A2a Secure Edge Consulting Ltd · London, UK

From audit to assurance.

Boutique advisory for audit innovation, cyber assurance and thought leadership — helping financial institutions and the Global Financial Intelligence Academy build trust at the edge of technology risk.

19+Years in IT audit & cyber risk
Big 4PwC heritage & global FS
3Regions — UK · India · US
8+Frameworks & regimes covered
01 — Advisory

Three disciplines. One standard of rigour.

A — 01

Audit Innovation

Modernising the audit function for a cloud-first, AI-accelerated world — without losing the discipline that makes assurance credible.

  • ITGC & UK/US SOX programme design and delivery
  • Technology risk engagements for global financial institutions
  • Audit analytics, automation and agile audit methods
  • AI governance and ISO 42001 readiness
A — 02

Cyber Assurance

Independent, board-ready assurance over the controls that matter — from cloud compliance to operational resilience.

  • Cloud compliance & CCAK-informed cloud audit
  • Operational resilience — FCA / PRA expectations
  • NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001 & GDPR alignment
  • Cybersecurity control assessments & third-party risk
A — 03

Thought Leadership & Education

Faculty teaching and mentorship for the Global Financial Intelligence Academy, and curated conversations that move the profession forward.

  • Faculty — Global Financial Intelligence Academy
  • Executive briefings on audit innovation & AI governance
  • Conference talks, panels & curated industry events
  • Mentorship & diversity in tech via SheLeadsTech

Fluent in the frameworks that govern trust.

Engagements delivered against the regimes regulators, boards and auditors actually test you on.

Specialisms — cloud compliance · data privacy · AI governance · operational resilience

02 — Engagements

Current work, in the field.

E — 01 Ongoing Managed IT · Cybersecurity
Resilience · AI Security

Pyralink Innovation Ltd

Partnering with Pyralink to strengthen their Managed IT & Cybersecurity Services, compliance support, and Enterprise Resilience & AI Security work. The programme includes building a fully prepared security-attestation capability to CIS-level benchmark standards and ensuring compliance with data-privacy regulations across borders.

  • Security attestation
  • CIS Benchmarks
  • Enterprise resilience
  • AI security
  • Cross-border data privacy
  • Compliance support
E — 02 Ongoing Faculty · Thought Leadership

Global Financial Intelligence Academy

Faculty member bringing over 19 years of thought-leadership expertise in IT audit, cybersecurity and technology-risk management to teaching, mentorship and curated industry conversation for the next generation of financial-intelligence professionals.

  • IT audit
  • Cybersecurity
  • Technology risk
  • Thought leadership
  • Mentorship
Aarti Ajay — Director, A2a Secure Edge Consulting Aarti AjayDirector

03 — About

Aarti Ajay — assurance, taught and practised.

Director of A2a Secure Edge Consulting Limited and faculty member at the Global Financial Intelligence Academy, Aarti brings more than nineteen years in IT audit, cybersecurity and technology risk to every engagement.

Her career spans Big 4 consulting and global financial institutions — PwC, AXA XL, Wise and Just Group — leading ITGC, cybersecurity and technology risk engagements across the UK, India and the US.

A former Board Director of the ISACA London Chapter, she curates events on audit innovation, cyber assurance and AI governance, and champions diversity in tech through SheLeadsTech.

CISA — Certified CIA Part 1 — Passed CISM — Trained CCAK — Trained CRISC — Trained
Career houses
PwCAXA XLWiseJust Group
04 — Voice

A voice the profession listens to.

Board · Governance

ISACA London Chapter — Former Board Director

Curator of chapter events on audit innovation, cyber assurance and AI governance for one of ISACA's largest chapters.

Speaking

UKSec Cyber Summit

Leading discussions on cyber assurance and the future of technology risk with senior security leaders.

Speaking

International Cyber Expo

Panels and briefings on audit innovation and AI governance for a global security audience.

Faculty

Global Financial Intelligence Academy

Teaching and mentorship in IT audit, cybersecurity and technology risk for the next generation of financial-intelligence professionals.

Advocacy

SheLeadsTech

Supporting diversity in technology, audit and cybersecurity through ISACA's SheLeadsTech initiative.

05 — Engage

Assurance begins with a conversation.

Advisory engagements, faculty enquiries, speaking invitations and board-level briefings — Aarti would be glad to hear from you.

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