Our mission
To help every organisation build a digital supply chain it can trust — secure, resilient, and able to withstand disruption.
About M516 Cyber Solutions
Cyber risk doesn’t stop at your organisation. Neither do we.
M516 was built on the belief that digital supply chain resilience deserves the same rigour as any other business-critical discipline — advised by people who have defended it from the inside.
Mission, Vision & Values
What we are here to do.
Cyber risk doesn’t stop at your organisation — our purpose is to make risk across your suppliers as clear and manageable as your own.
Our vision
A future where managing risk across your suppliers feels as clear and confident as managing your own.
Our values
Independent and evidence-led — we say what we find, and build only what genuinely reduces risk.
Leadership
Our Founder
Former Senior Cyber Security Consultant to global financial institutions | Global Cybersecurity Strategist & AI Governance Advisor
M516 was founded on more than 15 years of front-line cybersecurity experience — including over a decade inside global financial institutions and UK's top regulators, where our founder advised across business divisions and served on an AI Advisory Board, and has since conducted risk assessments for 200+ third-party organisations. Our founder holds CISSP, CCSP and MSc-level qualifications in Cybersecurity.
Backed by a team with 20+ years’ combined experience in compliance, data security and ISO 27001 accreditation across energy, financial services and blue-chip technology.
Track record
- 15+
- Years front-line cybersecurity experience
- 10+
- Years in global financial services
- 200+
- Third-party risk assessments conducted
- 20+
- Years combined team compliance experience
- CISSP
- CCSP
- MSc Cybersecurity
- BCS Professional Member
Our Story
Why We Started
A decade inside global financial institutions made one thing clear: supply chain risk is consistently the hardest part of cyber resilience to manage — even for organisations with mature internal security. Third parties were assessed inconsistently, monitored rarely, and rarely held to the same standard the organisation held itself to.
That gap has only widened. Organisations are adopting AI technologies faster than their governance frameworks can keep pace with, while supply chain cyber attacks continue to rise in both frequency and sophistication. M516 was founded to meet that moment — bringing the rigour, regulatory fluency and practitioner-level standards used inside top-tier banks and regulators to organisations of every size.
Our Team
Our Team
M516 is delivered by a team of practitioners, not generalists. Between them they bring over 20 years of combined experience in compliance, data security and regulatory assurance, including hands-on delivery of ISO 27001 accreditation programmes from gap analysis through to certification.
Their experience spans energy, financial services and blue-chip technology — sectors where cyber risk, compliance and supply chain assurance are scrutinised closely and continuously. That means the team understands how these functions actually operate inside complex, regulated organisations, not just how they look on paper.
Every engagement is led by someone who has done the work themselves, which is what allows the team to move fluently between boardroom strategy and the operational detail of getting an organisation genuinely secure, compliant and ready for scrutiny.
UK-headquartered, serving clients across the UK and internationally.
Our Approach
Advisory. Assurance. Solutions.
Three connected capabilities that take organisations from strategy through independent validation to delivered capability.
Advisory
We help clients define their strategy.
Working collaboratively with executive leadership, we develop cyber strategies, governance frameworks and risk management approaches aligned with business objectives, regulatory expectations and long-term organisational resilience.
Assurance
We assess and validate your security posture.
Through independent assessments, cyber maturity reviews, supply chain assurance and compliance evaluations, we provide confidence that critical controls are operating effectively while identifying opportunities for continual improvement.
Solutions
We design and implement bespoke solutions that address each organisation’s unique cyber, risk and compliance challenges.
From tailored governance frameworks and automated assurance processes to custom supply chain cyber risk capabilities, dashboards and workflow automation, we build practical solutions that strengthen resilience and stand up to scrutiny.
Brochure
M516 Cyber Solutions brochure
Our specialisms, approach and engagement models in a three-page overview. Free to download — no form, no email required.
Get in touch
Book a scoped assessment, or start with a short discovery call about your supplier landscape.