Fractional CISO leadership

BlackCrest Cyber provides executive-level cyber leadership, governance, and resilience strategy for organizations navigating disruption, transition, and high-stakes cyber risk. Led by Dr. Cynthia Sutherland, the firm delivers executive cyber advisory, fractional CISO leadership, AI governance, cyber resilience, and human-centered security services, with engagements designed to transfer capability and avoid dependency.

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Crux Security provides cybersecurity advisory services delivered by senior security consultants and practitioners. The company builds and manages security programs tailored to a client's industry and compliance obligations, with the Crux Platform included for shared visibility. Services span fractional CISO leadership, CMMC readiness, managed application security, penetration testing, executive/VIP protection, and full managed program management.

CMMC readinessexecutive/VIP cybersecurity protectionmanaged application securitymanual penetration testingmock assessmentsNIST 800-171 gap assessmentremediationsecurity program management

Grey Sentinel Systems is a veteran-owned, security-first cloud and compliance consultancy. It delivers modular consulting to help organizations strengthen cloud posture, reduce risk, and build audit-ready operations, with services spanning cloud security architecture, compliance and governance, infrastructure hardening, and AI-enhanced security operations.

AI-enhanced security operationscloud security architecturecompliance mappinginfrastructure hardeningnetwork segmentationsecurity automationSIEM integration

Hornback Strategic Services LLC is a U.S.-based consulting firm providing strategic information security and mission assurance leadership, specializing in CMMC compliance and cybersecurity consulting for the Defense Industrial Base and Commercial Space sector. It is a registered small business enterprise (SBE) in the State of New Jersey and offers Fractional CISO leadership.

business impact analysisCMMC compliance consultingCybersecurity consultingdisaster recovery planningincident response planningrisk and gap assessmentssecurity architecture review and designsecurity trainingtabletop exercises