Gladwin International & Company
Bastion
The CISO Assessment Architecture
A proprietary eight-dimension evaluation model built from 60+ CISO and security leadership placements — measuring the competencies that distinguish a security engineer from a strategic security leader who protects enterprise value while enabling digital ambition.
Eight Dimensions
The CISO Security Posture Framework
Threat Intelligence
Builds proactive threat detection capabilities — intelligence feeds, hunting programmes, and the analytical frameworks that keep the enterprise ahead of adversaries.
Security Architecture
Designs defence-in-depth architectures — zero trust, identity management, network segmentation, and the layered controls that make breaches survivable.
Governance & Compliance
Navigates ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, DPDPA, and sector-specific regulations. Builds compliance programmes that satisfy auditors without paralysing operations.
Incident Response
Builds and tests incident response capabilities — playbooks, tabletop exercises, and crisis communication protocols that minimise damage when breaches occur.
Cloud Security
Secures multi-cloud environments — CSPM, CWPP, container security, and the shared responsibility models that keep cloud-native applications protected.
Security Culture
Transforms security from a department into a discipline. Builds awareness programmes, phishing resilience, and the behavioural changes that reduce human-factor risk.
Board Communication
Translates cyber risk into business language. Presents to boards with clarity — risk quantification, investment rationale, and the metrics that build confidence in security posture.
AppSec & DevSecOps
Shifts security left — embedding security into development pipelines, code review, and CI/CD processes without becoming a bottleneck to engineering velocity.