Cybersecurity

Enterprise-grade IT and OT cybersecurity frameworks built for specialised satellite and media environments.

Third-Party Cybersecurity Audits

Ensure your supply chain is resilient with comprehensive, objective supplier assessments.

Whether you need to verify a new vendor or audit an existing partner, a third-party cybersecurity assessment provides a full evaluation of their security posture. We offer both on-site and remote audits tailored to your operational requirements.

  • Bespoke Frameworks: Customised assessments built around your specific risk profile and business goals.
  • Industry Standards: Audits aligned with globally recognised frameworks, including ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework and others as required.
  • Comprehensive Scope: Dual-focused reviews covering both corporate IT networks and operational technology (OT) environments.

Development of Bespoke Industry Sector Assessments & Maturity Models

We engineer industry-specific audit frameworks and maturity models from the ground up to standardise security across specialised sectors.

Off-the-shelf security frameworks rarely align with the unique risks of niche industries. We fill this gap by designing custom, sector-wide assessment models that allow organisations, trade associations, and governing bodies to accurately evaluate, grade, and track the cybersecurity maturity of their ecosystems.

Our specialised experience bridges the gap between traditional IT standards and complex Operational Technology (OT), where uptime and specialised infrastructure are critical.

Our Framework Development Capabilities:

  • Custom Metric Engineering: We establish precise, meaningful evaluation criteria tailored to the exact operational realities, terminology, and risk profiles of your sector.
  • Proven Track Record: As a benchmark of our capability, we developed the official satellite teleport assessment and maturity model for the World Teleport Association (WTA). This framework enables teleports globally to be graded on a cybersecurity posture built specifically for them.
  • OT-Centric Architecture: We design frameworks that safely address the distinct physical, safety, and availability challenges of OT environments, ensuring compliance models do not disrupt live operational environments
  • Scalable Grading Systems: We build structured tiering and maturity levels (e.g., Levels 1–4) so organisations can benchmark their current status and map out clear, incremental pathways to higher resilience.

Red Teaming

Test your defenses against a simulated, real-world cyberattack.

A Red Team Review goes beyond simple scanning. We think and act like real adversaries to test your organisation’s true ability to detect, contain, and recover from sophisticated threats across your IT and OT environments.

Our holistic approach uncovers hidden vulnerabilities across software, live networks, physical access controls, and human factors (social engineering).

Key Benefits:

  • Proactive Remediation: Fix critical security gaps before actual attackers can exploit them.
  • Process Hardening: Strengthen incident response workflows and boost staff security awareness.
  • Stakeholder Confidence: Prove operational resilience to high-value clients, industry regulators, and insurers.
  • Financial Advantages: Meet rigorous compliance mandates and potentially lower your cyber insurance premiums.

HawkEye

Our partners keep an eye on current trends

Teleport Excellence: Key Insights from 40 WTA Certifications

As a Technical Assessor for the WTA Teleport Certification Program, I’ve spent a decade helping teams transform their satellite and broadcast infrastructure and operations.
I’ve distilled the most critical lessons from these audits into a new article to help teleport leaders, engineers, investors, and customers navigate this competitive sector. I hope you find this helpful!

Simulating the Attack: How Hawk Protects Media Companies from Cyber Threats

It’s a troubling fact that cyber-attacks are growing more sophisticated every day. This begs the question, how secure are broadcasters and their vendors? 

This article discusses how a Hawk Red Team Review can you stay one step ahead of cyber-attackers.

Hawk’s Angus Blackwood Speaks on Best Practice in Control Room Design and Operation

In January 2022 the World Teleport Association published their paper on best practice in control room design and operation. Titled ‘Build a Better NOC’, the report explores best practices for strengthening and improving one of the most critical elements of operational and customer support, the Network Operations Center (NOC).

The report was researched and written by Angus Blackwood. In this exclusive World Teleport Association webinar, Angus can be heard speaking about the research findings.

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