Security Architects — founder and security consultant
Security Architects is my independent consulting practice. Current engagement, since December 2024: a large international financial institution, under NDA, fully remote. Work spans cloud security, AI security and governance, threat modeling and regulatory readiness.
Updated
Mandate
- End-to-end hybrid-cloud application security assessments — from software design through code to cloud configuration — across Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud.
- AI and LLM security assessments; I've worked across essentially every AI service on Azure and GCP, including Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry and Copilot.
- Threat modeling facilitation and enablement for engineering teams.
- Cloud security process documentation: designed the assessment process docs from scratch, then simplified them enough to cut client-side documentation overhead by more than 80% without losing the information that matters.
- Advisory support to C-level executives on cloud security investment and roadmap, plus running an internal customer satisfaction survey on the cloud security function's own service quality.
- Wiz.io in day-to-day use for cloud risk work, backed by Wiz Academy training.
How I work
Short, evidence-driven engagements with a prioritised remediation plan at the end. Findings state exploitability and business impact separately, and every recommendation names an owner type and an acceptance test so it can be closed objectively. Security has to be a business enabler, not a roadblock — that's the operating principle, not a slogan; it's why the remediation plans are prioritised rather than exhaustive.
Frequently asked questions
Can you name clients?
No. Engagements run under NDAs; the sector and scope are described, never the client.
Related
Cloud architecture review
Design-stage review of cloud and hybrid architecture: trust boundaries, identity model, segmentation, key management and detection design.
AI security
How to secure GenAI, LLM and agentic AI systems: current OWASP threat classes, layered controls, agent authority, retrieval isolation and monitoring.
Cloud security
Multi-cloud security practice: landing zones, identity, posture management, MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detection engineering and CIS hardening baselines.
CISO advisory
Security leadership support for organisations without a full-time CISO: strategy, roadmap, board reporting and vendor decisions.
Military service
Service 2019–2022 in the Cryptology and Cyber Space Corps as a certified instructor: discipline, OPSEC and structured decision making.
Cloud security assessment
Configuration and architecture assessment for Azure, GCP and Alibaba Cloud: identity, network, data, logging and CSPM findings with a fix roadmap.