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- Board & Executive Advisory:
Acting in an independent review capacity to support regulatory compliance and governance activity at Board and Executive level, providing assurance and informed oversight.

- Security Uplift Advisory:
Advising on and designing focused improvement programmes to strengthen an organisation’s security posture, addressing gaps identified through assessment or in response to evolving risk.

- Target Operating Models:
Assessing and recommending practical security team sizes and appropriate headcount for security and compliance objectives as defined by the business.

- Security Consultancy & Advisory:
Providing pragmatic, business-aligned guidance on information and cyber security matters, tailored to organisational context and risk appetite.

- Security Maturity Assessments:
Evaluating an organisation’s current security posture against recognised frameworks, identifying strengths, gaps, and priority areas for improvement.

- Executive Training for Security Response:
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Designing and facilitating executive-level exercises that test and strengthen leadership response to security incidents, building confidence and readiness at the top of the organisation.

Nicholas Cooper
^{Managing Director}

MSc, FCIIS ChCSP, MBCS CITP, CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, GPEN, GCTI, GSTRT

Our founder is an established security leader and board advisor, with deep experience in both cyber and information security across public and private sectors.Nicholas is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec), a professional member of the British Computer Society (BCS), and holds both Chartered Cyber Security Professional, and Chartered IT Professional status.In addition, he has an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, and a number of industry qualifications.Nicholas is currently Group Director of Information Security at a global digital healthcare company, and serves on multiple executive boards.He is an advisory board member for Cyber Governance for Boards (CxB), and is a Founding Member/Advisory Board Member for the AI and Cyber Security Association (AICSA).Previously he has held roles such as CISO, Director of Cyber Security, and VP Security at a number of companies across various sectors.As well as his industry work, Nicholas is also an industry conference speaker, academic lecturer, commercialisation mentor with Business Innovate UK's CyberASAP Scheme, and a mentor in the cybersecurity community.

Juliette Hudson
^{Director of Operations}

GCFA, GCFE, GCIA, CCFR, CPSA, CCNA

Juliette is Global Head of SOC at SecurityHQ, where she leads security operations strategy across a global, follow-the-sun function.She previously served as Chief Technology Officer at CybaVerse and spent over three years at Kroll in senior SOC and DFIR leadership roles, (including SOC Regional Manager EMEA), after earlier posts in penetration testing at BUPA and security analysis at Symantec.Her background spans digital forensics, incident response, and MDR/SOC build-out, underpinned by GIAC certifications (GCFA, GCFE, GCIA, CCFR) and CompTIA CPSA and CCNA credentials, alongside a seat on the GIAC advisory board.