About Kessel Security Analytics

Many small organizations feel trapped between two extremes: ignoring risk entirely or being told they need an enterprise-grade security and compliance program.

Most owners don’t need more tools or jargon. They need clear judgment about what applies to their business, what actually matters, and what can reasonably wait.

This advisory work exists to provide that clarity—without pressure, upselling, or loss of control.

This approach is informed by more than two decades working in cybersecurity and risk-related roles, including time in large, highly regulated environments such as Fortune 5 organizations.

Much of that experience comes from healthcare, human services, and complex operational settings where compliance expectations, technical reality, and human behavior often collide.

The focus here is not theory or perfection. It is practical judgment—helping small teams avoid mistakes that larger organizations have already learned the hard way.

Risk tends to concentrate in predictable places for small organizations: accounts and access, email and endpoints, backups and recovery, vendor dependencies, and the operational “what happens if” scenarios.

The goal is not a perfect score or exhaustive checklist. The goal is fewer surprises and calmer decisions—without overbuilding or overspending.

Keeping advisory separate from implementation protects clarity and trust. I do not log into systems, perform remediation, or take operational control.

Instead, I assess, explain, and prioritize. Your internal team or IT provider implements changes on your timeline.

This advisory work is informed by formal cybersecurity training and professional obligations, including adherence to the ISC² Code of Ethics (CISSP). In practical terms, that means clear constraints designed to protect clients and avoid conflicts of interest.