Black Glass Advisors

Security leadership,
when you need it.

Black Glass is built for companies too small to need a full-time security chief — and too exposed to keep going without one. We're your security leader, part-time and senior, until the risk is under control and after.

The high desert forged the sharpest edge in nature. We brought it to cybersecurity.

How the gap shows up

Most growing companies don't have a security problem they can name. They have a security gap — and it shows up like this:

A customer sent you a security questionnaire — pages of it — and you don't know how to answer half the questions, or who should.

You're growing fast, and security has been "whoever has time." Nobody actually owns it. You're not even sure what's been missed.

Security keeps landing on your desk — yours, the founder's, the IT person's — and it's not your expertise and not your time, but it's becoming your problem.

You don't have a security leader, and you're not sure you need a full-time one. But the gap is starting to keep you up at night.

Something happened — or nearly did — and now you need to know how exposed you really are, and what to fix first.

More tools and more budget don't fix this on their own. Someone has to own it — decide what matters, what to buy, and what to do. That's what Black Glass does.

Most growing companies have nobody who truly owns security. Not the IT team — they keep the lights on. Not the founder — it's not their expertise. So it drifts, until a customer, an incident, or an insurer forces the question.

Black Glass is that owner. A senior security leader engaged part-time — enough to set direction, fix what matters, and stand behind it — without the cost of a full-time hire.

The Path
See where you stand Get a plan Get it done
The Engagement

Black Glass Command

Your part-time security leader

Someone who owns security — so you don't have to.

Black Glass Command gives your company a senior security leader, engaged part-time. Not a report you file away, not a project with an end date — a person accountable for security: figuring out where you stand, deciding what to fix first, and making sure it gets done. As much or as little as your company needs, scaled to where you are.

How it works
Phase 1 Get the bearings.

We learn your business and map where you actually stand — what's exposed, what's fine, and what could hurt you. Not an audit you have to prepare for. Just your security leader getting up to speed.

Phase 2 Build the plan.

A clear, prioritized plan — what to fix, in what order, and why. Written in plain terms you can act on and explain to anyone who asks.

Phase 3 Run it.

We don't hand you the plan and leave. We own it: driving the work, handling vendors and audits, and being the security voice in the room whenever a decision needs one.

Who it's for

Small and mid-sized companies that need real security leadership — but not a full-time hire to get it.

Also available — a one-time engagement

The Black Glass Review

A clear picture of where you stand

Straight answers, when the need is bounded.

Sometimes you don't need an ongoing security leader — you need an answer. A customer questionnaire to get through, an insurance renewal, an investor asking hard questions, or just a nagging "are we okay?" The Black Glass Review is a focused, one-time engagement that delivers a clear-eyed look at your security, a prioritized list of what to fix, and a plan you can act on or hand to whoever's asking. If it turns out you need ongoing help, Command is the natural next step. If not, you still walk away with a plan worth having.

What it covers
  • A current-state look at your security
  • The gaps that carry real risk
  • A prioritized fix list
  • A plan written in plain terms
What you walk away with

A clear picture of where you stand — and a plan you can act on or hand to whoever's asking.

About Black Glass

When you engage Black Glass Advisors, you bring in senior security leaders who understand the threat landscape, the operational reality, and the business behind both.

Black Glass is built on decades of experience across IT and security — technology, software, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, and the defense industrial base. Six industries with very different threats and rules, and a sense of when advice should be tailored rather than templated.

The firm is built by operators, not just advisors. From cybersecurity startups to executive leadership across industries, Black Glass has built, run, and shipped the work. The plans Black Glass hands you are written by people who've had to execute one.

That experience is paired with formal business training so security is framed in terms whoever's running the business can act on: cost, exposure, and what it's worth to fix. Guidance you can use, not a report you have to decode.

You don't need a security department. You need someone who owns the problem. That's the call to make.