We have built this
from the inside.
Skales's track record includes building complete IT operations from the ground up—establishing the IT maturity required to secure critical funding and seamlessly navigate from Series A to IPO.
Fully aligned with our principles, Skales expertise dictates how we design robust IT operating models, translating board-level risk appetite into an operating reality where a high compliance and security posture coexists with a digital employee experience that wins from day one.
As distinct adepts of Apple in the enterprise—an area where we truly excel—we construct secure, modern corporate environments that employees love to use and auditors love to approve.
Five reasons clients choose Skales.
We're not generalists, and we're not a body-shop. We are a focused, senior IT partner for European companies that need to take security and compliance seriously before their next round, audit, or regulator interaction.
Meet the partners →Partners, not consultants
We've run IT inside Navan and Metabolics. We know what a 200-person hiring spree does to your IT operation — because we lived through it.
Apple-native by design
Jamf, Iru, Apple Business Manager are our primary environment — not a side specialism bolted onto a Microsoft practice. We deploy what we use daily.
Identity as the security foundation
IAM and IGA aren't an add-on. They are the operating layer everything else depends on. We architect them in from day one, not after the first audit finding.
NIS2-aware from day one
Compliance is baked into our operating model — not sold separately. Every control we put in place produces evidence the regulator and your auditor will accept.
Built for the Netherlands
We know the Dutch market, the Cbw, the regulators, the banks, and the local cadence of Series A through C. European focus, native execution.
Skales vs. generic IT.
Generic IT support
- Reactive break-fix work, ticket-driven
- Windows-first, Apple as an afterthought
- Identity treated as "Active Directory plus MFA"
- Compliance answered ad-hoc, audit by audit
- Junior engineers on the front line
- Onboarding requires manual provisioning
- No visibility into shadow IT or SaaS sprawl
Skales
- Proactive operating model with named owners
- Apple-native, Jamf / Iru as primary stack
- Modern IAM & IGA as the central control plane
- Continuous compliance evidence, always audit-ready
- Senior partners leading every engagement
- Zero-touch, HRIS-triggered onboarding
- Continuous SaaS discovery and access reviews
Our toolstack.
A focused set of best-of-breed platforms — chosen because we've operated them in production at scale, not because we have a partner discount.
Jamf Pro / Jamf Now
The deepest Apple device management platform on the market. Our default for fleets above 50 seats.
Iru
Modern, automation-first Apple MDM — our recommended choice for fast-moving 20–80 seat scale-ups.
Okta
Enterprise-grade identity platform. Source of truth for SSO, MFA, lifecycle and access governance.
JumpCloud
Unified directory and MDM for scale-ups that want a single pane of glass without enterprise complexity.
Google Workspace
Hardened tenant baseline with DLP, retention, recoverability and admin role hygiene by default.
Apple Business Manager
Zero-touch enrollment, volume purchasing, federated identity — the foundation of every Apple deployment.
EDR tooling
Endpoint Detection & Response across SentinelOne, CrowdStrike and Defender — chosen per environment.
IGA platforms
Identity Governance & Administration tooling for access certification, SoD and lifecycle workflows.
Where we operate.
Fintech & Payments
Regulated, audited, investor-watched. IT becomes a board-level concern from Series A onwards.
Deeptech & Quantum
IP-heavy organisations where leakage is existential. Export control and access governance from day one.
Healthtech & MedTech
Patient data, EU MDR, hospital procurement — every stakeholder has a security questionnaire.
Venture-Backed Startups
Investor due diligence and SOC2 readiness without breaking velocity. IT that survives the next round.
Logistics & Supply Chain
OT and IT converge, suppliers multiply, and the regulator is now watching. Visibility is the asset.
Enterprise SaaS
Selling to enterprises means surviving their procurement gauntlet. Evidence-first IT operating model.