Client
Certificates
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Axiology, a Lithuania-based fintech, is building cutting-edge capital market infrastructure using distributed ledger technology (DLT). As part of its journey to become a regulated financial entity, Axiology needed to meet rigorous cybersecurity, operational, and compliance standards.
Securing ISO 27001 certification was a critical milestone—but just one component of a broader goal: obtaining authorisation under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime and preparing for compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Together, licensing and DORA-readiness demanded a high degree of technical maturity, robust security controls, and well-documented operational resilience.
Axiology needed a trusted partner to navigate this complex regulatory landscape while keeping its internal resources focused on product development and business growth.
After evaluating both insourcing and outsourcing paths, Axiology partnered with CyberUpgrade for CISO-as-a-Service and hands-on support across security, compliance, and licensing preparation.
CyberUpgrade not only delivered ISO 27001 documentation and audit readiness but also led the technical and security components required for the DLT Pilot Regime license and DORA alignment. Acting as Axiology’s security leadership team, CyberUpgrade helped integrate resilience-by-design principles into Axiology’s architecture—ensuring alignment with both current and upcoming EU regulations.
"We needed a fast, efficient path to financial licensing and ISO 27001 certification, so we chose to outsource our security and compliance process to CyberUpgrade. Their expertise allowed us to offload 80% of security compliance tasks, accelerating our certification and freeing our team to focus on development."
Algirdas Neciunskas, Chief Operating Officer
With CyberUpgrade’s technical and security support, Axiology became only the second company in the EU—and the first in Northern and Eastern Europe—to be authorised under the DLT Pilot Regime to operate a blockchain-based trading and settlement platform.
CyberUpgrade ensured Axiology’s architecture met DORA-aligned standards for operational resilience, incident management, ICT risk, and third-party oversight—positioning them for long-term regulatory sustainability.
Offloaded the majority of security compliance tasks to CyberUpgrade.
Freed internal teams to focus on product innovation and go-to-market execution.
CyberUpgrade played a strategic role in helping Axiology achieve a milestone that places them at the forefront of digital finance in Europe—supporting ISO 27001, enabling DORA compliance, and securing one of the EU’s first licenses for blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure.
