Our Purpose

Security. Assured by design.
Not by chance.

Our Mission

To deliver security outcomes through the intelligent application of AI.

Our Vision

Security that acts faster than the adversary.

How We Operate

The Three Layers
We Work Across.

01 — Regulation

Precision

We work to the letter of the law — not the spirit of guesswork. GDPR, NIS2, and sector-specific frameworks across multiple jurisdictions. Legal obligation translated into technical reality.

02 — Business Policy

Accountability

Every engagement has a named senior practitioner who owns the outcome from kickoff to sign-off. Your policy is only as strong as the team enforcing it. We are that team.

03 — Risk Appetite

Intelligence

Risk appetite is a human decision — it needs to be an informed one. We surface what your systems don't show you, so your leadership draws the right line, not just any line.

The Apex Principle: AI can help achieve any security objective. The only limiting factors are current regulation, your business policy, and your operational risk appetite.

Precision · Accountability · Intelligence
The Team

The engine behind assured security

Simon Fotakis
CISSP · ex-Enterprise CISO

Simon Fotakis

CEO / CISO

20 years inside enterprise security — as CISO, protecting billions in assets across global retail, cloud, and regulated industries. He built Symmetry so growing businesses don't have to figure it out alone.

Risk Management · Compliance · Board Advisory

Aaron East
CISSP · DevSecOps

Aaron East

CTO

The person engineers call when the build pipeline is a liability. Aaron has hardened payment systems for Visa Europe, global platforms at Shell, and enterprise CI/CD at FIS. He makes secure development the default, not the afterthought.

AI Security · Application Security · Cloud Security

Nataliia Chernata
Customer Success

Nataliia Chernata

Customer Success Officer

Client-focused success professional with a track record of building trusted relationships across mid-market accounts. Passionate about connecting organisations with the security solutions they need to grow with confidence.

Customer Relationship Management · Customer Success

Khim Mahiran
Business Development

Khim Mahiran

Business Development Officer

Results-driven business development professional specialising in consultative sales and strategic partnerships. Dedicated to helping organisations understand their risk exposure and take decisive action.

Business Development · Strategic Partnerships

Our origins

We spent decades at the highest levels of enterprise security — protecting billions in assets, running security programmes across multinationals. When we started working with growing businesses, we saw the same pattern every time: the threat was real, lack of resources, priorities non existent, while no one was applying structured intelligence to the problem. AI changed what was possible. We built Symmetry Black to give every client visibility and resources equal to a sizeable security team. Then we wrapped it in our expertise.

Let's Talk

You've met the team.
Now put them to work.

Decades of enterprise-level security experience, available to your organisation without the Big 4 price tag. One discovery call tells you everything you need to know.

No Obligation

Tell us your biggest security concern. We'll tell you if we can fix it.

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