Case Study: Niu Solutions achieves continuous compliance and 93% faster compliance checks with Chef's InSpec

Niu Solutions - Customer Case Study

Niu Solutions is a UK‑based IT managed‑services firm that supports high‑velocity, highly regulated clients in retail, banking and financial services. Faced with frequent change, manual processes and human error, the company struggled with audit readiness, unplanned work and operational risk across on‑premises and cloud environments.

Niu adopted InSpec and Chef to codify compliance and automate remediation using a three‑tier approach (regulatory standards, best practices, and lessons learned). By building ~1,000 controls and integrating compliance‑as‑code with automation, they achieved real‑time audit visibility, cut compliance‑check time by 93% (saving nearly three person‑days per 100 devices), reduced manual patch work by ~60%, sped SQL setup from a day to 12 minutes, and are launching a compliance‑as‑a‑service offering.

Niu Solutions

Jon Williams

CTO