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Pylon ServicesAdvisory · Three practices

The people who scope the work
do the work.

No account managers. No junior staff rotating through your engagement. Senior practitioners who own the outcome, from the first call to the final handoff.

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Senior, directly

The senior practitioner who scopes the engagement does the work. No partner-to-associate handoff after the proposal, no account manager forwarding your emails.

Operators, not observers

We have run programs at the scale and stakes you operate at. Built the controls, sat in front of the auditors, reported to the boards. Advice from operating, not from reading.

Outcomes, not artifacts

We engage to move metrics, not to produce decks. Roadmaps are sequenced and resourced; findings come with target dates and owners. Every engagement ends with more your team can run without us.

§ 01The gap

Start from
the gap.

Three services, each filling a specific leadership or capability gap. Find the one that matches where you are.

Security leadership“Who owns security strategy and the board conversation?”Embedded CISO. Senior security leadership, embedded. Technology leadership“Who modernizes the stack and the spend?”Embedded CIO. Direction, modernization, rationalized cost. Audit & risk“Can the program survive real scrutiny?”GRC. Frameworks built for evidence, not just policy.
§ 02Security leadership · vCISO Embedded CISO

Senior security leadership, embedded in your team.

Strategy, program build, board reporting, and the technology decisions that follow. For organizations between full-time CISO hires, or scaling beyond what the in-house team can absorb.

Security strategy & roadmap Board & audit reporting Program build and maturity vCISO / fractional CISO
Between CISO hires, or scaling fast
Deliverable › Board security posture
Prepared for the Q3 boardSecurity posture
Q3 board
Maturity3.4
Findings closed28
Risk reduced41%
FunctionCoverageScore
Identify78
Protect82
Detect64
Respond58
Recover69
Board pack generated from live program data
§ 03Technology leadership · vCIO Embedded CIO

Set direction, modernize the stack, rationalize the spend.

Cloud strategy, digital transformation, vendor consolidation, and the technology budget conversation no one else will have honestly with the board.

Cloud & modernization strategy Vendor consolidation Budget rationalization vCIO / fractional CIO
Scaling or modernizing technology
Deliverable › Modernization plan
FY26 · four phasesModernization plan
In flight
AssessRationalizeMigrateOptimize
Cloud migration
Workstreams
Vendor consolidation142 → 96
Identity unificationdone
Data platform migrationin flight
Network refreshin flight
End-user compute refreshQ3
Licence true-upQ4
$2.1M annualized spend removed
§ 04Governance, risk & compliance GRC

Frameworks that pass scrutiny and reduce risk.

HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, AI governance. Built by practitioners who have sat on both sides of the audit. Controls designed for evidence, not just policy.

SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA Evidence-based controls Audit readiness AI governance
Facing an audit or framework
Deliverable › Control matrix
SOC 2 Type II · observation window openControl matrix
3 gaps
Controls61
Evidence92%
Gaps3
RefControlStatus
CC6.1Logical access controlsMet
CC7.2System monitoringMet
CC8.1Change managementIn progress
CC3.2Risk assessmentGap
A1.2Availability commitmentsMet
CC5.3Policy communicationIn progress
C1.1Confidentiality commitmentsMet
Evidence mapped to controls automatically
§ 05The platform

When the work is operational,
the product runs it.

Third-party risk and M&A diligence are repeating workloads, not advisory engagements. We built platforms for both, and operate them for teams who would rather hand the work off than staff it.

Managed service

Scout Managed Service

Managed third-party risk: continuous vendor monitoring, risk scoring, and incident exposure analysis. Powered by Scout, run by our analysts.

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Anvil M&A Lifecycle

Pre-LOI screens, technology and security diligence, TSA design, and post-close integration. Buy-side and sell-side, end to end, on Anvil.

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§ 06Next

Tell us about
the gap you're filling.

Senior practitioners only. It starts with a conversation, not a sales call.

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