Physical Information Security Assurance
Whiterock is an independent specialist practice providing Physical Information Security Assurance (PISA) to organisations where confidentiality, reputation and strategic
decision-making matter.
Founded in 1995, we help organisations identify, understand and manage information-security risks arising from the physical, operational and technical environment.
Information does not have to be hacked to be compromised.
Confidential information can be exposed through conversations, meeting environments, workplace design, operational behaviours, physical infrastructure and supporting technologies.
These risks frequently sit between traditional physical security, cyber security,
information security and organisational governance.
Whiterock provides independent assurance across these boundaries, helping
organisations understand where information may be vulnerable and whether
appropriate controls, governance and assurance arrangements are in place.
Why Physical Information Security Matters
Modern organisations invest heavily in cyber security, yet some of their most
sensitive information exists outside the conventional cyber boundary.
Board discussions may be overheard. Sensitive meetings may take place in
unsuitable environments. Physical infrastructure and technology may introduce
unintended vulnerabilities. Operational practices may expose information without
any conventional cyber breach taking place.
Physical Information Security Assurance provides organisations with an independent
understanding of these risks and a structured means of managing them.
It supports informed decision-making, proportionate risk treatment and confidence
at executive, security, risk and governance level.
Independent Approach
Whiterock operates at the convergence of physical security, information security
and organisational governance.
Independent assessment and specialist technical capability help identify where
physical, operational, environmental and technical factors may place sensitive
information at risk.
This provides a clear understanding of vulnerabilities, their significance and the
proportionate measures needed to protect confidential information.
Whiterock remains independent of equipment manufacturers, monitoring providers
and other commercial interests, ensuring that findings and recommendations are
driven solely by the risks identified and the assurance required.
Our Areas of Assurance
Our work is structured around three principal areas:
Assurance
Physical Information Security Assurance
Executive & Boardroom Assurance
Real-Time Assurance & Monitoring
Specialist Services
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)
Speech Privacy & Sound Masking
Specialist Technical Assessment
Advisory
Security Convergence Advisory
Physical Information Security Risk
Governance & Assurance Development
About Whiterock
Founded in 1995, Whiterock is an independent specialist security practice focused on the protection and assurance of sensitive information within the physical environment.
Today, this work is brought together through our approach to Physical Information Security Assurance (PISA).
The practice is led by Crispin Sturrock and has supported organisations with sensitive security and information-assurance requirements for more than three decades.
Our work is undertaken discreetly and independently, without affiliation to
manufacturers, monitoring providers or external organisations whose commercial
interests could influence our findings.
Independence, discretion and trust remain fundamental to every engagement.
Whiterock deliberately limits the operational and technical information published publicly.
In accordance with good information-assurance practice, detailed methodologies,
technical procedures, operational capabilities and client information are disclosed
only where appropriate and subject to confidentiality.
Further information is available through direct engagement.
Confidential Enquiries
contact@whiterock.world
+44 (0) 20 3105 0702
