What We Do¶
CDS is an innovative technology consultancy focused on organisations where the outcomes genuinely matter.
We help organisations that run critical digital services — services that can't go down, can't be breached, and can't afford to stand still. We advise on what to do and in what order. We build and modernise services that have to perform at scale. We secure and protect them. And we run and optimise them.
We've done this for 30 years, across government, regulators, and national-scale private sector. The common thread: we work where the cost of failure is high and the outcomes genuinely matter.
Who we work with¶
Public sector — where our 30-year legacy lives. Central government and arm's-length bodies, policing and emergency services, regulators and professional bodies. Services where accountability is real, accessibility is required, and the Government Service Standard sets the bar.
Private sector — growing with intent. Regulated financial services, national-scale consumer-facing digital, and other industries where the same pattern applies: critical services, high reliability requirements, real consequences if something goes wrong.
The common thread across both: clients with digital services where reliability, security, and accountability matter.
How we organise our work¶
CDS's technology work is organised into four pillars — the four types of outcome we deliver for clients:
Advise — helping clients work out what to do and in what order. Structured discovery, technology advisory, independent assessment. The work that gives clients confidence before they commit.
Build — designing and delivering working digital services. Platforms, applications, automated workflows, AI-enabled services, cloud modernisation. The work that turns a decision into a running system.
Protect — making services resilient and secure. Edge and application security, Zero Trust network access, ongoing security operations. The work that keeps services safe under pressure.
Run — keeping services healthy and improving over time. Managed service, incident and problem management, continual service improvement. The work that makes sure what we've built stays running.
Most engagements span more than one pillar. A typical pattern: Advise to define and sequence the work, Build to deliver it, Protect to secure it, Run to keep it healthy.
Seven services¶
Within the four pillars, CDS delivers seven services:
| Pillar | Service |
|---|---|
| Advise | Discovery, Advisory & Assessments |
| Build | Digital Platform & Product Delivery |
| Build | Process Automation & Case Management |
| Build | Applied AI |
| Build | Cloud Modernisation |
| Protect | Edge & Application Security |
| Run | Run & Optimise |
What we're known for¶
- Technical quality — our pitches and delivery stand up to scrutiny
- Critical services that don't fall over — at national scale, under attack, at peak load
- 30-year public sector legacy — Service Standard, accessibility, regulatory rigour, all proven
- Outcomes, not capabilities — we engage with the client's problem first, then bring the right technology
- Modern engineering and operational rigour — we build it, we secure it, we run it