Mid-market and corporate

Enterprise rigour at mid-market pace

We work with owner-led companies, with hidden champions employing several thousand people, and with large corporates that still think mid-market. One platform, three tiers, one standard: substance without overhead.

What we mean by mid-market

For us, mid-market is not a head-count, it is a mindset.

The classic definition stops at 500 employees. Our experience says otherwise: family-led hidden champions with 3,000 or 5,000 employees carry the label with good reason. They think like owners, decide quickly and measure their cybersecurity by business outcome, not by compliance theatre.

The same mindset shows up inside large corporates that have stayed mid-market in spirit: plants, subsidiaries, newly created business units. They all want enterprise substance without enterprise overhead. That is exactly what the Cybervize platform was built for.

Three engagement types, one platform

The Cybervize platform works for an 80-person tool maker and for a DAX business unit. What differs is the depth of advisory support and how far the modules are expanded.

Classic mid-market

Size:: Up to around 500 employees, owner-led.
Shape:: Growth from cash flow, one IT lead with a mixed remit, often an external IT provider with broad responsibility.
Typical challenges:: NIS-2 obligations without an in-house security team, supplier and insurer compliance pressure, no audit routine.
What we contribute:: Structured compliance without tool-stack overhead. Quick wins via the platform, optionally backed by a vCISO bundle for first-time buyers without an in-house security function.

Hidden champion

Size:: 500 to 15,000 employees, often family-led, international subsidiaries.
Shape:: Market leader in a niche, OT/IT convergence on the shop floor, advisory or supervisory board with reporting expectations, multi-site reality.
Typical challenges:: NIS-2 and IEC 62443 obligations in parallel, group reporting on demand, maturity differentiation between plants and admin subsidiaries.
What we contribute:: Platform rollout across multiple sites with a consolidated group report, central governance with local owner roles, a maturity path instead of a one-size mandate.

Large corporate with mid-market mindset

Size:: 15,000 employees and more, listed or family-controlled.
Shape:: Regulated industries, board and supervisory-board reporting, multi-country footprint, auditor acceptance as a hard requirement.
Typical challenges:: Programme complexity, method consistency across subsidiaries and plants, migration away from an oversized GRC suite.
What we contribute:: Pilot- and module-led adoption, board-ready reports, auditor-acceptable evidence. Big-Four method first-hand, without Big-Four overhead.

Why this works credibly

Cybervize bridges two worlds that rarely meet in the advisory market.

The Cybervize platform codifies 25 years of ISMS leadership at PwC, Deloitte and KPMG. These are the standards DAX corporates use to build their security architecture. Same methodology, same control catalogues, same audit logic.

Translated into a platform that a 200-person company can operate without consulting hours. Translated into fixed prices instead of open T&M mandates. Translated into an interface an IT lead with a mixed remit can actually run.

That is the bridge: enterprise substance in the tool, mid-market pace in operation. Hidden champions get the same instrument as the listed corporate, on their own timeline. Corporates that still think mid-market get both sides in one platform.

Memberships, programmes and partnerships

Which tier fits your organisation?

In a 30-minute conversation we will scope which Cybervize platform modules are relevant for your size, sector and audit profile, and which level of advisory support makes sense.

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