Cognition - Data Protection Experts

World-Class Expertise

Privacy and Security

Data Protection Without Business Prevention.

We'll find you the right balance.

THE DATA PROTECTION EXPERTS

Welcome to Cognition

Cognition was formed by a group of Data Protection experts who grew tired of seeing customers being held hostage by their current providers, stuck with poor service, amateur guidance and questionable value.

We’re proud to do things differently and ensure our clients receive the service they’ve always expected but have never seen, setting a new standard of quality for the industry.

HI, HOW ARE YOU?

We Can Definitely Help

INSIDE EXPERTISE

Data Protection Officer

Your in-house Privacy and Security subject matter expert.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

GDPR & Privacy Consulting

Supporting your privacy project and GDPR, DPA and COPPA requirements.

CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY

Information Security

Helping defend your organisation with the right processes and systems to balance security, usability and price.

SECURITY ASSESSMENTS

Penetration Testing

Attack minded assessments to find and remediate your security weak spots.

WE WORK WITH AMAZING PEOPLE

Our Clients

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

Chartered Management Institute

Johnstons of Elgin

Cumberland Building Society

OUR CLIENTS

What They Say About Us

As consultants, it's not about what we do or how we do it, it's about how much better things are once we've left the building.

" Cognition are not just “another information security company”, Cognition are very different. They have a smart approach of understanding what you have and who you are. It is not sales drives, it is about ideas, second opinions, and the states of the unions. "

Dan Pass 1st Stop Group - Chief Information Officer

" Cognition have been a pleasure to work with and had a very positive and professional approach to everything I’ve seen and certainly know their stuff! "

Pete Sargent Fujitsu - Senior Customer Solution Architect

" Highly recommend Cognition for independent, honest and vendor neutral cyber security services. "

Charlotte Samuels Group IT Information Security Manager - OneSavings Bank Plc

PRIVACY MANAGEMENT

Data Protection Officer

A Cognition DPO that works for you.

GDPR COMPLIANCE

Meet your GDPR Article 37 requirements with a dedicated Data Protection Officer, not a virtual faceless service.

TRUSTED COLLEAGUE

Your in-house subject matter expert in all things data protection, acting as a one of the team to help the business thrive.

REPRESENTATION

Your point of contact for the supervisory authority and data subjects, providing a public face for your safe handling of data.

MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE

Leading your ongoing data protection programme to maintain compliance and keep the business thriving.

A Data Protection Partner on Your Side

We make it easy to do business securely and stay compliant.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

GDPR and Privacy Consulting

Supporting your privacy project and GDPR, DPA and COPPA requirements.

GET IN TOUCH

GDPR

Achieve and maintain compliance whilst maximising the business opportunity to its greatest extent.

COPPA and Children

Understand how to keep your service safe and compliant for child users.

CCPA / CPRA

We'll get you compliant with the CCPA and build your roadmap for CPRA readiness.

Global Regulation

Cognition will advise on the ever growing number of data regulations from US states and across the world.

ASK Cognition

Contact Us

Instant access to Cognition consultants over Slack
Ask unlimited privacy questions per month
Coverage of Europe and US privacy regimes
Answers within minutes and hours, not days
Dedicated shared channel within your own Slack workspace
Unlimited user access
Group discounts for VC/investment companies
Documentation and policy review
Video, call and face-to-face meetings
Compliance reviews

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On-Demand Consultant

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Expert privacy consultancy
Compliance gap analysis assessments
Data mapping and Records of Processing Activities
ISO 27701 PIMS privacy framework development
Cookie banner and CCPA opt-out development
Baselining and maturity analysis
Policy documentation creation and review
Establishing investment round / IPO readiness
Privacy training
Process creation for access and erasure rights requests
Video, call and face-to-face meetings
Bulk discounts available

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Fractional Privacy Officer

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Longer term privacy consultant engagement
Acting as a trusted colleague within your team
Proactive approach to driving compliance
Formal appointment as your Data Protection Officer
Official representation to regulators and data subjects
Demonstrate credibility to clients with an in-house privacy expert

Let's have a chat

" Protecting data doesn't need to be painful, costly or cumbersome to the business. We make it add value to your bottom line."

Carl Gottlieb Consulting Director

OPERATIONS & SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Information Security

Helping defend your organisation with the right processes, systems and talent to reduce risk and increase efficiency.

VIRTUAL SECURITY OFFICER

Your very own security expert colleague to work within your development process, your operations team or to act as your Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

SECURITY MANAGEMENT

Whether you’re just starting out or planning for ISO 27001, we’ll help develop your policies and security programme to get you managing security to the level you need.

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Our consultants have been there and done it when it comes to security projects. From large to small we can definitely help.

PENETRATION TESTING

A deep dive into your systems to understand where you are now and provide evidence to your customers of your good security defences. We'll test what's actually relevant based on the threats you face.

SECURITY ASSESSMENTS

Gain insight into the quality and maturity of your security systems with a gap analysis against ISO 27001, NIST and Cyber Essentials.

SECURE DEVELOPMENT

Hands-on training, workshops and ongoing support for your devops engineers to build secure coding practices into your development lifecycle.

Have questions? Fancy a quick chat?

Give us a call: +44 161 2 980 980

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