Issue 001 · Spring 2026Toronto · Global
§ 01 — Cover StorySenior Security Practitioners

Senior security today.
Software soon.

A Toronto-based cybersecurity practice serving consultancies, startups, and growing companies. Hands-on services available now. Our software platform — NISTForge — launches this summer.

Available today4 services · 1 retainer
vCISO
Fractional leadership.
From $4.5K/mo
Pen testing
Web · Mobile · Infra.
From $12K / engagement
Architecture
Zero-trust, by design.
Scoped per engagement
24/7 IR retainer
When it matters.
$2.5K/mo + hours
08+
Years in market
14
Industries served
04
Frameworks · NIST · SOC 2 · ISO · CIS
02
Products on the way
NISTForge — Waitlist OpenSOCLedger — Waitlist OpenvCISO Engagements Available — Q2 202624/7 Incident Response RetainerNISTForge — Waitlist OpenSOCLedger — Waitlist OpenvCISO Engagements Available — Q2 202624/7 Incident Response Retainer
§ 02 — Services

Senior security on demand.

Available now
A · Lead

vCISO.

Fractional CISO leadership for orgs that need senior judgment without full-time cost.

From
$4,500/mo
B · Defend

Pen testing.

Web, mobile, infrastructure, and red-team — with practical remediation guidance.

From
$12,000 / engagement
C · Build

Architecture.

Zero-trust, cloud, identity, and network architectures designed for resilience and audit.

Scoped
Per engagement
D · Respond

Incident response.

24/7 retainers and on-demand IR for breach containment, forensics, and recovery.

Retainer
$2,500/mo + hours
§ 03 — Method

Practitioners first. Theatre never.

i.Step 01

Assess against intent.

We map your real business risk, not a generic checklist. The output is decision-grade, not décor.

ii.Step 02

Build, don't bolt-on.

Architecture, controls, and runbooks shaped to how your team actually ships — not the reverse.

iii.Step 03

Operate, don't audit.

Monthly reviews, on-call IR, continuous evidence — not point-in-time PDFs.

§ 04 — Products

In the workshop.

Launching soon

Two products that bottle what we've learned across 300+ engagements. Both ship in 2026 — waitlist gets first access, founder pricing, and migration support.

Coming Soon · Summer 2026No. 01 / NF.001

NISTForge.

NIST CSF 2.0 assessments at consultancy speed. Score maturity, expose gaps, ship board-ready reports — in days, not quarters.

  • Six-function CSF 2.0 scoring with traceable evidence
  • Auto-generated executive + technical reports
  • Multi-tenant for consultancies. White-label available.

Waitlist gets early access + founder pricing at launch.

Coming Soon · Q4 2026No. 02 / SL.001

SOCLedger.

Continuous SOC 2 + ISO 27001 evidence collection for SaaS startups. Connect your stack — the ledger fills itself.

AWS · GitHub · Okta · Linear · Slack
Trust center, vendor reviews, questionnaires
Flat pricing. No per-employee gotchas.
§ 05 — Voices

MALTO didn’t sell us a framework. They sold us back our weekends.

Adaeze Okafor
CTO, Beacon Logistics
§ 06 — Get in touch

Let’s build something that lasts.

A 30-minute working session with someone who’s done this before. No deck. No discovery loop.

Prefer email? hello@maltocyber.com