Cybersecurity is now a board-level concern for many organisations. According to the UK Government’s 2025 Cyber Security Breaches Survey, 43% of businesses experienced an incident in the past year. At the same time, global cybercrime costs are projected to reach $10.5 trillion by the end of 2025 and could climb as high as $15.63 trillion by 2029. Against this backdrop, Walker Morris has launched an interactive tool and new Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) risk assessment support to help organisations strengthen their defences and navigate regulatory pressures.
An interactive approach to cyber resilience
Walker Morris’ Cyber and Data team has designed the new tool to guide businesses through three stages: preparing and protecting systems, testing defences, and reacting to incidents. The tool uses interactive prompts to direct users to tailored resources, including risk assessments, policy reviews, incident response planning, penetration testing and training options.
Senior managers can also book discovery meetings, access policy templates and connect with trusted IT partners for testing services. The aim is to create a practical, real-time resource for executives seeking to understand vulnerabilities and align strategy with compliance obligations.
Discussing the launch, Andrew Northage (pictured), Partner in Regulatory & Compliance at Walker Morris, said: “Boards and executives face unprecedented cyber and data privacy challenges, and they’re only going to increase. Our interactive tool and DSAR service puts control firmly back in our clients’ hands. By combining legal knowledge with innovative technology, we’re helping organisations diagnose their risks in real time, secure expert support instantly and meet evolving regulatory requirements with confidence.”
Tackling the challenge of DSARs
One feature of the launch is a dedicated service for handling data subject access requests (DSARs). Following cyberattacks, organisations often face large volumes of simultaneous DSARs, creating compliance risks and overwhelming internal resources.
Walker Morris’ new service combines legal expertise with generative AI to streamline the process. It offers tailored search-term generation, AI-driven document reviews, structured discovery across formats such as video and audio, and full liaison with data subjects. According to the firm, this approach can cut review volumes dramatically. In one test case, a client reduced its workload by 90% on a set of 5,000 documents.
Meeting regulatory and operational demands
The DSAR service is designed to help organisations meet statutory deadlines and minimise the costs associated with complex requests. By integrating AI-driven tools with legal oversight, Walker Morris aims to provide both compliance assurance and operational efficiency.
Northage emphasised the timing of the launch: “The launch comes as businesses grapple with escalating cyberattack frequency, new data protection legislation and growing DSAR volumes. We want to ensure that organisations not only respond effectively to threats but also build resilient, future-proof frameworks.”
Cybersecurity incidents are expected to continue rising, and regulatory demands are tightening. By combining interactive diagnostics with AI-enabled data handling, Walker Morris positions its new services as tools for organisations that need both immediate support and long-term resilience strategies.