GLXG: building the security foundations for a growing healthcare business.
The job was not to arrive with a pile of policies. It was to understand how the organisation worked, identify where security needed to develop, and build a sensible foundation for the next stage of growth.
The situation.
Global Lab eXpert Group (GLXG) connects patients and practitioners with advanced diagnostic testing, including genomics, microbiome analysis, and complex disease investigation. As the organisation developed, security requirements naturally grew more complex across devices, cloud services, suppliers, people, and sensitive health information.
GLXG wanted a clearer view of its security position and a more structured way to manage the risks associated with continued growth. The objective was not to impose a heavy framework or unnecessary bureaucracy, but to build something proportionate to the organisation and practical to maintain over time.
From complexity to a clearer security position
YDC first built a clearer picture of GLXG's environment across people, technology, devices, cloud services, suppliers and the information being handled.
The engagement introduced a structured approach to identifying and managing information security risk, with clear ownership and priorities so effort could be focused where it mattered most.
The work then focused on practical improvements including device management, access, data handling, staff awareness and a more controlled Microsoft 365 environment.
What the engagement involved.
We started by working through how the business actually operated — people, technology, devices, cloud services, suppliers and the information being handled. This established a practical baseline and helped separate areas that needed real change from areas that mainly needed clearer structure or documentation.
We introduced a structured approach to identifying and managing information security risk, with clear ownership and actions. This gave the leadership team a better view of where the organisation was exposed, which risks mattered most and where security effort should be focused.
We worked through the practical controls needed to strengthen GLXG's security position — including device management, access, data handling, staff awareness and the move towards a more controlled Microsoft 365 environment. The focus was on making sensible improvements in the right order rather than trying to change everything at once.
The outcome.
GLXG now has a much clearer view of its security position and a structured way of managing the risks associated with continued growth. Security is easier to understand, priorities are clearer and there is a defined route towards further assurance — including Cyber Essentials where it makes commercial sense.
Clearer position
A practical baseline of GLXG's security environment.
Clearer priorities
A structured view of risks, ownership and where effort should be focused.
Next-stage readiness
A defined route towards further assurance, including Cyber Essentials where commercially appropriate.
Most organisations do not need more security activity for the sake of it. They need to understand what matters and what to do next. That was the focus here.
Global Lab eXpert Group (GLXG) — healthcare diagnostics and life sciences
Frequently asked questions.
Security gets more complicated as businesses grow — we help organisations understand where they are and what to do next.
We help organisations understand where they are, what matters and what to do next — without adding process for the sake of it.