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Practice Area 04

Cybersecurity, Risk & Resilience

Cyber Governance · Security Policy · Incident Readiness · AI Security

In West Africa's energy, financial, and telecommunications sectors, cyber threats are no longer hypothetical. Organizations that have not built governance-led security infrastructure are accumulating exposure silently — until an incident makes it visible.

What It Is

Cybersecurity positioned as governance, resilience, and risk — not commodity IT.

Zevana does not offer penetration testing, SOC operations, or commodity IT security. The firm's cybersecurity practice operates in the governance, readiness, and advisory layer — helping organizations understand their risk posture, build policy infrastructure, and prepare operationally for the threats their sector faces.

This positioning aligns directly with Zevana's AI governance practice. The intersection of AI security and cyber governance is one of the least-served and most consequential areas in West African enterprise — and it is where Zevana offers a genuinely differentiated capability.

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Layer 01

STAGE1_Cybersecurity, Risk & Resilience

Assess the organization's current cyber maturity, identify governance gaps, build a risk register, and produce a practical roadmap that prioritizes the highest-exposure areas first.

Layer 02

STAGE2_Cybersecurity, Risk & Resilience

Design access control policy, incident response policy, acceptable use frameworks, vendor risk management, and the governance structures required for regulated sector compliance.

Layer 03

STAGE3_Cybersecurity, Risk & Resilience

Address the specific security risks of AI adoption — shadow AI, data leakage, model misuse, prompt security, and AI policy — in a practice area where few regional advisors currently operate.

Who This Is For

Organizations that need this most.

Enterprise

Energy, Telco & Financial Services

Energy, financial, and telecommunications organizations with complex digital infrastructure and regulatory exposure — requiring governance-led security frameworks, not commodity IT solutions.

SME

Growth-Stage Businesses

Growing businesses using cloud tools and AI systems without formal security governance — facing increasing exposure as digital footprint expands and regulatory scrutiny of data practices intensifies.

Government

Public Sector Institutions

Public institutions holding sensitive citizen data and critical operational systems — requiring security policy, incident response frameworks, and governance structures that meet public accountability standards.

What You Get

Deliverables designed to function after the engagement ends.

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Cyber Maturity Assessment

A structured evaluation of the organization's current cybersecurity posture — covering governance, technical controls, policy completeness, and incident readiness — with a risk-prioritized improvement roadmap.

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Security Policy Framework

A complete set of security policies designed for the organization's specific sector and risk profile — covering access control, incident response, acceptable use, vendor risk, and AI security governance.

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Incident Response Playbook

Structured response procedures for the threat scenarios most relevant to the organization — including ransomware, data breach, and AI system compromise — with defined roles, escalation paths, and communication protocols.

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AI Security and Governance Assessment

A review of the organization's AI deployment footprint from a security perspective — identifying shadow AI, data leakage risks, model governance gaps, and the policy structures required to manage AI safely.

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