Erus Consulting
Know.Manage.Enable.
Senior-level cybersecurity and AI strategy for regulated institutions — at a fraction of the cost of a large consulting firm, with none of the incentive to over-sell.
21 yrs
inside Northern Trust
CISSP
since 2004
$500M–$4B
asset banks served
Hands-on
AI-augmented practice
Built for
Community banks, credit unions, and higher education institutions that need to mature their security program, navigate AI adoption, or both.
Without adding headcount. Without signing a multi-year retainer with a firm that bills by the hour.
Services
Two ways to work together.
Fractional Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) / Cybersecurity Consulting
A fractional CISO with two decades of practice, including 17 years inside Northern Trust. Erus Consulting builds and runs security programs that satisfy examiners and boards without slowing the business down.
Learn more →02AI Strategy & Secure Deployment
AI adoption done by someone who has already secured it in practice, not just advised on it. Helping leadership teams identify real AI use cases and deploy them without creating new risk.
Learn more →Why this works
A different shape of consulting engagement.
Senior judgment, applied directly
No bench of junior staff to bill out. The person you talk to in the discovery call is the person doing the work.
No incentive to over-sell
Fixed fees, scoped to your real needs. Most firms profit from your problem taking longer to solve. We don't.
Bigger network, on demand
A working network of trusted specialists is available when a project calls for more hands — without the overhead of a firm.
In their words
Ed’s thoughtful and thorough approach has brought clarity and structure to our IT department, significantly improving our cybersecurity posture and overall operations.
I appreciate Ed’s balanced perspective. He never pushes security for security’s sake, but always considers the operational impact and reasonableness of his recommendations.
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