Cyber Consultancy

CYBER CONSULTANCY & LEGAL INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICES

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cyber resilience is no longer optional – it’s a legal and regulatory necessity.

HF’s Cyber Practice helps organisations prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber threats with confidence.

Whether you’re building operational resilience, managing a live incident, or strengthening your defences post-breach, we support your legal and operational needs with clarity and precision.

Our Team

Led by cyber resilience expert Craig Kennedy – formerly a Partner at the world’s largest law firm and Head of Cyber Risk at a global digital transformation company – our team combines subject matter expertise with real-world incident response experience.

We work alongside CISOs, General Counsel, compliance leaders, and boards to embed resilience throughout your organisation.

Cyber Challenges We Solve

Lack of Board Ownership of Cyber Risk: We define accountability, train leadership teams, and embed resilience into governance.
Untested or Outdated Crisis Plans: We design and validate incident response plans through realistic scenario-based exercises.
Third-Party Risk Blind Spots: We assess and strengthen your supplier terms, conduct due diligence, and implement audit mechanisms.
Regulatory Gaps & Non-Compliance: We map your controls against frameworks like DORA, NIS2, GDPR, and FCA rules – and help close gaps to manage risks.
Shadow IT & Unauthorised Tech Use: We draft governance policies and legal terms to address unauthorised technologies and protect your data estate.

Proactive Cyber Legal Services

Prepare before crisis strikes.

Realistic, sector-specific simulations to stress-test executive and operational responses.

Immersive, live-fire simulations - on or off Cyber Ranges - where your teams are challenged by our red team specialists.

Clear, practical guidance tailored for live incidents, covering roles, escalation paths, and regulatory timelines.

Contract and supply chain assessments to ensure your resilience expectations are legally enforceable.

Tailored sessions on legal risk, regulatory duties, and relevant threat intelligence.

Design of enterprise-wide frameworks for accountability, compliance, and resilience integration.

Reactive Cyber Legal Services

Respond fast. Recover stronger.

We act as breach counsel, coordinating the legal and technical response to an incident, guarded by legal professional privilege.

We advise on who to notify, when, and how - balancing compliance without unnecessary exposure.

We represent clients in regulatory investigations, post-incident litigation, and where appropriate, pursue actions against third parties whose failings introduced cyber risk.

After the crisis, we conduct detailed reviews to identify gaps in your cyber resilience posture and strengthen your capabilities.

Why Clients Work with HF

Hybrid Legal + Crisis Experience: We’ve led clients through high-impact incidents and understand how to protect your organisation before, during, and after a breach.
Sector-Specific Simulation Design: Our exercises reflect the threats and attacker tactics relevant to your industry – not off-the-shelf scenarios.
Clear, Actionable Legal Advice: We don’t just advise – we enable your people to act decisively under pressure.
Regulatory Insight: From NIS2 to DORA, we help clients anticipate change, mitigate enforcement, and embed lasting compliance.

Case Examples

Incident Response in Critical Sectors: We’ve advised global brands in energy, transport, manufacturing, and retail on ransomware, BEC, DDoS, and payment diversion attacks.
Cyber Exercise for a Global Infrastructure Client: Designed and delivered a board-level simulation covering threat detection, escalation, and executive decision-making.
DORA Readiness for a Leading Financial Services Brand: Delivered regulatory heatmaps, legal roadmaps, and board workshops ahead of the 2025 enforcement deadline.

Insider Threat Advisory for a Logistics Provider: Investigated and advised on cybercrime linked to internal actors, including control gaps and legal remediation.
Contract Resilience Review for a Tech Company: Strengthened supplier terms and developed aligned incident, crisis, and disaster recovery playbooks.

Frequently asked questions

Unlike traditional IT providers, HF’s Cyber Practice is led by lawyers with hands-on incident response and regulatory experience.

We don’t just identify technical gaps - we ensure your response plans, supply chain protections, and governance frameworks are appropriate.

That means confidence in your capabilities when you need it most.

Yes - because many of the key risks in a cyber incidents are legal, not just technical.

From regulatory obligations to board accountability and litigation exposure, proactive legal input ensures your business both understands and effectively manages the full spectrum of risk.

Cyber insurance is vital, but it’s not a resilience strategy.
Many insurers now expect and require proof of appropriate levels of resilience.

Our work helps demonstrate that you're not just insured, you're prepared.

That can strengthen claims, reduce exposure, and even improve renewal terms.

We complement internal teams by bringing external perspective, legal rigour, and real-world breach experience.

We don’t replace your CISO, legal or incident response teams - we strengthen them, helping you uncover blind spots, meet regulatory expectations, and rehearse decision-making under realistic simulated pressure.

We start with a short consultation to understand your structure, priorities, and risks.

From there, we tailor our support - whether that’s delivering board training, reviewing your incident response playbooks, strengthening contracts, or overseeing a tabletop or cyber exercise.

Everything is scoped clearly, priced transparently, and aligned to outcomes that matter.