There's a fundamental difference between a fractional security hire and an executive governance operating model. NED delivers the latter: a cyber risk and AI governance office built to hold under active M&A, carve-outs, federal compliance pressure, and board-level scrutiny.
Executives don't buy tools.
They buy risk reduction, regulatory protection,
and operational resilience.
Most vCISO offerings deliver a person. NED delivers a governance architecture — a risk management operating model that integrates with your board reporting, regulatory obligations, and business transformation goals. The difference shows up when pressure arrives: M&A close, audit finding, incident response, regulatory inquiry.
A complete executive security function — governance, operations, compliance, and AI oversight — deployed as an integrated operating model.
Board-facing risk narratives, executive risk reporting, and governance frameworks that translate technical security posture into business language. Built for PE sponsors, audit committees, and regulators.
SOC design, threat detection, incident response, and continuous monitoring. Built for organizations operating across cloud, hybrid, and legacy environments under active transformation pressure.
Identity-first security architecture for organizations with complex hybrid environments, distributed workforces, and multi-cloud deployments. Validated across 7,000+ user environments.
Pre-audit preparation, gap remediation, and compliance certification across SOX, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST CSF, and sector-specific frameworks. Includes post-audit-failure recovery.
Security diligence, TSA design, and Day 1 readiness for PE-backed acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs. Proven track record securing $15M+ government contracts during active separations.
Extending the security operating model to cover AI systems — model access controls, AI vendor risk, data pipeline security, and integration with the broader AI governance framework.
These aren't projections. They are results delivered in high-pressure environments.
PE-backed organizations face a distinct set of pressures that most security programs aren't designed for: compressed timelines, carve-out complexity, TSA dependencies, and the need to demonstrate governance posture to both sponsors and regulators simultaneously.
NED's governance model was built for exactly this environment. We align security posture to deal timelines, not the other way around.