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CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY

Turn cyber risk into informed business decisions


Executive leadership, cyber resilience, offensive security, and governance — delivered by operators who have built and led security programs in regulated, high-consequence environments.





Cybersecurity programs rarely fail for lack of technology

They struggle because organizations lack experienced leadership to align cyber risk with business strategy, governance, and executive decision-making.

Arctiq Advisory brings that leadership — proven frameworks, operating models, and executive counsel that accelerate program maturity from day one, so your team focuses on decisions and measurable progress rather than building foundations from scratch.

 

FOUR PRACTICE AREAS

How our advisory work is organized

Our advisory services are designed to tackle your most pressing challenges. We focus on delivering measurable results that enhance your security frameworks.

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1.0

Executive Advisory

Helping leaders make informed security decisions.
 
1.1 Executive Advisory

Fractional CISO (vCISO)

Executive Security Leadership When It Matters Most

Cybersecurity programs rarely fail because they lack technology. They struggle because organizations lack experienced leadership to align cyber risk with business strategy, governance, and executive decision-making.

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1.2 Executive Advisory

Defense Assessments

Understand What Matters Most Before Deciding What to Fix First

Organizations do not need another assessment that produces a longer list of findings. They need to understand where they are exposed, what matters most to the business, and what to do first.

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1.3 Executive Advisory

Threat Modeling & Architecture Blueprints

Design Security Into the Architecture Before Risk Becomes a Backlog

Security architecture should be a blueprint, not a backlog. The most effective controls are designed around the threats that matter before systems are deployed.

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1.4 Executive Advisory

CTEM-Aligned Exposure & Resilience Advisory

Move Beyond CVSS and Prioritize the Exposures That Threaten the Business

Continuous Threat Exposure Management was never intended to be vulnerability management with a new name. Effective exposure management connects attack paths, business consequence, and remediation.

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2.0

Cyber Resilience

Helping leaders make informed security decisions.
 
2.1 Cyber Resilience

Incident Response Tabletop Exercises

Make Critical Decisions Before the Crisis Begins

The first time an executive team makes a decision under breach pressure should not be during an actual breach.

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2.2 Cyber Resilience

Response Program Uplift

Rebuild Incident Response for the Environment You Operate Today

Most incident response plans were written for a different technology environment and a different threat landscape. Refreshing the document is not enough.

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2.3 Cyber Resilience

Cyber Recovery Retainer

Turn the Worst Week of the Year Into Lasting Security Improvement

Most organizations finish a breach with a forensic report and a remediation backlog. Few convert the incident into durable program maturity.

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3.0

Offensive Security

Validating defenses against real-world adversaries.
 
3.1 Offensive Security

Penetration Testing

Testing Designed to Withstand Technical and Executive Scrutiny

A penetration test should reflect the client’s actual environment and produce findings that hold up in front of engineers, regulators, boards, auditors, and counsel.

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3.2 Offensive Security

Red Team Operations

Find Out Whether You Would Detect a Real Adversary

Penetration testing asks whether a weakness can be exploited. Red teaming asks whether your organization would know an adversary was there.

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3.3 Offensive Security

Purple Team Engagements

Turn Detection Gaps Into Validated Detection Capabilities

Detection improves fastest when offensive and defensive teams test, observe, and build together.

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3.4 Offensive Security

AI Penetration Testing & AI Red Teaming

Test the Attack Surface Traditional Security Programs Were Never Built to Find

AI systems introduce risks across the model, data, pipeline, integrations, and human decision points. Traditional penetration testing was not designed to evaluate them.

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4.0

Governance & Transformation

Building security programs designed to mature over time.
 
 
4.1 Governance & Transformation

Security Program Standup & Domain Overhaul

Rebuild Security Domains in Operating Shape, Not PowerPoint Shape

In 90 to 120 days, a security domain should be functioning, governed, measurable, and ready for the client to operate.

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4.2 Governance & Transformation

Compliance Coach Services

Stay Audit Ready Without Starting Over Every Cycle

Pass the audit. Drift. Scramble. Repeat. Compliance programs should not operate this way.

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4.3 Governance & Transformation

GRC Platform Advisory & Implementation

Build the Program First. Use the Platform to Scale It.

A GRC platform is not the compliance program. It is the technology that enables the program to operate efficiently.

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FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT

Grounded in the standards your auditors and regulators expect

NIST CSF 2.0
ISO 27001
CIS Controls v8
NIST 800-53
SOC 2
HIPAA
PCI DSS 4.0
CMMC
FedRAMP
MITRE ATT&CK
MITRE ATLAS
OWASP
NIST AI RMF

Core Capabilities

01

Full-Stack Observability:

End-to-end visibility from mainframe to microservices to mobile with all telemetry (metrics, logs, traces, events) in context.

02

Davis® AI:

Advanced root cause analysis, anomaly detection, and remediation guidance at scale.

03

Out-of-the-Box Alert Coverage & Davis® AI:

Detects issues others miss by combining broad default alert coverage with causal AI to uncover problems before users notice.

04

Grail™ + DQL:

High-speed, schema-on-read querying of logs, events, business, and security data.

05

Application Security:

Real-time vulnerability detection, exploit prevention, and Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM).

06

Custom Workflows:

Build tailored automation and platform extensions for unique business requirements.

07

Open Standards & Integrations:

Built-in support for OpenTelemetry, OpenSLO, and 750+ supported technologies.

08

Auto-Discovery & Auto-Instrumentation:

OneAgent® detects, instruments, and baselines every component automatically.

09

Auto-Baselining & Continuous Updates:

Learns “normal” behavior, adapts dynamically, and updates agents automatically to minimize maintenance.

10

Real-User & Synthetic Monitoring:

Advanced digital experience monitoring across web, mobile, and API layers.

11

Cloud-Native & Kubernetes Insights:

Real-time observability for microservices, serverless workloads, and container platforms.

Why organizations choose Arctiq

Operators, not slideware

Advisors who have built and led security programs in regulated, high-consequence environments — alongside boards, regulators, auditors, and technology teams.

A running start

Every engagement begins with proven governance frameworks, policy libraries, risk registers, and reporting models, so momentum starts on day one.

Built to be owned

We leave behind a practical, sustainable operating model your team can run and mature — not a dependency.

Ready to strengthen your security program?

Talk with an Arctiq advisor about where you are today and the fastest path to a practical, business-aligned program.
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