SME (20–200 staff)
A working risk + compliance operating rhythm, kept current every month.
30-day setup plus a monthly partner cadence for growing tech businesses moving into enterprise customers, partnerships or regulated work.
What is Compliance Debt?
Compliance debt is what builds up when you launch fast without the basic privacy, risk and governance foundations.
It doesn't always break things today, but it shows up later as rework, delayed deals, customer scrutiny, and avoidable incidents.
Outcomes
- • Move from reactive compliance to a repeatable monthly operating system.
- • Give leaders clear visibility: top risks, overdue actions, decisions required.
- • Strengthen third-party provider and incident governance before enterprise customers demand it.
Deliverables
- • Risk register + controls + treatment plan (owner-based, practical).
- • Compliance calendar with reminders and owners.
- • Privacy operations uplift: roles, processes, evidence plan (operational).
- • Incident/complaints governance: triage + escalation + documentation discipline.
- • Third-party provider governance cadence: onboarding checks, renewals, critical provider reviews.
- • Monthly Executive Snapshot (1–2 pages).
- • Quarterly Health Check report (progress, changes, exposure).
Included
- • Setup (30 days): build baseline registers, cadence, templates and reporting.
- • Operate (monthly): maintain cadence, update registers, issue monthly snapshot and quarterly reports.
- • One scheduled monthly governance call (60 minutes).
- • Ongoing support: up to 8 support tickets/month (or equivalent).
Not included
- • Enterprise GRC platform implementations (separate enterprise scope).
- • 24/7 incident response, SOC/MDR operations.
- • Legal advice/representation.
- • Full procurement/probity roles unless separately scoped.
FAQ
How long do we commit?
Minimum 6 months after setup to embed the operating rhythm and show measurable improvement.
Can you work inside our tools?
Yes. We can operate within your existing environment where practical.
What happens if we need more support?
We'll scope additional work as a clearly priced add-on to protect both sides from scope creep.
What is a third-party provider?
We review your key third-party providers (hosting, analytics, payments, email, and AI tools) to ensure you have the right basics in place including data handling, access, evidence, and incident readiness.
RLA provides governance and compliance management guidance and does not provide legal advice.