Background
Our team brings 25+ years of cybersecurity practice, GRC leadership, and executive advisory spanning financial services, healthcare, government, retail, and enterprise technology. Our credentials include International QSA and PCIP assessment and audit experience, with hundreds of security assessments conducted across domestic and international markets. Our leadership has been a member of founding divisional teams and a participant in four successful enterprise solution builds that led to exits.
Our team maintains active affiliations across the broader cybersecurity and compliance community, participating in industry forums, standards bodies, and security events spanning PCI, NIST, ISACA, and banking systems security.
A proven model for business impact
What sets CStrand Inc. apart is not compliance expertise alone. It is the ability to connect compliance posture directly to commercial outcomes, making GRC a revenue-generating capability rather than a cost center.
Carbon Black (formerly Bit9)
Our practice built and led the compliance division from inception through IPO and VMware acquisition, establishing GRC as a de-facto market differentiator and creating solid ARR before exit.
IntSights Cyber Intelligence
We designed and built the GRC program and compliance channel strategy, contributing to record-breaking ARR deals and a successful acquisition outcome.
Cybersixgill
Our team drove a 100% increase to target revenue through GRC channel development, contributing directly to acquisition value and a doubled deal acquisition rate.
Sevco Security • Security Scorecard • Thoropass • Source Defense • Palo Alto Networks
Ongoing risk advisory across supply chain risk management, AI compliance strategy, and regulatory go-to-market positioning.
What drives the best outcomes
Competitive positioningWe help clients achieve de-facto status as the security requirement technology through regulatory body alignment, leading to greater market access.
Market differentiationOur engagements open non-traditional and extended market segments, growing TAM beyond an organization's existing footprint.
Customer retentionWe structure GRC programs to increase ARR through cross-sell and upsell opportunities created by diversified compliance evidence.
Revenue accelerationOur channel relationships within the assessment and audit community give clients access to extended seller networks that accelerate net-new business.