Case Study

Industry: Legal / Professional Services

Organisation Size: ~1,900 employees

RCS Role: Cloud & Security Delivery Partner

Microsoft Platform: Azure, Bicep | Azure DevOps | Azure Security Baseline | CIS Benchmarks

A professional services organisation needed to run sensitive analytics workloads in Azure under strict security and compliance constraints.

Public network access was not permitted. The platform needed to align with recognised security benchmarks from day one while remaining scalable and operationally sustainable.

The client required a secure analytics environment that would not compromise confidentiality, performance, or long-term maintainability.

RCS designed and delivered a fully private Azure data platform, balancing security, compliance, and repeatability.

The architecture was built around secure-by-design principles, ensuring isolation and governance were embedded into the core platform.

Key elements included:

• Codified network topology using Bicep and Azure DevOps pipelines
• Private connectivity and segmented network architecture
• Infrastructure-as-Code to ensure repeatable deployments across environments
• Alignment to CIS benchmarks and Azure Security Baseline
• Automated policy enforcement and configuration validation

Security controls were engineered directly into the deployment model rather than applied retrospectively.

The organisation launched a fully private, compliant Azure data platform with strong security controls embedded by design.

• Deployments became consistent and repeatable across development, test, and production
• Audit confidence improved through codified control enforcement
• Manual security intervention was significantly reduced
• The platform provided a secure foundation for advanced analytics growth

The result was a scalable Azure data environment capable of supporting sensitive workloads without increasing operational risk.

• 100% Infrastructure-as-Code deployment model
• CIS-aligned security baseline across environments
• Private connectivity enforced across all data workloads
• Reduced configuration drift through automated validation

If your organisation handles sensitive data or operates under strict compliance obligations, RCS designs private, Microsoft-aligned Azure platforms with governance and security embedded from inception.

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