Independent cyber security advisor · EMEA
I help organisations protect sensitive data, strengthen resilience and turn complex security technology into measurable business value.
A practical perspective
I bring experience from both enterprise security vendors and multinational organisations. That means I understand what makes security programmes succeed: the technology, certainly, but also the people, processes, governance and outcomes around it.
Every engagement is shaped around a simple question: what will make the organisation more secure without making it harder to operate?
Global perspective
Data, people and threats move across boundaries. The strongest security programmes connect technology, governance and day-to-day working practices—so the protection remains useful across distributed teams and changing environments.
Experience
From product and professional services through to architecture inside CISO and Digital Workplace functions.
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Experience across product specialist, professional services and systems engineering roles for leading security vendors including McAfee and Intel Security.
I help teams move from solution design and deployment to stakeholder adoption, optimisation and sustained value—supporting better implementations, stronger renewals and clear customer outcomes.
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Direct experience as a Cloud Security Architect, Endpoint Solutions Architect and Data Protection Specialist within large organisations.
I balance protection with productivity, user experience and transformation—creating programmes that can be governed, adopted and sustained in the real world.
Services
Engagements can be focused, programme-based or embedded alongside your internal, partner or customer teams.
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Design and improve strategies to identify, classify and safeguard sensitive information across endpoints, cloud services, email, web and collaboration platforms.
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DLP, CASB, SaaS security, CSPM and cloud data protection that improve visibility and control without placing unnecessary friction on collaboration.
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Assess and modernise access controls for remote and hybrid workforces, reducing dependency on fragmented, legacy security estates.
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Strengthen XDR, EDR, SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence and security operations so teams find meaningful threats and respond with confidence.
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Improve the controls that defend common attack routes: phishing, malware, credential theft, malicious web activity and endpoint compromise.
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Design, optimise or transition SOC and managed security programmes with meaningful operating models, governance and KPIs.
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Prepare for incidents, hunt proactively and use security assessments, vulnerability reviews and penetration testing to prioritise practical remediation.
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Resolve difficult integrations and underperforming controls through architecture reviews, policy tuning, maturity assessments, reporting and enablement.
How I add value
From first question to lasting value
Whether you need an independent assessment, a delivery lead, hands-on expertise or an experienced second opinion.
Clarify risks, priorities, stakeholders and the outcomes that matter.
Shape an architecture, operating model and roadmap that fit the organisation.
Implement, integrate and enable teams with practical momentum.
Measure, tune and mature controls as the threat landscape changes.
Technology & delivery
Security controls create value when they are integrated into the operating model, understood by the people using them and measured against the outcomes they are meant to improve.
Explore your architectureCore capabilities
Strong technical context makes it easier to join the dots between individual controls and the wider security programme.
Managed DLP, Microsoft Information Protection, data classification, regular expression development, CASB, CSPM, SaaS security, encryption and intellectual-property protection.
Managed XDR, EDR, SIEM, SOAR, XSOAR, threat intelligence, UEBA, ATP, vulnerability assessment, risk management and MSSP programmes.
Endpoint, email and web security, IPS/IDS, malware analysis, sandboxing, incident response and threat hunting.
Programme patterns
Every organisation is different. These are common starting points for a focused assessment, a practical roadmap or hands-on delivery support.
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Clarify where sensitive data lives, how it moves and which controls will make a measurable difference.
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Bring visibility, proportionate controls and clear accountability to cloud and SaaS transformation.
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Align detection and response capabilities with the threats, workflows and decisions that matter.
Start a conversation
For a strategic conversation, architecture review, delivery support or independent second opinion, send a short note and Serge will be in touch.
