Markets
Sectors where evidence paths matter.
Cipher is most useful where decisions require traceable diligence: approvals, investment committees, procurement gates, and delivery risk management.
Map your market to the right brief
If you share sector, geography and deadline, we recommend the brief and the first gate in writing.
AI power + grid
Where delivery gating and counterparties are as important as engineering.
Interconnection queues, PPAs, curtailment constraints
Land, permitting and corridor dependencies
Counterparty strength and supplier exposure
Data centres
Readiness and procurement risk across multi-jurisdiction programmes.
Permitting sequences and evidence gates
Supply chain constraints and lead times
Programme governance and audit trails
Emerging markets
Partner and supplier integrity risks before commitment of capital or reputation.
Identity anchors, adverse media, adjacency risks
Sanctions/PEP visibility and enforcement signals
Governance-ready packs for approvals
Procurement programmes
When procurement decisions must stand up to challenge.
Supplier capability and delivery risk mapping
Transparent inclusion/exclusion logic
Decision memo and next gates
Risk surface matrix
Where diligence effort concentrates
Scores are illustrative attention weights, not claims of prevalence. They show where evidence effort typically sits for defensible decisions.
Market
Integrity
Supply chain
Regulatory
Delivery gating
AI power + grid
5
3
4
5
Data centres
4
4
3
5
Emerging markets
5
2
5
4
Procurement programmes
4
5
3
4
Non-binary: effort weighting, evidence paths, and gates.Designed for scrutiny.
What makes a case “hard”
Complexity drivers (non-exhaustive)
- Weak identifiers or homonym density
- Cross-border corporate structures and layered control
- High reputational sensitivity and political exposure
- Regulatory gating with tight deadlines
- Supplier chains with opaque subcontracting
How to engage quickly
Minimum inputs that speed delivery
The fastest route to a defensible decision is strong identifiers up front. If you share what you have, we state what is sufficient and what remains uncertain.