Executive Cybersecurity Advisory

Security counsel
boards actually
understand.

AZEN provides fractional CISO services and board-level cybersecurity advisory for companies that need executive-grade security thinking without the cost and complexity of a full-time hire.

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Series A to $500M
revenue range of clients served
4x
Fortune 100 CISO roles held
15+
years in security leadership
AZEN Consulting
As Seen In
RSA Conference
DEF CON
Dept. of Energy
Cloud Security Alliance
VentureBeat
Inc. Magazine
ABC News
SC Magazine
Cyber Defense Magazine
The Problem

Your board is making security decisions without the right context.

Most companies either over-invest in tools that do not address real risk, or under-invest until an incident forces the conversation. The gap is almost never technical. It is a translation problem between what your security posture actually is and what leadership understands it to be.

Security budgets built on vendor fear, not actual risk
Boards approve spend based on headlines and sales decks, not a clear picture of their own exposure. The result is money spent in the wrong places.
No CISO or a CISO who cannot get board time
Companies between $10M and $200M in revenue rarely have the security leadership their risk profile demands. When they do, that person often cannot translate risk into financial terms that move a board to act.
Compliance checkboxes that do not equal security
SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST. Passing audits does not mean you are protected. Most programs are built to satisfy auditors, not adversaries.
How We Work

Two engagements.
Exactly what you need.

AZEN takes a small number of engagements at any given time. Every client receives senior-level attention, not a junior team running a playbook. WeWork, Cyberbit, AppViewX, and National Holdings are among the organizations where this work has been done at the CISO level.

Monthly Retainer
Fractional CISO
Ongoing executive security leadership without the full-time hire. AZEN becomes your security function, setting strategy, managing vendors, owning compliance, and representing security at the leadership level.
  • ✓A security program built to your actual risk profile, not a vendor template
  • ✓Vendor accountability that saves budget and eliminates underperformers
  • ✓SOC 2, NIST, ISO, or PCI readiness without derailing your team
  • ✓Board reporting that gets buy-in instead of blank stares
  • ✓Breach readiness so an incident does not become a crisis
  • ✓A security posture you can defend to investors, regulators, and partners
Best for: Companies with 30 to 500 employees that need security leadership but are not ready for a $300K full-time CISO.
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Fixed Engagement
Board Cyber Advisory
A single, high-impact engagement giving your board a clear, honest picture of your security posture and a framework for making informed decisions going forward.
  • ✓Board walks away understanding your real risk, not a technical summary
  • ✓Security risk expressed in financial terms leadership can act on
  • ✓A prioritized roadmap tied to actual exposure, not vendor categories
  • ✓Budget clarity on what to spend, where, and why
  • ✓M&A, fundraising, or regulatory readiness built into the deliverable
  • ✓Optional quarterly check-ins to keep the board current
Best for: Boards preparing for fundraising, M&A, regulatory review, or who need to stop flying blind on cyber risk.
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Client Feedback

What clients say

"
For the first time our board actually understood what we were approving in the security budget. AZEN translated two years of vendor noise into a single clear picture and a plan we could act on.
Chief Financial Officer
Series B Fintech, 180 employees
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We were spending over $400K a year on security tools with no coherent strategy. Within 90 days AZEN consolidated our stack, cut spend by 35%, and we passed our SOC 2 Type 2 audit on the first attempt.
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Technology, 220 employees
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Our acquirer's security diligence was the most stressful part of the process until AZEN prepared us. We sailed through it. I do not think the deal closes without that preparation.
Founder and CEO
SaaS Platform, pre-acquisition
In The Record

Selected media and publications

ABC News
Could EV Charging Stations Become Targets for Hackers?
Television, 2022
VentureBeat
How Automating Vulnerability Management Reduces Cyberattack Risk
Press, 2022
Inc. Magazine
Is Apple's Passkey the Death of the Password?
Press, 2022
Smart Industry Magazine
What We Learned from the Colonial Pipeline Attack
Byline, 2022
Cloud Security Alliance
Zero Trust Principles and Guidance for IAM
Co-Author, 2023
RSA Conference
Techstrong TV Speaker, Infrastructure Security
Keynote, 2022 and 2023
AZEN Consulting principal
The Firm

Practitioner-led.
No junior teams.

AZEN was founded on a straightforward premise: most companies engaging cybersecurity consultants get a junior team running a standardized playbook, with a senior name on the proposal and a slide deck at the end. That is not advisory. It is a deliverable business.

Every AZEN engagement is led by a principal who has held the CISO role at WeWork, FXCM, National Holdings Corporation, and AppViewX across environments ranging from a pre-IPO coworking platform to a nationally regulated broker-dealer to a Fortune 100 technology company. Security programs built from zero. Boards briefed. Incidents managed. Audits passed.

Presented at RSA Conference, DEF CON, and the US Department of Energy Cyber Conference. Co-authored the Cloud Security Alliance Zero Trust and IAM guidance. Named to the Global Cyber 40 Under 40 in 2022. Quoted in SC Magazine, VentureBeat, Inc., CPO Magazine, and ABC News.

CISM Certified
MBA, Tel Aviv University
40 Under 40, 2022
CSA Co-Chair, IAM
FBI InfraGard
ISACA Board Member
DEF CON Speaker
RSA Conference Speaker
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