How Cipher helps

Start with the decision. Then define the evidence path.

Choose the closest route. Cipher then shapes the evidence path and output around the decision being supported.

Service route index

Six decision routes.

Use the closest route as the starting point. Scope can then narrow around the exposure, evidence gap, decision deadline and level of assurance required.

Infrastructure and capacity decisions

AI infrastructure, data-centre readiness, power and microgrids, grid connection, capacity, delivery and commercial-readiness questions.

Counterparty, supplier and procurement decisions

Procurement, supplier risk, OEM/distributor exposure, delivery risk, supply-chain diligence, concentration risk and logistics fragility.

Strategic investment and influence decisions

Strategic Investment & Influence Mapping tests where capital, ownership, operating rights, infrastructure, technology, data, supply chains or policy exposure create leverage.

Market, policy and growth decisions

Emerging-market entry, market intelligence, strategy and growth choices, market selection, partnership decisions, public-sector/advisory work, assurance and value-for-money support.

Transactions support decisions

Pre-transaction checks, counterparty exposure, commercial assumptions, red flags and decision controls before commitment.

Due Diligence & Background Intelligence

Specialist formats for structured counterparty, nominee, individual, corporate and background-risk intelligence.

Route 01 · Decision domain

Infrastructure and capacity decisions

AI infrastructure, data-centre readiness, power and microgrids, grid connection, capacity, delivery and commercial-readiness questions.

What clients usually receive

Clients usually receive a readiness note, evidence confidence view, dependency map, residual uncertainty statement and recommended decision controls.

Typical output

AI Infrastructure Decision Note

For AI deployment, infrastructure assumptions, governance exposure, compute dependencies and readiness risks.

Typical output

Data-Centre Readiness Review

For site, power, grid, capacity, delivery and commercial-readiness questions.

Typical output

Power & Microgrid Readiness Review

For energy resilience, microgrid deployment, generation assumptions, procurement dependencies and operating-risk controls.

AI infrastructurePowermicrogridsData-centre readiness

AI Power & Microgrid Diligence →Data-centre Site & Permit Readiness →

Route 02 · Decision domain

Counterparty, supplier and procurement decisions

Procurement, supplier risk, OEM/distributor exposure, delivery risk, supply-chain diligence, concentration risk and logistics fragility.

What clients usually receive

Clients usually receive a counterparty decision note, exposure maps, evidence confidence view, residual uncertainty statement and next verification actions.

Typical output

Procurement & Supplier Risk Note

For tender exposure, supplier credibility, OEM/distributor risk, delivery risk and evidence-backed procurement decisions.

Typical output

Supply-Chain Exposure Map

For concentration risk, supplier dependencies, geographic exposure, logistics fragility and mitigation actions.

ProcurementSupplier riskSupply-chain diligenceDue diligence

Procurement and supplier risk →Start with a decision →

Route 03 · Decision domain

Strategic investment and influence decisions

Strategic Investment & Influence Mapping tests where capital, ownership, operating rights, infrastructure, technology, data, supply chains or policy exposure create leverage.

What clients usually receive

Clients usually receive exposure maps, actor profiles, dependency assessments, policy-risk implications and options to proceed, pause, monitor or escalate.

Strategic Investment & Influence Mappingcapital leveragecontroldependencypolicy risk

Strategic Investment & Influence Mapping →How Cipher works →

Route 04 · Decision domain

Market, policy and growth decisions

Emerging-market entry, market intelligence, strategy and growth choices, market selection, partnership decisions, public-sector/advisory work, assurance and value-for-money support.

What clients usually receive

Clients usually receive a market decision note, Market Opportunity Brief, Strategy & Growth Options Paper or Public-Sector Assurance Note with uncertainty bands, decision gates and practical next actions.

Typical output

Emerging-Market Entry Brief

For market-entry decisions, operating context, counterparties, delivery risk, regulatory friction and local execution assumptions.

Typical output

Market Opportunity Brief

For opportunity sizing, route-to-market choices, partner options, uncertainty bands and commercial decision gates.

Typical output

Strategy & Growth Options Paper

For growth choices, prioritisation, market selection, partnership decisions and board-level action options.

Typical output

Public-Sector Assurance Note

For public-sector delivery, procurement, assurance, risk and value-for-money decision support.

Emerging-marketMarket intelligenceStrategygrowthPublic-sectoradvisory work

EM Market-Entry & Supplier Vetting →Start with a decision →

Route 05 · Decision domain

Transactions support decisions

Pre-transaction checks, counterparty exposure, commercial assumptions, red flags and decision controls before commitment.

What clients usually receive

Clients usually receive a Transaction Support Note with red flags, residual uncertainty, decision controls and evidence-backed next steps.

Typical output

Transaction Support Note

For pre-transaction checks, counterparty exposure, commercial assumptions, red flags and decision controls.

Transactions supportred flagsdecision controls

Start with a decision →

Route 06 · Decision domain

Due Diligence & Background Intelligence

Specialist formats for structured counterparty, nominee, individual, corporate and background-risk intelligence.

What clients usually receive

CIDDR, CIDDR-CP, BDAN, Signals and Lookahead are specialist due-diligence and background-intelligence formats. Wider Cipher advisory work is delivered through service-specific notes, briefs, maps and options papers aligned to the decision being supported.

CIDDRCIDDR-CPBDANSignalsLookahead

View specialist format structures →Signal archive →Source library →

Output structures

See how advisory and specialist outputs are organised.

First-pass heading sets show likely structure before commissioning the work, without turning a standard structure into a fixed scope.

View output structures

Decision brief

Unsure which route fits?

Send the decision, exposure, context, parties and deadline. Cipher will recommend the smallest useful scope.

Start with a decision