This book is written for CIOs, CTOs, CAIOs, and senior executives who want to remain relevant as AI reshapes how decisions are made, how risk expands, and how leadership influence is exercised. It is not a book about tools, models, or hype. It is a book about responsibility, engagement, and what happens when leaders wait for certainty that never arrives.
We’ve been breaking things for over 20 years.
Our testing goes beyond basic scans—covering real-world attack chains, credential abuse, cloud configuration weaknesses, web and API flaws, social engineering, and ransomware-style kill-chain testing.
We identify what matters, explain what attackers would do next, and give you a clear, prioritized fix path.
Security leadership without the full-time cost.
We help organizations build strategic security programs aligned to CIS, NIST, and FFIEC requirements.
Includes board reporting, risk assessments, policy development, vendor management, ongoing advisory, and measurable outcomes.
You get senior-level guidance and a security roadmap that actually moves the business forward.
Practical engineering solutions to close real security gaps.
Includes hardening endpoints, identity systems, email, cloud workloads, network segmentation, vulnerability reduction, and modern monitoring.
We design, implement, and optimize controls that work in real production environments—not theoretical frameworks.
AI introduces new risks — model poisoning, prompt injection, and exposure of sensitive data through tools like ChatGPT and Copilot.
We provide AI Risk Assessments, AI-focused pentesting, and vCAIO leadership to help you deploy AI safely using secure architectures, hardened RAG workflows, and AI-specific controls.
Enable innovation while keeping data and operations protected.
When AI enters the business, visibility into your data matters.
We help identify where sensitive files live, who has access, and what AI systems could accidentally ingest or expose. Our assessments surface real risks so you can secure data before it fuels the wrong model.
Includes risk scoring, remediation guidance, and governance recommendations so you’re prepared long before AI or attackers misuse your data.
When attacks occur, real-time visibility and fast action make all the difference.
We deliver 24/7 monitoring, threat investigation, and response support so you can contain incidents before they spread. Your team gets clarity, not noise.
Includes continuous detection, threat hunting, and guided remediation to strengthen your security posture.
We’ve spent decades on the offensive side — breaking into systems, chaining vulnerabilities, and understanding how attackers think. That experience shapes every recommendation we make. You get practical, prioritized guidance based on real-world attacker behavior, not checklists.
CinderLabs provides the strategic leadership of a seasoned CISO without the full-time cost. We focus on governance, engineering, continuity, and measurable outcomes that actually move the business forward. Clear priorities, clear communication, real results.
AI is changing how organizations operate — and it’s expanding the attack surface. We help teams adopt AI safely through secure architectures, hardened workflows, and guardrails that protect data and operations while enabling innovation.