What we do

Services

Eleven service families covering the full security lifecycle, from assessment and compliance to testing, leadership and resilience. Every one is delivered to a documented method.

Service families

Everything we do, by family

Virtual Executive Leadership

Fractional security and technology leadership that owns the outcome, not just the advice.

  • Virtual CISO retainer
  • Virtual Security Manager (vCSM) retainer
  • Virtual CTO retainer
  • Virtual CIO retainer
  • + 1 more
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Compliance & Certification

From the first scoping call to a clean audit, then staying compliant year-round.

  • CMMC
  • SOC 2
  • ISO 27001
  • FedRAMP gap analysis, roadmap and remediation
  • + 2 more
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Cyber Risk Assessment

A clear, board-ready picture of what could hurt the business, and what to fix first.

  • Annual security assessment
  • Cloud security assessment
  • Security readiness assessment
  • Resilience and stability assessment
  • + 2 more
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Penetration Testing & Offensive Security

Proof of where your controls fail in practice, explained in business terms.

  • Penetration tests sized to you
  • Testing modules
  • Red team assessment
  • Continuous penetration testing
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AI Security & Governance

Adopt AI with confidence: governed, tested and aligned to emerging standards.

  • AI governance and readiness assessment
  • AI and LLM penetration testing
  • AI security testing for models and pipelines
  • AI SDLC assessment
  • + 3 more
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Resilience & Operations

Make sure the business survives the bad day, and recovers fast.

  • Tabletop exercises
  • Incident response retainer with a guaranteed response time
  • Security event support, on demand
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery plan creation and maturity assessment
  • + 2 more
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Security Awareness & Training

Turn your workforce from the easiest target into an early-warning system.

  • Security awareness training
  • Targeted spear-phishing simulation
  • Advanced spear-phishing campaign
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Staffing & Embedded Support

Named, senior practitioners embedded in your team.

  • Security governance leader
  • Security event support
  • Senior network architect
  • Cybersecurity support (vCISO) and technology support (vCTO)
  • + 4 more
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Security Platforms & Licensing

The right platforms, implemented and overseen by us, not bought blind.

  • Vanta
  • Venn Secure Workspace
  • ChatGPT Enterprise licenses
  • Cloud compute resources
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M&A Technology Due Diligence

Deal-team diligence on a target's technology and security posture.

  • M&A security due diligence
  • M&A IT due diligence
  • Post-close integration and 100-day security plans
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Secure Application Development

Custom applications built with security designed in from day one.

  • Secure application design and build
  • ERP and WMS redeployment
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Our method

How every engagement runs

Every service follows a written delivery runbook with defined scope, phases and deliverables, so you always know what happens next.

  1. Pre-engagement

    Kickoff, document requests, access and logistics are set up before day one.

  2. Discovery

    Stakeholder interviews and scope confirmation, so there are no surprises later.

  3. Execution

    Assessment, testing or implementation against the named framework.

  4. Analysis and peer review

    Findings are consolidated, scored and reviewed by a second senior practitioner.

  5. Reporting and briefing

    An executive readout plus a technical report, with your corrections made before we finalize.

  6. Ongoing advisory

    An optional retainer to see remediation through to the end.

What makes it different

Advice you can act on, and prove

Real validation

We test whether controls actually work (does MFA hold, is encryption FIPS-grade), not just whether a document exists.

Two audiences, one report

An executive risk narrative for leadership, and step-by-step detail for technical teams.

Built for re-use

Outputs are designed to serve board reporting, insurer questionnaires and regulators at once.

Why CDA

Senior advisors. No integration agenda.

Why choose us

Nimble & Proactive

Accountability implementing cybersecurity strategies.

Results-Driven

Proven practices across five continents.

Battle-Hardened

Experience implementing safety measures for hundreds of companies.

We are here to answer your questions 24/7

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