Fractional CISO support in Durham, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. Durham is home to one of the UK's leading universities with a growing tech and life sciences spin-out base, a substantial county council and public sector footprint, and financial services back-office operations stretching from Newton Aycliffe to Aykley Heads.
Durham is a short drive from the Tees Valley home base - on-site days, board attendance and informal site visits can be arranged at very short notice, including half-day slots.
Travel and on-site: 20 to 30 minutes from the Tees Valley base by road. Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~2h45). Combines naturally with Newcastle and Teesside into a single North-East visit.
Long-standing presence in the wider County Durham area as part of North-East engagements. The county's public sector, financial services and university ecosystem overlaps naturally with the North-East industrial and executive network Richard has worked within for three decades.
Businesses handling sensitive data, in regulated sectors, or facing rising customer/insurer security requirements that exceed what an MSP or IT manager can credibly own.
Durham is a short drive from the Tees Valley home base - on-site days, board attendance and informal site visits can be arranged at very short notice, including half-day slots.
Long-standing presence in the wider County Durham area as part of North-East engagements. The county's public sector, financial services and university ecosystem overlaps naturally with the North-East industrial and executive network Richard has worked within for three decades.
Businesses handling sensitive data, in regulated sectors, or facing rising customer/insurer security requirements that exceed what an MSP or IT manager can credibly own.
Most Fractional CISO engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A current-state security posture with a prioritised remediation plan; ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials Plus or equivalent readiness; Tested incident-response and crisis-communications playbooks; Credible board-level reporting on cyber risk.
20 to 30 minutes from the Tees Valley base by road. Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~2h45). Combines naturally with Newcastle and Teesside into a single North-East visit.
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