A named reviewer on every engagement
The engagement letter names the senior reviewer. That person signs the findings and answers for them directly in the verbal briefing.
About
About Cayley
Cayley is an independent technology assurance and advisory firm. We establish the technical facts behind transactions, disputes and board decisions, and we state what should happen next.
15+
years building, operating and assessing software
3
regions served: Europe, the United States and Australia
5
steps in the method behind every engagement
4
confidence levels, from Unknown to Confirmed
Why the firm exists
Lawyers, accountants, investors and boards regularly face decisions that turn on a technical question. They need someone who can establish the facts, quantify the material risk and set out the next practical action, without a stake in the systems being reviewed.
Most technology firms are paid to build, sell or run software. Cayley is paid to answer a question about it. That difference in incentive is the reason the firm exists, and it is why our conclusions are written to hold up in front of a client, a counterparty or a court.
The team behind the work
Engagements are carried out by senior practitioners, and the person who scopes a matter stays on it through to the findings. Over the past 15 years the team has built, operated and assessed software systems for clients across Europe, the United States and Australia, from early-stage companies to large organisations.
That history shapes the work. Having built and run production platforms ourselves, we know where the records live, what normal engineering practice looks like and which explanations do not hold up against the evidence.
How we stand behind the work
The firm does not trade on a single name. It stands behind every engagement as a team, and it does so in ways a client can check.
Evidence before opinion
Each finding records the evidence it rests on and a confidence level of Confirmed, Supported, Indicative or Unknown. Where evidence was missing, the gap is stated.
People decide, software assists
Software may assist research, transcription and comparison. It does not decide. A person weighs the evidence and accepts responsibility for the conclusion.
The scope is agreed before we start
Each engagement has a defined question and a stated boundary, fixed in writing. The output answers the question it was scoped to answer.
Our Do's and Do Not's
We do
- Independent technical assurance on defined, fixed-scope engagements
- Advisory and fractional leadership, kept separate from assurance work
- CPD programs for legal and accounting teams
We do not
- Build, resell or operate the systems we assess
- Evaluate technology unrelated matters
- Remediation of issues we identify in an assurance role
Where a matter needs statutory audit, legal or valuation work, we say so and stay within our scope.
Read how the work is done
Methodology
The five-step method behind every engagement: question, evidence, testing, confidence and next action.
Independence
The rules that keep the work independent, including conflict checks, reliance and no self-remediation.
Discuss a matter
Outline a decision, transaction or dispute and we will review the scope before we contact you.