Advisory Services
Tiaa's Advisory Services
Organisations are under growing pressure to achieve more with less. From tightening budgets and skills shortages to increasing regulatory demands, it can be difficult to balance day-to-day responsibilities with long-term ambitions.
That’s where we can help.
At Tiaa, we work alongside you to tackle challenges, build resilience and keep your priorities moving forward. Our experienced advisors bring practical expertise, sector knowledge and a collaborative approach, helping you find solutions that work in the real world.
We’re not here to tell you what to do. We’re here to work with you, providing the support, insight and expertise you need to focus on what matters most.
Sentinel: Strategic Security Assessment for Resilience and Confidence
Security risks are constantly evolving. Sentinel provides a tailored assessment of your organisation’s security maturity, led by experts with backgrounds in law enforcement, the military and estate security.
Designed to support informed, risk-based decision-making, Sentinel helps Boards understand their security strengths, identify priorities for improvement and make targeted investments that strengthen resilience.
The result is a clearer understanding of risk, greater confidence in your security arrangements and stronger protection for your people, property and information.
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Eco SMART
Meeting Net Zero commitments is becoming increasingly important for public sector organisations, often against a backdrop of financial pressure, competing priorities and ongoing change.
Eco SMART helps organisations understand where they are on their sustainability journey and what steps are needed to move forward with confidence. Using our proprietary assessment tool, we review your plans, progress and approach, providing clear insight into risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.
The result is a clearer view of your readiness to meet Government expectations, achieve carbon reduction targets and build a more sustainable future.
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Health and Safety Services
At Tiaa, we believe Health and Safety isn’t just about compliance—it’s about creating environments where people thrive. Our consulting service is designed to help organisations not only meet regulatory requirements but also embed a culture of safety that enhances productivity, morale, and long-term resilience. Whether you’re a local authority, private enterprise, or public sector organisation, our mission is to deliver tailored, actionable support that aligns with your operational goals and budget.
Secure Scan - Vulnerability Scanning Subscription Service
Does your organisation place all your reliance on the effectiveness of your Cyber Security measures by an annual penetration test? What happens for the rest of the year? Stop guessing and start knowing, by using Secure Scan from Tiaa.
Our service offers a proactive and scalable solution to keep your systems secure year-round. Unlike penetration tests, which are a one-time check, our regular vulnerability scans provide ongoing protection and peace of mind.
Our subscription package can be modified to meet your needs, budget, and risk appetite. We can offer:
- Robust assurance, and cost effective – regular health check vulnerability scanning, not a single annual penetration test.
- Pro-active Risk mitigation, not reactive firefighting, which helps build a balanced approach to effective cyber security.
- Cost effective assurance – tailored to your priorities, which flexes as systems change.
- Comprehensive Assessment, rather than limited scope – supporting key risks from infrastructure through to web applications, cloud and payment card compliance.
- Prioritise remediation – helping IT focus on remediation with effective criticality mapping and focussed solutions where available.
Think of our service as regular maintenance for your IT systems, ensuring they remain secure and resilient. Contact us for a tailored quotation and robust cyber security assurance.
Improving Your Organisation’s Processes and Practices
Organisations are under growing pressure to improve performance, deliver value and do more with limited resources.
We help clients identify opportunities to strengthen processes, improve efficiency and make better use of resources. Through practical insight and independent advice, we support organisations to streamline operations, reduce risk and deliver better outcomes.
Our focus goes beyond compliance, helping organisations build stronger foundations for long-term success.
Specialist Investigations Service
Our bespoke investigations practice forms part of our Anti-Crime and Investigations Team. Our team of dedicated specialists are able to provide focussed services in areas including:
- Management conduct reviews
- Disciplinary investigations
- Fact finding reviews
- Regulatory breaches (such as data loss / DPA issues)
- Whistleblowing matters
- Criminal investigations
- Cyber risk investigations (including digital forensics)
Government Functional Standards Review Service
Government Functional Standards play an important role in helping organisations strengthen governance, improve consistency and deliver better outcomes.
We help government departments, agencies and arm’s length bodies assess their current position and identify practical steps to strengthen alignment with the standards. From governance and strategy to functional management practices, we provide clear, independent insight that supports confident decision-making and continuous improvement.
Data Protection Advisory Service
Our Data Security team can provide a fully outsourced, resilient Data Protection service or assistance for your Data Protection Officer. Our team of experienced Data Protection Advisors can provide you with a pragmatic and proportionate service, which is designed to maximise the integrity and robustness of your organisation’s arrangements, safeguarding personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance.
Key elements of our service include providing:
- Assistance with responding to Subject Access Requests in a timely and independent manner
- Assistance with responding to possible data breaches in a timely and independent manner
- Ongoing Data Protection awareness training for your staff and Trustees
- Resilience when your key staff are on leave
- Data audits to establish any vulnerabilities and to advise on proactive corrective action
- Periodic Data Protection Action Alerts
- Ability for your organisation to demonstrate to funders, regulators and similar that you have in place an independent and robust Data Protection infrastructure
- Proactive reviews on DPA systems and processes (inclusive of FOI procedures)
Disover more in our article – Strengthening Data Protection Through Independent Expertise
Risk Management Service
Strong risk management helps organisations make better decisions, protect what matters and respond confidently to change.
We help organisations understand their risk maturity, strengthen risk management arrangements and embed effective risk practices at every level. From independent health checks and board workshops to mentoring and facilitation, our support is tailored to your organisation’s needs.
By providing clear insight into current and emerging risks, we help organisations build resilience, strengthen governance and move forward with confidence.
Decoding Your Culture
Uncover the building blocks of your culture and define a clear strategic way forward to effectively reduce staff turnover, increase productivity and supercharge performance.
Why might I need a culture diagnostic?
You might currently be facing common internal challenges:
- A misalignment between your business values and employee behaviours
- An increase in attrition, resulting in a spike in recruitment and training costs
- A peak in whistleblowing, malpractice and legal suits which are harming your external reputation as an employer
- Resistance to change and transformation to practices, creating inefficiencies and reducing growth
Our unique methodology has three defined stages where we take an impartial approach to undertake in-depth research and transform these insights into a clear and concise articulation of your current culture.
Research – we use both qualitative and quantitative research to assess and define your culture against a maturity scale.
Playback – With senior leaders, we workshop your strengths, blockers and underlying challenges that are holding your culture back, all the while assessing your appetite for change across the business.
Roadmap – Using all our insights, we develop a blueprint and clear roadmap of recommendations for implementation to close the gap.
Contact us and book an introductory conversation to see if this might be the right solution for you.
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The review was well communicated, conducted and provided constructive feedback and action points. The auditor was friendly, efficient, and kept all involved and updated throughout the audit, and was a pleasure to work with.
