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Risk Assessment & Strategy

Transform uncertainty into strategic advantage. We help you identify, understand, and mitigate cybersecurity risks using proven frameworks like NIST CSF, CSA CCM, and CIS Controls—creating strategies tailored to your unique environment and business objectives.

Risk as a Strategic Lens

Risk assessment isn't about creating fear—it's about creating clarity. By deeply understanding your threat landscape, business context, and technical environment, we develop strategies that enable informed decision-making and confident growth.

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Context-Driven Analysis

Generic risk assessments provide generic value. We immerse ourselves in your business model, technology stack, and operational environment to identify risks that actually matter to your success.

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Business-Aligned Prioritization

Not all risks are created equal. We help you prioritize based on business impact, likelihood, and your organization's risk appetite—ensuring resources focus on what matters most.

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Actionable Strategies

Risk assessment without actionable recommendations is just expensive documentation. We deliver practical strategies with clear implementation paths, timelines, and success metrics.

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Living, Breathing Risk Management

Risk landscapes evolve constantly. We establish ongoing processes that keep your risk understanding current and your strategies adaptive to changing conditions.

Proven Framework Expertise

Deep experience with industry-leading risk frameworks, tailored to your context

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework

  • Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover implementation
  • Current state maturity assessment
  • Target state definition and roadmapping
  • Risk-based control prioritization
  • Executive communication frameworks
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Cloud Security Alliance (CSA CCM)

  • Cloud control matrix assessment
  • Multi-cloud risk evaluation
  • Shared responsibility model clarification
  • Cloud-specific threat modeling
  • Third-party cloud service evaluation
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CIS Critical Security Controls

  • 20 CIS Controls implementation roadmap
  • Implementation Group alignment
  • Control effectiveness measurement
  • Tool mapping and optimization
  • Automated compliance monitoring
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Custom Risk Frameworks

  • Industry-specific adaptations
  • Business context integration
  • Regulatory requirement mapping
  • Emerging technology considerations
  • Stakeholder-specific views

Comprehensive Assessment Approach

Thorough evaluation covering technical, operational, and strategic dimensions

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Technical Risk Analysis

Deep dive into your technology infrastructure, applications, and data flows. Identify vulnerabilities, configuration weaknesses, and architectural risks that could impact business operations. Drawing from experience securing cryptocurrency exchanges and AI platforms, I understand both traditional and emerging technology risks.

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Operational Risk Evaluation

Assess processes, procedures, and human factors that influence security outcomes. From incident response readiness to security awareness maturity, understand how operational capabilities align with threat landscape and business requirements.

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Strategic Risk Alignment

Evaluate how security risks impact business strategy, growth plans, and competitive positioning. Ensure risk management supports rather than constrains business objectives, creating strategies that enable confident innovation.

Risk Management at Scale

Experience managing risk in high-stakes, rapidly evolving environments

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Financial Services Risk

At Bullish, managed risk for systems handling $6B+ in digital assets. This experience with extreme-value targets and sophisticated adversaries brings unique insights into risk prioritization and mitigation strategies.

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Innovation Risk Balance

Currently managing risk for AI platforms running 2,000+ experiments. Understand how to balance security requirements with innovation velocity, ensuring risk management enables rather than inhibits breakthrough thinking.

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Enterprise Risk Maturity

From Ernst & Young enterprise clients to early-stage startups, guided organizations at every stage of risk maturity. This breadth ensures strategies that meet you where you are while building toward where you need to be.

Tailored to Your Needs

Flexible engagement models designed around your specific requirements and constraints

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Rapid Risk Assessment

Fast-track assessment for time-sensitive needs:

  • 2-week focused evaluation
  • High-impact risk identification
  • Quick-win recommendations
  • Executive-ready summary
  • Follow-up consultation included
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Comprehensive Risk Program

Deep-dive analysis and strategy development:

  • 6-8 week thorough assessment
  • Multi-framework analysis
  • Detailed remediation roadmap
  • Process and procedure development
  • Team training and knowledge transfer
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Specialized Risk Focus

Targeted assessment for specific domains:

  • AI/ML security risk assessment
  • Cloud migration risk analysis
  • Third-party vendor risk evaluation
  • M&A security due diligence
  • Regulatory compliance risk audit

Actionable Deliverables

Comprehensive documentation and tools that drive lasting improvement

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Executive Risk Summary

Business-focused assessment results with risk ratings, business impact analysis, and strategic recommendations. Designed for board and C-level consumption.

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Implementation Roadmap

Detailed action plan with prioritized initiatives, resource requirements, timelines, and success metrics. Practical guidance your team can execute.

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Risk Monitoring Framework

Ongoing risk measurement processes, KPI definitions, and reporting templates to maintain visibility into your risk posture over time.

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Tool Optimization Guide

Analysis of current security tools and processes with specific recommendations for improved configuration, integration, and utilization.

Risk Management Guided by Principles

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Secure by Default

Risk strategies that build security into business processes rather than layering it on top. Make the secure path the natural path.

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Bridge the Gap

Translate technical risks into business language and business objectives into technical requirements. Ensure everyone speaks the same language.

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Strive for "Yes"

Risk assessment that enables business decisions rather than paralyzing them. Find ways to pursue opportunities while managing exposure.

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Build Trust

Transparent risk communication that builds confidence in decision-making. Honest assessments that stakeholders can trust and act upon.

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