Engineering resilience. Governing technical and AI risk.

Security, governance, compliance, and AI-risk advisory for leadership teams that need clear answers and a plan they can act on.

Our Services

What we do and what you get

Each service starts from a problem you already have. Engage one on its own, or combine several under a single advisor.

Cybersecurity & Risk Management

Find out where you are exposed, what it could cost, and what to fix first.

Start here if: A board member, customer, or insurer has asked how secure you actually are.

YOU GET

IT Governance, Compliance & Privacy

Meet the requirements you are actually held to, and reuse the work across them.

Start here if: A customer questionnaire, audit, or regulation needs an answer on a deadline.

YOU GET

Strategic Advisory & vCISO

Senior security leadership at the table, without a full-time executive hire.

Start here if: You need someone accountable for security, but not yet a full-time CISO.

YOU GET

Human-Centric Security

Reduce incidents that start with people by designing security around how work actually gets done.

Start here if: Training is in place, but phishing, mistakes, and workarounds keep causing problems.

YOU GET

AI Governance & Security

Adopt AI with clear ownership, guardrails, and evidence your auditors will accept.

Start here if: Teams are already using AI tools and nobody owns the risk.

YOU GET

Standards we work to

We map controls once and reuse the evidence across every requirement that applies to you.

Standard Type
NIST Cybersecurity Framework Security Framework
ISO/IEC 27001 Certification Standard
SOC 2 Attestation
Zero Trust Architecture NIST SP 800-207
NIST AI RMF AI Risk Framework
ISO/IEC 42001 AI Management System
HIPAA Healthcare Regulation
PCI DSS Payment Card Standard

Engagement

Ways to engage

Project

A defined scope and deliverable, such as an assessment, a readiness effort, a policy set, or a program build.

Retainer

Ongoing fractional leadership and advisory on a recurring cadence, led by a named principal.

Interim coverage

Temporary security leadership while you hire, restructure, or wait on a permanent appointment.

How an engagement runs

Assessment

A structured review of your technical, security, and governance posture against the standard that matters most right now.

Architecture Strategy

A prioritized, board-ready roadmap that ties technical decisions to business risk, cost, and timeline.

Execution Governance

Ongoing oversight to carry out the roadmap and report progress in terms your leadership team trusts.

The cycle repeats as your business and your risk change.

ABOUT

A trusted technology & cybersecurity advisor

We started Clarmac Technology Associates in 2014 with a simple belief: cybersecurity should enable your business, not overcomplicate it. Today, we operate as a modern technology and cybersecurity advisory firm, helping organizations navigate risk, ace their compliance goals, and build true digital resilience.

We don’t believe in boilerplate advice or dropping off a stack of technical jargon for your team to decode. Instead, we pair executive-level business strategy with practical, hands-on security expertise to give you clear, actionable pathways forward.

Principal-Led Partnership

We value your trust, which is why we don’t pass your project down to junior analysts or hands-off account managers. At Clarmac, every single engagement is directly led by a named principal who stays in the trenches with you from start to finish.

Our principals bring a unique blend of leadership and technical skill to the table:

Real Executive Experience

We have served as CISOs, and technology leaders (infrastructure and application) across multiple industries, meaning we understand the real-world operational pressures you face.

Deep Security & Governance Roots

Our background spans hands-on engineering, IT auditing, and corporate governance.

Elite Professional Credentials

We back our decades of experience with the industry's most respected professional certifications, including CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, and AAISM.

Building and Maturing Programs

We support companies at various stages of growth, from agile startups finding their footing to deeply established enterprise entities. However, our true expertise is helping organizations establish their very first formal security program, or take what they currently have and mature it to the next level.

Whether you are building from scratch to win your first big enterprise contract, or evolving your existing protocols to match a shifting threat landscape, we meet you exactly where you are.

We bring extensive, battle-tested experience across a diverse range of sectors, including:

Technology & Fintech

Safeguarding high-growth SaaS platforms, financial applications, and proprietary tech stacks.

Higher Education

Navigating complex compliance environments and diverse user networks.

Staffing & Professional Services

Protecting sensitive candidate data, corporate intellectual property, and client-facing workflows.

Manufacturing, Trade & Logistics

Defending supply chains, operational technology, and critical physical infrastructure.

Online & Physical Retail

Securing omnichannel customer data, eCommerce platforms, and brick-and-mortar point-of-sale systems.

Insurance

Aligning deep regulatory requirements with practical corporate security.

Rigorous Standards, Clear Communication

Securing your organization is a team effort. To get everyone from your engineering team to your investors on the same page, we focus on two core pillars:

Frameworks You Can Trust

We don't just rely on “best guesses.” Every vulnerability we assess and roadmap we design is directly benchmarked against established global standards such as NIST 800-53, NIST CSF 2.0, CMMC, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and others.

Reports the Boardroom Can Follow

Technical findings are only useful if they make sense to the people signing off on the budget. We frame our recommendations so your corporate board can clearly understand the business impact, and your internal or external auditors can seamlessly verify our logic.

FAQ's

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a project and a retainer?

A project has a defined scope and deliverable. A retainer provides ongoing leadership and advisory on a recurring cadence. Some organizations start with a project and move to a retainer once the roadmap is set.

No. We assess, advise, and govern. We prepare you for audits and recommend independent specialists when you need attestation or hands-on testing. We do not operate your monitoring or run security tools for you. However, we do have expert partners that we can recommend to help support those requirements if you have the need.

A named principal leads every engagement and is your point of contact. Supporting specialists join for specific pieces of work.

We work with regulated and high-growth organizations, including healthcare, professional services, manufacturing and logistics, and technology companies. Frameworks include SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, CMMC, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001.

Submit the inquiry form below. A principal responds within one business day, learns what is driving the request, and proposes a scope in writing.

Request an Advisory Briefing

Tell us which service line fits best. A principal will respond within one business day.

Email

info@clarmactech.com

Location

Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Advisory Nationwide

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