Cybersecurity Consulting Services

Data Fiduciaries provides cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance consulting across nine practices. Growth-stage companies use us to build the security program enterprise customers require; law firms and legal departments use us to measure the technical controls behind regulatory obligations; and established enterprises use us to measure maturity, quantify risk, and keep pace with change. Every service below is scoped individually.

Security Program Development and Certification Readiness

Enterprise customers, partners, and investors expect proof that your security program works. We take companies from informal, undocumented practice to an auditable program that holds up in procurement reviews and external examinations, fitted to your product, your technology stack, and the way your teams actually work.

Security Program Baseline and Roadmap
SOC 2 Readiness and Acceleration
ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 Implementation and Certification Readiness
PCI DSS Readiness and Scope Reduction
HITRUST and Sector Certification Readiness
Policy, Standard, and Procedure Development
Control Design and Implementation
Security Tooling Strategy and Architecture
Compliance Automation Enablement
Audit Management and Auditor Liaison
Internal Audit Partnership
Customer Assurance and Trust Program
Enterprise Readiness Acceleration

Cyber Risk and Security Maturity Assessment

Established organizations need to know where their security program stands, how much risk remains, and whether investment is producing results. We establish a defensible capability maturity baseline mapped to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, the CIS Controls, or your regulatory obligations, and we quantify material risk scenarios in financial terms using Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR).

Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment
Periodic Reassessment and Continuous Measurement
Cyber Risk Quantification
Enterprise Risk Management Program Design
Control Testing and Assurance
Security Metrics and Reporting Program
Board and Executive Advisory Reporting
Security Strategy and Investment Planning
Cyber Insurance Readiness and Application Support

Regulatory and Legal Compliance Assessments

Regulations are written in legal language, but they are satisfied by technical controls and operational processes. We measure those controls for law firms, corporate legal departments, and the clients they advise, producing findings counsel can rely on when advising clients, responding to regulators, or preparing for litigation.

Regulatory Technical Control Assessment
Privacy Program Development and Assessment
Privacy Regulatory Readiness
Financial Services Regulatory Assessment
Healthcare Regulatory Assessment
Government Contractor Compliance
Regulatory Inquiry and Examination Support
Consulting Expert Services
Expert Witness Services
Reasonable Security Opinions
Law Firm Security Program
Contract and Data Protection Agreement Review

AI Governance and Risk Management

Artificial intelligence is arriving in organizations faster than the policies meant to govern it, and regulators are moving quickly behind it. We help organizations inventory the AI systems they build, buy, and already use, classify each use case by risk, and establish governance on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO/IEC 42001.

AI Governance Program Development
AI Regulatory Readiness Assessment
AI System Inventory and Use Case Risk Classification
Shadow AI Discovery and Governance
AI Vendor and Model Assessment
AI Product Security and Assurance
AI Risk Assessment and Ongoing Monitoring

Product and Application Security

For software companies, the product is the attack surface. We assess and strengthen SaaS products and business-critical in-house applications across the full lifecycle: how they are designed, built, tested, and operated, and how attackers abuse them once they are live.

Product Security Assessment
Secure Development Lifecycle Assessment
Application Architecture Review and Threat Modeling
Secure Code Review
Application Security Testing Program
Software Supply Chain Security
Identity, Authentication, and Authorization Review
Abuse and Fraud Risk Assessment
Credential Attack Defense Program
Availability and Denial of Service Resilience
Multi-Tenant Isolation and Application Data Protection
API Security Assessment
Cloud and Infrastructure Security Assessment
Penetration Testing
Vulnerability Assessment and Management Program
Adversary Simulation and Red Team
Responsible Disclosure and Bug Bounty Program Design
Developer Security Training and Security Champions
Financial Crime and Transaction Risk Assessment

Third-Party Risk and Transaction Advisory

Much of an organization's cyber risk originates outside its own walls: in the vendors, service providers, and platforms it depends on, and in the companies it acquires. We assess third parties and build the programs that manage them at scale.

Third-Party Risk Assessment
Third-Party Risk Management Program Design
Vendor Diligence Operations
Cyber Due Diligence for Acquisitions
Sell-Side Readiness and Vendor Due Diligence
Post-Close Integration Assessment
Portfolio Company Security Assessment

Incident Response and Crisis Management

When an incident occurs, the first hours determine how much it ultimately costs. We lead the response alongside your counsel and insurer: taking command of the effort, establishing what happened, managing extortion demands, determining notification obligations, and directing the remediation that follows.

Incident Response Retainer
Incident Command and Executive Advisory
Digital Forensics and Investigation
Ransomware and Extortion Response
Breach Notification Analysis
Post-Incident Assessment and Root Cause Analysis
Post-Incident Remediation Program Management
Incident Response Plan and Playbook Development
Tabletop Exercises
Ransomware Readiness Assessment
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Assessment
Threat Intelligence and Exposure Monitoring

vCISO and Fractional Security Leadership

Many organizations need the judgment and accountability of a senior security executive before they need, or can attract, a full-time one. Our fractional leaders own strategy, program execution, governance, and board, customer, and regulator representation at the commitment level your organization requires, adjusting as the program matures.

Virtual Chief Information Security Officer
Interim Chief Information Security Officer
Fractional Compliance Officer
Fractional Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer
Board and Director Advisory
Security Program Management
Security Organization Design and Talent Advisory

Security Awareness and Human Risk

Most breaches still involve a human decision: a credential entered on a convincing page, a payment approved on a spoofed request, an attachment opened at the wrong moment. We build awareness programs around the behaviors that actually reduce incidents and test them with realistic simulation.

Security Awareness Program Development
Phishing and Social Engineering Simulation
Executive and High-Risk Individual Protection

How engagements work

Every engagement is scoped individually and conducted under a master services agreement and mutual confidentiality terms. Work begins with a scoping conversation to understand your objectives, constraints, and deadlines, followed by a written statement of work defining scope, deliverables, and timeline. Both parties retain the right to decline an engagement where the fit is not right.

Frequently asked questions

What does a cybersecurity GRC consultant do?

A governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) consultant designs and assesses the policies, controls, processes, and evidence an organization uses to manage security risk and meet the requirements of customers, auditors, and regulators. The work spans program design, risk assessment, compliance readiness, audit management, and ongoing measurement.

Do you work with companies outside Texas?

Yes. Data Fiduciaries is based in Dallas-Fort Worth and serves clients across the United States. Most work is delivered remotely, with on-site support when an engagement calls for it.

How is pricing determined?

Every engagement is scoped individually based on objectives, environment size and complexity, frameworks in scope, and timeline. We provide a written statement of work with defined deliverables before work begins.