Benefits

  • A modern, integrated technology risk view
  • Executive alignment on appetite and exposure
  • Better decisions on investment and controls

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from an internal audit?
This is a forward-looking risk assessment focused on framework and executive decision support.
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Executive Solution

Third Party Technology Risk Review

Procurement · Risk · Technology Leaders

An independent view of third party technology risk management: onboarding, monitoring, concentration, resilience testing and exit strategy across critical providers.

Business Challenge

Critical services increasingly depend on a concentrated ecosystem of technology and AI providers — creating resilience, exit and supply-chain risks the board must understand.

Our Approach

  • Map critical third parties and concentration
  • Review onboarding, monitoring and lifecycle governance
  • Assess resilience, continuity and exit readiness
  • Consider AI supply chain and sub-processor exposure

Deliverables

  • Concentration and resilience view
  • Programme effectiveness rating
  • Exit and continuity roadmap
  • Executive briefing on provider risk

Business Benefits

  • Visibility of hidden concentration risk
  • Improved resilience and continuity posture
  • Confidence in critical provider governance

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you cover cloud providers?
Yes — cloud, SaaS and increasingly AI providers are core to the scope.
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Executive Solution

Digital Transformation Assurance Review

Sponsors · Programme Boards · Audit

Independent assurance across strategy, delivery, controls and benefits realisation — providing an early, honest view of programme health for sponsors and boards.

Business Challenge

Large-scale transformation programmes routinely miss on cost, benefit or risk — often only visible when it is too late to course correct.

Our Approach

  • Assess programme strategy, scope and governance
  • Test delivery, controls and change readiness
  • Evaluate benefits realisation and value tracking
  • Provide early warning indicators to sponsors

Deliverables

  • Independent programme health report
  • Early warning indicators and risks
  • Benefits realisation confidence view
  • Executive briefing and recommendations

Business Benefits

  • Early insight before cost or benefit is at risk
  • Independent challenge for sponsors
  • Confidence in delivery and value

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you disrupt the programme?
No — the review is designed to be light-touch and additive to programme controls.
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