Ready for Compliance. Continuously Maintained.

Our compliance posture is built on targeted audits per deployment, with a foundation of inherited certifications from audited providers, and reports available upon request under NDA for engaged clients and qualified prospects.

SERVICE ORGANIZATION CONTROL STANDARDReadySOC 2TYPE I

Independent verification evaluating that security controls are properly designed and implemented at a specific snapshot in time.

SERVICE ORGANIZATION CONTROL STANDARDReadySOC 2TYPE II

Independent verification evaluating that security controls are properly designed and operate effectively over a sustained period of time.

INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMReadyISO27001

International standard for establishing, implementing, and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS).

PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY SECURITY STANDARDReadyPCI DSSCOMPLIANT

Security standard ensuring that all companies that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHReadyNISTSP 800-53

Comprehensive catalog of security and privacy controls required for U.S. federal information systems to protect against diverse threats.

HEALTH INFORMATION TRUST ALLIANCEReadyHITRUSTCOMPLIANT

Certifiable framework that integrates security, privacy, and regulatory requirements to protect sensitive healthcare and personal data.

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONReadyEUGDPRCOMPLIANT

Comprehensive European Union mandate regulating data protection, privacy, and the secure handling of personal data for EU citizens.

CENTER FOR INTERNET SECURITY CONTROLReadyCIS v8COMPLIANT

Prioritized set of globally recognized, best-practice cybersecurity safeguards designed to defend against the most common cyber threats.

CYBERSECURITY MATURITY LEVEL STANDARDReadyCMMC 2LEVEL 2

Unified cybersecurity standard mandated for Defense Industrial Base (DIB) contractors to protect sensitive government information.

UNITED KINGDOM CYBER DEFENSE SCHEMEReadyCYBERESSENTIALS

UK Government-backed baseline framework providing fundamental protection against the most common and pervasive cyber attacks.

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY ACTReadyHIPAACOMPLIANT

U.S. federal law mandating national standards to protect sensitive patient health information (PHI) from unauthorized disclosure.

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY CENTRE COMPLIANCEReadyNCSC CAFVERSION 4

Systematic framework by the UK National Cyber Security Centre for assessing and managing cyber risks to critical national infrastructure.

NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY UNIONReadyNIS 2DIRECTIVE

Comprehensive EU legislation establishing a strict, common baseline of cybersecurity and incident reporting for essential entities.

NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK COMPLIANCEReadyNIST CSFVERSION 2.0

Widely used cybersecurity outcomes framework designed to help organizations assess, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risks.

AUSTRALIAN CYBER SECURITY CENTRE ASDReadyESSENTIALEIGHT

Key risk mitigation strategies recommended by the Australian Cyber Security Centre to protect networks against various cyber threats.

Ai automation
GDPR

Full compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation for European operations and EU resident data subjects.

Engineered for resilience.

Five reasons mid-market financial institutions choose Bethel Consulting Cloud over tier-one consultancies and generic infrastructure vendors.

Encrypted Compute

RAM encryption enforced across our compute environments, protecting data not only at rest and in transit but also during active processing. Eliminates entire categories of memory-based attack vectors.

Zero Data Retention

Zero data retention enforced by contract with all third-party providers in our operational stack. No client data persists beyond defined operational windows.

Multi-Cloud Architecture

Production workloads distributed across multiple cloud and infrastructure providers, eliminating single-vendor dependencies and enabling true geographic resilience.

Bare-Metal AI Hosting

Sensitive AI workloads run on dedicated bare-metal infrastructure with full stack control. Eliminates exposure to shared multi-tenant inference environments.

Network Isolation

Production network segments logically isolated from corporate, QA, and development environments through enforced DMZ architecture and zero-trust network access controls.

24/7/365 Monitoring

Dedicated monitoring systems with automated alerting, on-call rotation, and defined escalation procedures. Critical events trigger immediate response workflows.

Where your data lives, by your specification.

US Data Residency

Active production environments deployed across all major US regions, enabling primary US residency with multi-region failover. Compliant with US data sovereignty requirements.

EU & UK Optional Residency

Optional active redundancy or primary residency in EU (Switzerland), UK, and Canadian regions for engagements requiring non-US data residency. Compliant with GDPR, UK GDPR, and PIPEDA.

Encryption at Rest

All data encrypted at rest using AES-256 with sophisticated key management infrastructure. Encryption keys rotated according to defined schedules and isolated from data plane.

Encryption in Transit

All data in transit protected by TLS 1.3 with modern cipher suites. Internal service-to-service communication uses mTLS with certificate-based authentication.

Backup & Recovery

Encrypted automated daily backups across all production databases. Backup restoration tested on defined cycles. Point-in-time recovery available for engagements requiring it.

Right to Deletion

Data deletion workflows that meet GDPR Article 17 and equivalent regulations. Cryptographic deletion procedures ensure unrecoverable removal when required.

Security architected, not assumed.

Zero Trust Architecture

Every access request authenticated, authorized, and encrypted regardless of network location. No implicit trust based on network position. Continuous verification of identity and device posture.

Mandatory MFA

Multi-factor authentication enforced across all internal systems, with hardware security key requirements for privileged operations. No exceptions, no bypass mechanisms.

Employee Security Playbook

Every employee operates under a signed security playbook agreement, with first-violation termination policy. Security is a condition of employment, not a guideline.

Managed Device Fleet

All employee devices centrally managed with continuous compliance enforcement across the entire compliance stack listed above. Float compliance reports available.

Strict NDAs

All employees, contractors, and collaborators operate under strict, enforceable non-disclosure agreements. Confidentiality is contractual, not aspirational.

Encrypted Communications

All internal communications conducted on encrypted channels. End-to-end encryption for sensitive communications. No reliance on consumer messaging platforms.

Proprietary On-Premise Tooling

Internal operational tools developed in-house and hosted on our own infrastructure, governed by the same controls and certifications that apply to client-facing systems. Client and company data flows through third-party SaaS tools only when zero-knowledge end-to-end encryption is contractually enforceable; this excludes most of the consumer SaaS ecosystem by design.

Principle of Least Privilege

We operate on continuous authorization rather than persistent permission. Every access decision evaluates identity, role, device posture, network context, time window, event trigger, software and operational need at the moment of request. Tokens expire quickly, scopes are narrow, and privileged operations require just-in-time approval workflows. Standing access is the exception, not the default.

Zero Trust Architecture

Every access request authenticated, authorized, and encrypted regardless of network location. No implicit trust based on network position. Continuous verification of identity and device posture.

Mandatory MFA

Multi-factor authentication enforced across all internal systems, with hardware security key requirements for privileged operations. No exceptions, no bypass mechanisms.

Employee Security Playbook

Every employee operates under a signed security playbook agreement, with first-violation termination policy. Security is a condition of employment, not a guideline.

Managed Device Fleet

All employee devices centrally managed with continuous compliance enforcement across the entire compliance stack listed above. Float compliance reports available.

Strict NDAs

All employees, contractors, and collaborators operate under strict, enforceable non-disclosure agreements. Confidentiality is contractual, not aspirational.

Encrypted Communications

All internal communications conducted on encrypted channels. End-to-end encryption for sensitive communications. No reliance on consumer messaging platforms.

Proprietary On-Premise Tooling

Internal operational tools developed in-house and hosted on our own infrastructure, governed by the same controls and certifications that apply to client-facing systems. Client and company data flows through third-party SaaS tools only when zero-knowledge end-to-end encryption is contractually enforceable; this excludes most of the consumer SaaS ecosystem by design.

Principle of Least Privilege

We operate on continuous authorization rather than persistent permission. Every access decision evaluates identity, role, device posture, network context, time window, event trigger, software and operational need at the moment of request. Tokens expire quickly, scopes are narrow, and privileged operations require just-in-time approval workflows. Standing access is the exception, not the default.

99.9999% uptime SLA available.

Multi-Region Active Disaster Recovery

Production workloads operate across multiple geographic regions and unrelated providers with active failover capability. No reliance on single-region availability or single providers. RPO and RTO targets calibrated to engagement requirements.

Tiered Uptime SLAs

Standard engagements operate at 99.9% availability. Premium tiers available up to 99.9999% (under thirty seconds annual downtime) for mission critical infrastructure on engagements with the corresponding investment level.

Auto-Scaling Infrastructure

Workloads automatically scale based on demand patterns, eliminating capacity-related incidents. Load balancing across availability zones with health-check-driven traffic routing across the US, EU and UK depending on data residency requirements.

Rolling Deployments

Production deployments executed through staged rolling release procedures with automated rollback capability. Canary deployments for high-risk changes.

Incident Response

Documented incident response procedures with defined roles, escalation paths, and post-incident review processes. On-call rotation covers 24/7/365 operations.

Compliance documentation available.

The following documentation is available to engaged clients and qualified prospects under appropriate NDA. Request access through your engagement contact or our dedicated security team.

Delaware · London · Madrid

Building the systems that let great operators scale beyond themselves.

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2026

· Bethel Consulting Group. All rights reserved.

Delaware · London · Madrid

Building the systems that let great operators scale beyond themselves.

© 2025 · Bethel Consulting Group. All rights reserved.

Delaware · London · Madrid

Building the systems that let great operators scale beyond themselves.

©

2026

· Bethel Consulting Group. All rights reserved.