Compliant on paper. Resilient in practice.

Every enterprise has a security program. Most of them look fine on paper. Controls documented, policies in place, certifications on the wall. Then an auditor shows up, or a regulator asks a pointed question, or an attacker gets through, and the gap between the documentation and the reality becomes visible.

Cyber Resilience & Governance is the service line that closes that gap. We build and assess security programs that hold up under scrutiny, not just under self-assessment. We help boards ask the right questions, help CISOs answer them defensibly, and help organizations translate audit readiness into actual operational security.

This work draws on deep healthcare cybersecurity experience, including Group CISO leadership at a multi-hospital provider and payer, enterprise audit engagement leadership at Fortune-level healthcare organizations, and current practitioner experience at a national cybersecurity and compliance firm. We bring the practitioner's view alongside the framework knowledge.

Specific work, specifically named.

These are the concrete engagements we run within Cyber Resilience & Governance. Most engagements touch several of these. Some engagements focus on one deeply. We shape the work to the problem.

01
HITRUST CSF Programs
HITRUST readiness, certification preparation, and ongoing CSF program management. Experience with 150+ healthcare organizations through HITRUST programs.
02
SOC 1 / SOC 2 Audit Readiness
Control design, gap assessment, and audit preparation for service organization controls. Including multi-year audit strategy and evidence program design.
03
HIPAA & Healthcare Compliance
HIPAA Security Rule and Privacy Rule programs. PHI handling governance, breach readiness, OCR audit preparation, and healthcare-specific cyber risk management.
04
NIST CSF & ISO 27001
Framework alignment, maturity assessment, and roadmap design against NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO 27001. Including ISO 27001 lead auditor expertise.
05
Board-Level Cyber Oversight
Board and audit committee cyber governance. Presenting cyber risk to non-technical directors. Establishing the right metrics, reporting cadence, and oversight posture.
06
Enterprise GRC Programs
Integrated governance, risk, and compliance program design. Tooling selection. Control framework unification across regulatory regimes. Third-party risk and vendor governance.
07
AI Governance
AI risk and governance frameworks. Ethics standards alignment. Clinical workflow integration for healthcare AI. Regulatory expectation management for emerging AI oversight.
08
Identity & Access Governance
IAM program design and maturity. Epic security and access governance in clinical environments. Privileged access management. Zero trust identity architecture.

How this service typically runs.

Every engagement is scoped to the specific problem, but most Cyber Resilience & Governance work takes one of these two shapes. Use the framings below as a starting point, then we tailor from there.

Advisory Engagement
Security Posture Assessment
A 3 to 6 week engagement delivering a current-state assessment against your target framework, a prioritized findings register, and a remediation roadmap. Board-ready summary included. Best for organizations preparing for audit, board refresh, or M&A diligence.
DURATION · 3–6 WEEKS
OUTPUT · ASSESSMENT + ROADMAP
TEAM · SENIOR CYBERSECURITY LEAD
Delivery Engagement
End-to-End Program Delivery
We build the program. HITRUST readiness, SOC preparation, NIST maturity uplift, board reporting cadence. Typical engagements run 6 to 18 months. Best for organizations that need a security program stood up, not just recommended.
DURATION · 6–18 MONTHS
OUTPUT · CERTIFIED / AUDIT-READY PROGRAM
TEAM · PRINCIPAL + CYBER PARTNERS
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Service 01
Technology Modernization
Service 03
M&A & Technology Integration
Service 04
Fractional Leadership

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