SME Services

SMEs are likely already processing significant volumes of personal data across multiple business functions — HR, customer management, marketing, finance, supply chain — and may have some compliance measures in place but lack confidence that they are complete, current or fit for purpose. Fort Privacy tailors its services to the size, scale of processing and risk profile of your company, ensuring that your compliance programme is proportionate to your operations and focused on the areas of greatest risk.

We provide ongoing compliance programmes with regular checkpoints to ensure that your controls keep pace with changes in your business, your supplier relationships and the regulatory landscape. For organisations that have already invested in compliance but need a refresh, we offer targeted refresher programmes to bring policies, documentation and staff awareness back up to date. 

Whether you need a structured annual programme or periodic expert support, Fort Privacy scales its engagement to match your needs and your budget.

Our SME Services Include

• Outsourced DPO and AI Officer services — flexible, part-time engagements scaled to your size and budget, giving you access to expert compliance support without the cost of a full-time hire
• Ongoing compliance programmes — structured annual programmes with regular checkpoints covering policy reviews, ROPA updates, training refreshers, supplier reviews and regulatory change assessments
• Refresher programmes — targeted reviews to bring existing compliance controls back up to date, close gaps that have developed over time and ensure your documentation reflects current operations
• Compliance health checks — a proportionate assessment of your current compliance posture, identifying strengths, weaknesses and priority actions tailored to your risk profile
• Policy and procedure development — lean, practical policy suites aligned to GDPR, ISO 27001, NIS2 and other applicable frameworks, designed to grow with your business without unnecessary complexity
• Supplier and vendor due diligence — assessing your technology stack and third-party providers to ensure your data processing relationships are properly documented and managed
• Certification preparation — support for SMEs pursuing ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials or other certifications to demonstrate security and compliance maturity to customers and partners
• AI governance — practical AI policies and risk assessments for SMEs adopting AI-enabled tools, proportionate to your scale of use and aligned with the EU AI Act
• International data transfers and EU Representative services — advice on transfer mechanisms and Article 27 EU Representation for non-EU SMEs with European customers or operations
• Staff training — role-appropriate GDPR, information security and AI awareness training for your teams, including board briefings and management-level compliance updates.