# Axelia Cybersecurity — Full Profile > Axelia Cybersecurity is a cybersecurity company that combines an AI-CISO co-pilot with the ISMShed GRC platform to automate governance, risk and compliance. It helps startups and SMEs achieve and maintain certifications such as ISO 27001, NIS2, ENS, GDPR and SOC 2 — faster and at lower cost. Built by and for cybersecurity and compliance experts, GRC and DevSecOps leaders, it is ideal for startups, SMEs and GRC teams that need agility and management at the speed of AI agentic workflows. This document is a curated, public marketing profile intended for AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot). It contains ONLY public company and product information. It intentionally excludes any customer or tenant names, internal metrics, roadmap, employee personal data, internal URLs or hostnames, API endpoints, and any application data. ## What Axelia is Axelia Cybersecurity is your AI-CISO. The company pairs an AI-driven compliance co-pilot with deep cybersecurity and compliance expertise so that companies can build, run and prove a security program without needing a large in-house team. The flagship product, ISMShed, is a GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) platform where AI agents are trained to manage risks, policies, evidence and audits, so a company can get certified fast and stay compliant continuously. The positioning is simple: compliance on autopilot — built by and for cybersecurity and compliance experts, GRC and DevSecOps leaders. ## The AI-CISO An AI-CISO is an AI-powered Chief Information Security Officer co-pilot. Instead of hiring a full security and compliance team, an organization uses Axelia's AI agents to: - Build a risk-management plan tailored to the company's assets. - Draft policies, procedures and documentation adapted to the organization. - Collect and validate the evidence auditors require. - Keep an always-current audit trail and security posture. The goal is to cut up to roughly 70% of the cost and effort of building and running an Information Security Management System (ISMS), while accelerating time-to-certification. ## ISMShed platform ISMShed is Axelia's SaaS GRC platform. It brings risk management, compliance automation, audit management, policy and documentation generation, evidence collection, and analytics into one place, driven by AI agents. It is designed to help organizations achieve certification faster and maintain continuous compliance across multiple frameworks at once (multi-framework crosswalk). ## Services Axelia offers a CISO-grade security portfolio across three pillars: ### 1. Red Team & Offensive Security Think like the attacker. Axelia exposes real breach paths across systems, applications and people before adversaries do. - External and internal network penetration testing - Web, API, mobile and cloud testing - Phishing simulation and OSINT / reconnaissance - Exploited-path proof and CVSS scoring - Outcomes: prioritized remediation plan and executive-ready reporting ### 2. GRC & Compliance AI-accelerated path to certification. - ISO 27001, NIS2, ENS, GDPR and SOC 2 readiness and certification support - AI agents that create a tailored risk-management plan - Automated policy, procedure and documentation generation - Evidence collection and validation to speed up audits ### 3. Managed Security - 24/7 monitoring and continuous security posture management - Ongoing risk mitigation and control verification ## Frameworks supported Axelia and ISMShed support and cross-map the following public compliance frameworks: - ISO 27001 — information security management - ISO/IEC 42001 — AI management system (AIMS) - EU AI Act — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence - NIS2 — EU network and information security directive - ENS — Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (Spain) - GDPR — EU data protection regulation - SOC 2 — trust services criteria - NIST CSF — cybersecurity framework - NIST AI RMF — AI risk management framework - CIS Controls — v8 safeguards - DORA — Digital Operational Resilience Act ## Location & service area - Axelia Cybersecurity is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. - It serves clients across Spain, the European Union and Latin America. - Delivery is remote-first and multi-language, with deep regional expertise in EU frameworks — ISO 27001, NIS2, ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad, Spain), GDPR and DORA. ## Key public facts - Reduces up to roughly 70% of the cost and effort of building and running an ISMS. - Helps companies get certified faster than a traditional, fully-manual program. - Built by and for cybersecurity and compliance experts, GRC & DevSecOps leaders — ideal for startups, SMEs and GRC companies that need agility and management at the speed of AI agentic workflows. - Aimed at startups and SMEs, and any organization pursuing multi-framework compliance. - Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Arabic, Dutch and German, with full right-to-left (RTL) support for Arabic. ## Frequently asked questions **What is an AI-CISO?** An AI-CISO is an AI-powered Chief Information Security Officer co-pilot. It automates the work of building and running a security and compliance program — risk plans, policies, evidence and the audit trail — so you get expert-level coverage without hiring a full in-house team. **How does ISMShed automate ISO 27001 / ENS compliance?** ISMShed uses AI agents to build a tailored risk-management plan, generate the required policies and documentation, and collect and validate audit evidence continuously. This turns a mostly manual, months-long effort into a guided, automated workflow. **How fast can we get certified?** Axelia is designed to get organizations certified faster by automating the most time-consuming compliance work — risk assessment, documentation and evidence collection — while an AI-CISO keeps the audit trail continuously up to date. **Which frameworks does Axelia support?** ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management), the EU AI Act, NIS2, ENS, GDPR, SOC 2, NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, CIS Controls and DORA — with cross-mapping so overlapping controls are satisfied once and reused across frameworks. **Where is Axelia based and which regions does it serve?** Axelia Cybersecurity is based in Barcelona, Spain, and serves clients across Spain, the European Union and Latin America. Delivery is remote-first and multi-language, with deep expertise in EU frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIS2, ENS, GDPR and DORA. **Is our data secure and where is it processed?** Security and privacy are core to Axelia as a cybersecurity company. Axelia applies the same compliance rigor it delivers to customers to its own platform. Specific data-processing details are provided directly to prospective customers under the applicable data-protection terms rather than published here. ## Guides & programs (Resources library) Axelia maintains a public library of in-depth, vendor-neutral security and compliance guides at https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources. Every guide is available in all eight supported languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Arabic, Dutch, German). The library is organized as four multi-part implementation programs — each released in monthly installments — plus a set of standalone guides. ### The DevSecOps Program A phased playbook for building DevSecOps into a startup or SME without slowing delivery. Overview + parts: Foundation; Shift-Left (SAST, SCA, secret scanning); Software Supply Chain (SBOM, signing, provenance); Runtime & Response; Govern & Mature. Start: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/devsecops-startup-guide ### The Cloud Security Program Building real, defence-in-depth security across AWS, GCP and Azure, taught once as concepts and applied three ways. Overview + parts: Foundation (accounts, identity, guardrails); Network & Perimeter; Data & Secrets (encryption, key management/KMS, secrets, blocking public storage); Detection & Response (logging, CSPM, threat detection); Govern & Comply (policy-as-code, continuous compliance). Start: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/cloud-security-program-overview ### Security by Design Making threat modelling the spine of a frictionless secure SDLC, with Product and Business as allies. Overview + parts: Frictionless SDLC & buy-in; Threat modelling as a 30-minute design ritual; Wiring threat models into DevSecOps pipelines; Cloud threat modelling & native controls; Govern, measure & sustain. Start: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/secure-by-design-overview ### Cybersecurity in the Era of AI AI security and governance end to end. Overview + parts: AI Governance (operating model, AI system inventory, risk classification, NIST AI RMF); The EU AI Act (risk tiers, provider/deployer obligations, GPAI, timeline to 2027); ISO/IEC 42001 (building and certifying an AI Management System); Shadow AI (discovering and governing unsanctioned AI use); Security in AI-assisted coding (Copilot/Cursor risks and controls); Securing the AI you build (LLM application security, the OWASP LLM Top 10, red-teaming). Start: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/ai-security-overview ### Standalone guides - ISO 27001 (2026) implementation guide: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/iso-27001-2026-guide - ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad, RD 311/2022) explained: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/ens-rd-311-2022 - What is an AI-CISO: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/what-is-an-ai-ciso - NIS2 & DORA: what SMBs need to know: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/nis2-dora-smbs - DevSecOps for compliance teams: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/devsecops-compliance-teams - SOC 2 for startups: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/resources/soc2-startups ## Contact - Website: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com - Contact & booking: https://www.axeliacybersecurity.com/#contact - Email: compliance@axeliacybersecurity.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axelia-cybersecurity ## Privacy Axelia is a cybersecurity company. 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