Every CEO of a regulated business eventually asks the same question: are we OK? Usually right before a board meeting, an insurance renewal or a customer’s due diligence questionnaire. Cyber risk is no longer an IT problem — it is a board, regulatory and customer-trust problem. Answering it straight is the work we do.

What we do

IronGate IT Consulting partners with financial services and regulated organisations on the security decisions that matter most. Our work centres on three core services: fractional CISO leadership (also called a virtual CISO), where we carry the security strategy and board narrative as a fractional appointment; fixed-fee security assessments, where a defined scope is assessed and reported to a fixed price and a fixed date; and AI security & governance, where we put the guardrails and architecture patterns around AI adoption so it moves fast without creating tomorrow’s incident. Around those, we provide security strategy, assurance and compliance, and talent advisory. We bring senior practitioners — not graduate consultants — to engagements where the cost of getting it wrong is measured in audit findings, regulatory action, or program delay.

Who we work with

We are built for organisations operating in scrutiny: APRA-regulated entities, mid-market financial services firms, professional services partners, and government adjacencies where uplift work intersects with compliance and modernisation. If your context includes CPS 230, CPS 234, the SOCI Act, the Essential Eight, or board-level risk reporting, you are in our wheelhouse.

How we work

Our approach is small-team, high-leverage, advisory-first. We do not staff engagements with people you would not have chosen yourself. We do not recommend technology we would not run. And we do not write deliverables that sit on shelves — every output we produce should make a decision easier or a control demonstrably stronger. Engagements typically take one of three shapes: a fractional CISO retainer, a fixed-fee assessment, or a defined-scope advisory or assurance study.

Our position

The security advisory market is crowded with generalists. We focus narrowly so the depth shows. Where we work, we expect to be the most senior voice in the room — and we structure our engagements to make that worth your investment.