Data & Compliance Consulting overview
Exquitech Data & Compliance Consulting helps organisations build strong governance, compliance, and AI-ready analytics. We assess, design, and implement scalable programmes aligned with GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST to improve data quality, regulatory confidence, and business outcomes. We help businesses assess, design, and operationalise data governance programmes that enhance compliance, improve data integrity, foster accountability, and enable trusted analytics across the enterprise.
Our advisory services include maturity assessments, strategic roadmaps, framework development, and change enablement.
These can be delivered as standalone engagements or integrated into broader enterprise initiatives spanning data, AI, and Cybersecurity.
Our consulting covers five imperatives:
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Governance maturity
Establish robust privacy governance frameworks and assess the maturity of existing privacy practices to identify areas for improvement.
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Roadmap strategy
Develop a strategic roadmap outlining the steps needed to enhance privacy practices, including initiatives, timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
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Technology enablement
Design and implement privacy-enhancing technologies and solutions, ensuring they are integrated seamlessly into existing systems.
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Change management
Facilitate organisational change and raise privacy awareness through training programmes and communication strategies.
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Insights dashboards
Create dashboards to monitor privacy metrics and manage ongoing privacy operations, ensuring continuous compliance and improvement.
Customer challenges
Exquitech Data & Compliance Consulting customers are faced with a myriad of threats, challenges and vulnerabilities they seek protection from.
Poor data transparency
Inconsistent, incomplete, or inaccurate data hinders decision-making and weakens trust in reporting and analytics – often due to gaps in governance, standards, and stewardship models.
Scaling governance across growth
As data volumes increase, many organisations lack scalable data governance frameworks and operating models to maintain oversight, control, and compliance across departments and geographies.
Fragmented systems
Limited integration between platforms leads to fragmented views and inconsistent reporting, making it difficult to establish a single source of truth and a unified, governed data foundation.
Weak security
Weak controls around data access, usage, and protection expose sensitive data to operational risk and regulatory penalties, especially where ownership is unclear or undocumented.
Unclear ownership
Many organisations lack defined data ownership, stewardship, and RACI models, resulting in duplicated efforts, policy violations, and missed compliance requirements.
Limited metadata
Without centralised metadata management, organisations struggle to trace data sources, ensure accuracy, and support data cataloguing, lineage tracking, and audit readiness.
Retention policy gaps
Inconsistent data retention, archiving, and disposal practices create risk exposure and non-compliance with sector-specific data handling requirements.
Cultural resistance
Data governance initiatives often fail due to limited buy-in, unclear communication, and the absence of structured awareness and change management programmes.
Unmanaged AI adoption risks
Rapid AI adoption without governance leads to uncontrolled data usage, bias risks, and non-compliance with emerging AI and data handling regulations.
Our comprehensive consulting solutions address all these challenges, and more.
Data & Compliance Consulting process
Exquitech has comprehensive, proven frameworks and operating models for programme strategy and delivery – providing assurance for every step in the journey.
Plan
A compliance strategy is created to align data practices with regulatory and business requirements. Governance structures and key objectives are defined to guide execution.
Implement
Compliance tools, governance mechanisms, and staff training programmes are deployed. Integration ensures controls are adopted smoothly across business functions.
Design
Frameworks, policies, and workflows are designed to embed compliance into operations. Regulatory standards are translated into practical controls for data quality, security, and privacy
Assess
Current compliance and data governance practices are evaluated through gap assessments. Risks and improvement opportunities are identified and prioritised for action.
Operate
Compliance processes are monitored through audits and dashboards to track effectiveness. Policies are updated regularly, and continuous training embeds a culture of accountability.
Plan
A compliance strategy is created to align data practices with regulatory and business requirements. Governance structures and key objectives are defined to guide execution.
Assess
Current compliance and data governance practices are evaluated through gap assessments. Risks and improvement opportunities are identified and prioritised for action.
Design
Frameworks, policies, and workflows are designed to embed compliance into operations. Regulatory standards are translated into practical controls for data quality, security, and privacy
Implement
Compliance tools, governance mechanisms, and staff training programmes are deployed. Integration ensures controls are adopted smoothly across business functions.
Operate
Compliance processes are monitored through audits and dashboards to track effectiveness. Policies are updated regularly, and continuous training embeds a culture of accountability.
Customer benefits
Exquitech Data & Compliance Consulting clients benefit from an array of business outcomes.
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Improved data quality
Improve data accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
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GDPR/ISO compliance
Ensure adherence to complex data governance and compliance requirements.
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Scalable frameworks
Efficiently manage and scale data governance frameworks to handle increasing data volumes.
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Unified data management
Seamlessly integrate data from diverse sources for a unified view.
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Stronger security
Protect data from breaches and unauthorised access.
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Clear ownership
Define clear roles and responsibilities for effective data ownership and stewardship.
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AI-ready analytics
Leverage AI and machine learning for data-driven decision-making and enhanced data governance.
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Use Cases
Enterprise data governance framework design
Data ownership
and stewardship operating model
Metadata and data lineage design
Data lifecycle and retention design
Change
management for data governance adoption
Data readiness assessment
Data quality improvement execution
Data quality management and monitoring
AI and analytics governance enablement
Organisation-wide data literacy and awareness
Blogs
Related Capabilities
Cybersecurity Consulting
Provides expert-led advisory services grounded in proven frameworks, supporting organisations across security assessment, governance design and awareness-driven culture change.
Privacy Consulting
Benefit from strategic roadmaps, advanced technology implementations, effective change management, and continuous monitoring to ensure robust privacy governance and build customer trust.
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