Fractional CISO
Gain experienced security leadership without a full-time hire. Your board and regulators get a clear, accountable owner for cyber risk.
Digital risk and trust advisory · Singapore
Building digital trust while managing cyber, AI, data and technology risk.
Independent, senior advice for regulated organisations across Asia-Pacific.
Services
Advisory and implementation, matched to your risk profile
Practical support for regulated organisations, from board-level direction to hands-on delivery.
Cyber Security
Cyber security posture assessment and roadmap
Understand where you stand against your obligations and threats. Leave with a prioritised, costed roadmap your leadership can act on.
ISO certification for cyber readiness
Prepare your controls, evidence and people for certification. Reach audit with confidence and a management system that lasts beyond it.
Technology, AI and Data risk
Tech risk advisory
Strengthen how technology risk is identified, governed and reported. Decision-makers see risk in terms they can weigh against the business.
AI risk advisory
Adopt AI with clear governance, accountability and controls. Innovation proceeds within boundaries your regulators and customers can trust.
Data risk advisory
Know what data you hold, where it flows and who can reach it. Reduce exposure while keeping data usable for the business.
Regulatory
Regulatory compliance advisory
Translate MAS, BI, OJK, BNM, HKMA, RBI and other regional frameworks into workable requirements. Meet supervisory expectations without duplicated effort across jurisdictions.
Identity
IAM implementation
Design and deploy identity and access controls that fit your environment. The right people get the right access, with a clear audit trail.
Managed services for IAM
Keep identity operations reliable and reviewed on an ongoing basis. Your internal teams stay focused while access hygiene stays current.
Approach
A simple, disciplined process
Assess
Establish the current state against your business goals, risks and regulatory obligations.
Prioritise
Agree what matters most and sequence the work by risk reduction and effort.
Implement
Deliver the agreed changes alongside your teams, with clear ownership.
Sustain
Embed monitoring, reporting and review so improvements hold over time.
About
Founder-led, with senior operating experience
StraitsWard is founded and led by Shelesh Gupta, a technology executive with 30 years of experience across financial institutions in Asia-Pacific. He has held both CIO and CISO responsibilities, so he knows what it takes to run technology and to defend it, and how to explain the trade-offs to a board. Every engagement is led by him directly, not handed to a junior team.
- Operator, not only adviser: Senior roles as CIO and CISO, most recently EVP and CIO and Group CISO at SMFG India Credit. He has run these programmes, so the advice reflects delivery realities.
- Both sides of the table: Dual CIO and CISO experience means security advice that is practical for the business and credible to the technology team.
- Regulatory fluency across the region: Deep expertise in the regulatory frameworks of MAS, RBI, HKMA and ASIC, valuable to organisations operating across more than one jurisdiction.
- Board-level communication: Experience presenting cyber, technology and AI risk to boards and senior leadership in terms that support decisions.
- Active voice on AI and cyber risk: A regular panellist at national industry forums, speaking on AI adoption, risk frameworks for AI, and cyber risk in the context of AI.
If you are working through a regulatory expectation, a board question or an AI adoption decision, we are glad to talk it through.
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us about your organisation and the risk questions you are working through. We will respond promptly and in confidence.
- Phone
- [+65 92970868]
- [LinkedIn URL]
- Location
- Singapore