I work with senior leaders in regulated and high-stakes environments — translating complex technical exposure into clear, defensible recommendations boards and regulators can act on.
Independent counsel for boards and executive teams on cyber and operational risk where the stakes are real and the decisions are visible.
Quarterly cyber risk briefings for boards and audit committees
Translating technical exposure into defensible business decisions
Pre-mortems and tabletop exercises for material incidents
Independent review of internal CISO recommendations
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OT / ICS Security Assessments
Operational technology and industrial control system assessments built around real cyber-physical risk, not IT-style frameworks bolted onto plants.
Architecture and segmentation review for OT/ICS networks
Adversary-driven threat modelling for cyber-physical systems
IT/OT convergence risk assessment
Targeted technical testing in coordination with operations teams
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Technical Due Diligence (M&A)
Pre-acquisition cybersecurity due diligence that surfaces value-destroying exposure before close — and structures remediation conditions when it does.
Tech and security DD for PE, VC, and corporate development
Material-issue triage and remediation cost estimation
Post-close integration risk assessment
Founder / CTO interview programme
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Fractional CISO
Senior security leadership on a fractional basis for organisations that need governance and strategy without a full-time hire.
Programme design and roadmap ownership
Vendor and tooling strategy
Reporting line into CEO / Board
Mentorship for in-house security leads
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AI Governance & Compliance
Practical AI oversight for organisations deploying GenAI, agentic systems, and ML in regulated environments — calibrated to actually survive scrutiny.
AI risk register and control mapping
Readiness for EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001
Red-team and assurance pattern design
Board-level AI risk briefings
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Incident Response Retainer
Senior-level engagement when material incidents occur — the kind that need governance and communication discipline as much as technical response.
On-call senior advisor for material incidents
Communications support for boards and regulators
Post-incident review and lessons-learned
Coordination with technical IR providers
Method
How we work together
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Initial conversation
A confidential call to understand the question you're actually trying to answer — not the question that's easy to scope.
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Engagement design
Written scope with clear deliverables, time horizon, and what's explicitly out-of-scope. Fixed fee or retainer depending on shape.
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Delivery
Direct work with you and your team — no sub-contracted juniors, no boilerplate decks. Senior attention end-to-end.
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Ongoing relationship
Most engagements continue as a quarterly check-in, board cycle, or on-call advisor relationship. Optional, never a default.
Start here
Test the fit, in 30 minutes.
Most full advisory engagements start with a single 30-minute conversation about the specific question you are sitting on. Self-serve booking — no email back-and-forth.
Strategic consultation
Book a Strategic Consultation
30 minutes. Your specific OT or AI security question. Direct, candid, non-sales.
Direct call with Matthew — not a sales conversation
Pre-call brief: I read what you send before we talk
Walk out with something concrete for your next board cycle