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Risk & Security

Well Balanced Advice

Practical, consultative risk reduction & security advice for organizations navigating significant changes and the resulting high-impact technical decisions.

We help organizations understand and manage risk as part of broader IT decision-making — without selling security products, operating monitoring platforms, or interfering with existing security providers.

A Consultative, Risk-Aware Approach

Risk Management begins with context and judgment, not fear, tools, or long-term service contracts.

Our role is to help leaders:

  • Understand where meaningful risk exists

  • Evaluate trade-offs and priorities

  • Make informed, defensible decisions

  • Execute scoped improvements when appropriate

This work is designed to complement existing IT leadership, internal teams, and external vendors — not replace them.

Organizations Engage Us When:

  • Major infrastructure, cloud, or platform changes are planned

  • Leadership wants an objective view of security and risk exposure

  • Existing controls no longer align with how systems are actually used

  • A second opinion is needed before committing to security investments

  • An incident, audit, or near-miss raises questions that need clear remediation

We focus on translating technical risk into practical, business-relevant insight.

Risk Assessment as Part of Good Engineering

Risk assessment is a lens applied to architecture, access, configuration, and change.

Our work often includes:

  • Prioritizing remediation based on impact, not theory

  • Reviewing infrastructure and configuration from a risk perspective

  • Evaluating identity, access, and privilege decisions

  • Assessing how architecture choices affect exposure and resilience

  • Identifying where controls, process, or design no longer match reality

The goal is clarity and next-steps guidance.

Execution & Clean Handoff

When execution is required, work is:

  • Clearly scoped

  • Project-based

  • Documented thoroughly

  • Handed off cleanly

We support remediation and improvement efforts without creating dependency or ongoing operational ownership.

Working Alongside Existing Providers

Adaptive Solutions frequently works alongside:

  • CIOs and IT leadership

  • Internal IT and security teams

  • External vendors such as MSPs, et al.

Our role is to support sound decision making and successful outcomes — while respecting existing ownership and relationships.

We’re A Strong Fit If You:

  • Have IT leadership and want an experienced, objective security perspective

  • Are planning changes where risk needs to be understood before acting

  • Want clarity before selecting tools or providers

  • Need help prioritizing security efforts realistically

  • Value collaboration and clean handoff


 

Let’s (Calmly) Talk About Risk

If you’re navigating a decision, transition, or concern where risk and security deserve thoughtful consideration, we’re standing by.

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