Fractional / Virtual CISO
Senior security leadership with the flexibility to match your organisation and stage.
Independent Executive Cybersecurity Advisory
Security decisions that stand up in the boardroom.
Helping leadership teams make confident cybersecurity decisions through independent executive advisory, practical governance, and experienced strategic guidance.
ClarityJudgementAssurance
0115+ Years Experience
02Executive Leadership
03Governance & Risk
04Regulated Environments
The Practice
Clear counsel for consequential decisions.
Cybersecurity has become a leadership issue. The decisions are rarely purely technical; they involve priorities, investment, accountability, risk appetite and organisational confidence.
Tony Reilly-Romo provides independent, senior-level guidance to help executives understand what matters, make informed choices and communicate those choices with confidence.
Meet your advisorAdvisory
Experienced guidance, shaped around your priorities.
Support can be focused on a specific decision, an active programme, or an ongoing executive advisory relationship.
Security Strategy
A clear, proportionate direction aligned to business priorities and real-world constraints.
Governance & Risk
Decision-ready governance that makes ownership, priorities and exposure visible.
Compliance & Assurance
Pragmatic preparation for regulatory, customer and board-level scrutiny.
Executive Advisory
Independent counsel for boards and executives navigating consequential choices.
Incident Leadership
Calm, experienced guidance when decisions need to be made under pressure.
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Good security leadership turns complexity into a decision the organisation can understand and defend.
Why Executive Advisory
Technology informs the decision. Judgement makes it.
Effective cybersecurity leadership requires context: how the organisation operates, what it values, where it is exposed and what level of change it can absorb. Independent executive advice brings those factors together—without product bias or unnecessary complexity.
Our Approach
A measured process, built for momentum.
Every engagement is proportionate, direct and designed around the decisions leadership needs to make.
Understand
Establish the business context, leadership priorities and decision that needs to be made.
Assess
Form a clear, evidence-led view of the current position, material risks and practical constraints.
Advise
Present proportionate options, direct recommendations and the reasoning needed to support them.
Support
Stay alongside leadership as decisions are communicated, implemented and reviewed.
A Conversation
Start with the decision in front of you.
An introductory conversation is an opportunity to explore the context, clarify what support may be useful and decide whether there is a good fit.
Schedule an Introductory Consultation