Experience across both technical security and governance, risk & compliance — the two sides that most consultancies split across different people — brought direct to small and medium business.
VEROSEC is run by Brenden Aldridge, a cybersecurity GRC consultant whose career has spanned analyst, engineering, and consulting roles — giving him hands-on technical security experience alongside strong governance, risk & compliance capability. He has worked with clients across a broad range of industries, including banking, retail, manufacturing, and technology.
GRC experience includes implementing and operating ISO/IEC 27001-aligned Information Security Management Systems from the ground up — not just assessing from the outside. Capabilities include building and maintaining risk registers, risk treatment planning, and chairing the governance meetings that keep an ISMS operating day to day rather than sitting as shelfware, including working group meetings attended by board members and C-level executives.
Technical experience includes deploying and operating security tooling across vulnerability management, data protection, and Microsoft security platforms — including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, UpGuard, and Proofpoint — as well as translating technical detail into decisions that non-technical stakeholders can actually make and act on.
As a specialist practice rather than a large consultancy, clients deal directly with the person doing the work — from scoping through to delivery, with every engagement led and delivered by senior, qualified expertise.
Formal certification and education across security management, technical security, and cloud platforms — kept current as standards evolve.
The underlying frameworks and risk approach carry across industries — engagements are scoped to the specific regulatory or contractual drivers of your sector.
A short call to understand your environment, objectives, and requirements before any work begins.
Structured delivery against the agreed scope — assessment, documentation, training, or advisory.
Advisory support to help action the recommendations, on retainer or ad hoc as needed.
You don't need to understand every acronym to be protected.
Our job is to make cybersecurity practical, affordable, and easy to understand — so you can get on with running your business. No jargon, no scare tactics, and no paying for things you don't need.