Cybersecurity is simply risk mitigation. Strip away the complexity and that's what's left.
We work with two kinds of clients: organizations that need executive security leadership without a full-time hire, and technical professionals making the move into management roles.
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024
These aren't hypothetical scenarios. They're the situations we walk into regularly — and the ones Red Stick Cyber is built to address.
Your IT team tracks CVEs and patch cycles. Your board tracks liability and quarterly earnings. Without someone who understands both sides, that gap is where decisions go wrong.
Scanners produce findings by the thousands. Without prioritization tied to what actually matters to the business, your team is managing noise — not risk.
CMMC, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001 — meeting these requirements takes sustained effort. Most teams don't have the bandwidth or the framework expertise to get it done without outside help.
Every organization has a plan on paper. Almost none have run it under pressure. The gaps show up at the worst possible time — during an actual incident.
A qualified Chief Information Security Officer commands $250,000+ annually. For most organizations, fractional security leadership is the only path to having that function covered without the overhead.
91% of breaches begin with phishing. Technical controls help, but the attack surface that matters most is the people using your systems — and most security awareness programs don't address that seriously.
Every engagement is scoped to a specific problem at a specific organization. No generic playbooks, no vendor-tied recommendations.
Experienced security leadership embedded in your executive team without the overhead of a full-time hire. We take ownership of your security posture, keep your board informed, and ensure your program is actually functioning — not just documented.
Strategic security guidance for C-suite and board-level conversations. We translate technical risk into business terms your leadership team can act on — prioritized by actual impact, not technical severity scores.
Structured assessments and compliance sprints against NIST CSF, HIPAA, FINRA, FFIEC, NERC/FERC, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, CMMC, and PCI-DSS. We map your current state, identify gaps, and build the remediation path — in the order that matters for your audit timeline.
A structured evaluation of your security posture that produces findings tied to business impact — not a raw list of CVEs. You get a prioritized remediation plan your team can actually execute, not a scanner report nobody reads.
Scenario-based exercises that put your incident response plan under realistic pressure — before an actual incident does. Designed for both executive leadership and technical teams. Every exercise ends with specific, prioritized improvements to make.
Security policies that reflect how your organization actually operates — not templates pulled from a compliance checklist. Built against your applicable frameworks, written for the people who have to follow them, and designed to hold up under audit.
A structured engagement process built for busy executives. No jargon, no surprises, no deliverables that sit in a drawer.
30-minute conversation about your current situation, business objectives, and regulatory obligations. No sales pitch — just an honest look at where you are.
Rapid, structured evaluation of your security posture. Findings are prioritized by business impact, not technical severity. You see a clear picture of actual risk.
An executive-ready plan that maps every recommendation to a business outcome. No jargon. Each action is sequenced so you know what to do first and why.
Ongoing engagement to implement controls, satisfy auditors, train your team, and mature your program as the organization and the threat environment evolve.
I started Red Stick Cyber on a specific premise: security programs built around compliance theater and technical complexity for its own sake don't protect organizations. They just create the appearance of doing so.
Across 30 years in IT and cybersecurity — U.S. Army, government contracting, and the commercial sector, working with organizations in government, defense, healthcare, financial services, and transportation — security has always had one job: support the mission, not compete with it. You identify the risks that matter to what you're trying to accomplish, you reduce them to an acceptable level, and you maintain that posture. Everything else is overhead.
That's the standard we hold every engagement to. No manufactured urgency, no vendor-aligned recommendations, no deliverables designed to justify the work. An honest assessment of where your organization is, where it needs to be, and the most direct path between the two.
Most technically proficient people who feel stuck aren't missing knowledge — they're missing the framework for turning that knowledge into consulting and advisory work. We built a curriculum around exactly that transition.
How to take technical depth you already have and position yourself as a cybersecurity consultant or professional. Most technically skilled people undervalue what they know and don't know how to package it for clients. This track changes that.
How to translate technical findings into executive language. How to run a risk conversation with a board. How to operate as an advisor rather than a technician. This is the curriculum nobody teaches in certification prep — and the one that determines whether you advance.
A structured path for technical professionals ready to make a deliberate move — from individual contributor to cybersecurity consultant or security leader. Built around the gaps that actually slow people down: positioning, business acumen, and operating at the advisory level.
Training engagements are built around your specific situation — where you are, where you're going, and what's standing between the two. Start with a conversation.
Start with a free 30-minute consultation. We'll look at where your organization is, what's actually at risk, and what would make the most difference. No vendor pitch, no obligation.
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