Cyber Advisory
vCISO and fractional security leadership, cyber strategy, risk assessments and security program design.
Typical duration: Ongoing or project-based
Cyber Advisory detailsOrganizations operating in complex, regulated and critical environments
Complex risk. Clear decisions.
Get a senior-led assessment of your cyber and technology risk, and a prioritized plan to act on it.
How this practice works
Independent
No reseller agreements, referral fees, or vendor partnerships behind any recommendation.
Scoped in writing
Scope, deliverables, duration, and price agreed before work begins. No open-ended retainers.
Advisory only
Certification is the auditor's role. Mixing advice and audit compromises both.
Most organizations do not lack tools — they lack a clear risk picture
Security decisions get made reactively, one project at a time, without a senior view of what actually matters most.
No dedicated senior leadership
Security decisions get made ad hoc, by whoever has time, without an executive who owns the risk picture.
Architecture evolved reactively
Controls were added one project at a time, rather than designed against an actual threat model.
Framework pressure with a deadline
NIST, CMMC, ISO or a customer questionnaire is creating pressure, and nobody has mapped what is actually required.
Fragmented cloud and identity controls
Different teams own different parts of the stack, with no single view of how they fit together.
Services
Where this practice helps
Security Architecture
Identity, cloud, endpoint, network and data-protection architecture review for organizations with fragmented or inherited controls.
Typical duration: 2-6 weeks
Security Architecture detailsIndustrial & Critical Systems
OT/ICS security, segmentation, remote access and IEC 62443-aligned architecture for organizations with connected operational environments.
Typical duration: 3-8 weeks
Industrial & Critical Systems detailsAssurance & Digital Trust
NIST, CMMC readiness, ISO 27001, privacy and supply-chain security assessments for organizations facing customer or regulatory scrutiny.
Typical duration: 2-6 weeks
Assurance & Digital Trust detailsWhat you actually receive
From the cyber advisory, delivered as documents you keep.
- Executive risk summary
- Prioritized technical risk register
- Security program design and governance model
- Fractional / vCISO engagement structure where needed
How it works
- 1
Intro call
A short call to understand your deadline, scope, and what has already been tried. You get a direct answer on fit — including when the answer is no.
- 2
Assessment
We review your current controls and evidence against the framework you actually have to satisfy, and interview the people who operate them.
- 3
Plan
You receive a written assessment, a prioritised gap register with owners and effort estimates, and a 90-day sequenced implementation plan.
- 4
Execute
Optional. We work alongside your team to turn the plan into controls that operate on a schedule and produce evidence without chasing.
Who this is for
A good fit
- Organizations without dedicated senior cybersecurity leadership
- Companies whose security architecture evolved reactively and now needs direction
- Leadership teams that lack a clear, prioritized view of risk
Not a fit
- Teams looking for a certificate without changing anything.
- Engagements where the auditor and the adviser are expected to be the same party.
- Organizations wanting a product implementation rather than an assessment.
Why work with this practice
You keep the output
Every deliverable is a document your team owns and can hand to an auditor or customer without us in the room.
Scope shrinks when it should
If the work turns out smaller than scoped, the scope is reduced rather than filled.
Direct answers
If this is not a fit, you hear that on the first call rather than after a proposal.
Questions we are asked before the first call
How does an engagement start?
With a short intro call. You describe your current environment and what is driving the need — a customer requirement, a framework deadline, or an internal decision to get a clearer risk picture. You get a direct answer on whether this is a fit.
What do I actually receive?
Depending on the engagement, an executive risk summary, a prioritized technical risk register, architecture findings, a remediation roadmap, and control/framework mapping. Everything is delivered as documents your team keeps.
Is this advisory, or do you also implement?
Both are available as separate engagements. The assessment is advisory and produces a prioritized plan. Where useful, senior engineers can work alongside your team on implementation and validation.
Do you work with organizations that have OT or industrial environments?
Yes. Segmentation, remote access and IEC 62443-aligned architecture for connected operational environments is one of the four core engagement areas.
Can engagements be fractional or project-based?
Yes. Cyber Advisory is available as ongoing fractional/vCISO leadership or as a bounded project, depending on what your organization needs.
Find out where you actually stand
Tell us your deadline and current situation. You will get a direct answer on whether this is a fit — at no charge and with no obligation.