Gerardo Barranquero and David Vohradsky
Avocado Consulting announces the acquisition of cyber security advisory firm Cyberisk Australia, creating an end-to-end cyber consultancy and growing its team of skilled consultants.
Gerardo Barranquero, CEO, Avocado Consulting says the acquisition will see Avocado add critical advisory services at the start of a client’s cyber maturity journey – and complements our existing cyber technology capabilities that focus on threat detection, security, automation and monitoring solutions.
As part of the acquisition, David Vohradsky – owner of Cyberisk Australia – will join Avocado to lead the Cyber Security Practice and brings with him a team focused on cyber architecture, and governance, risk and compliance (GRC).
Gerardo Barranquero says after a long-standing referral relationship, now is the time to combine services to better meet client’s needs.
“We are excited to welcome David and his team. David is a seasoned security specialist and recognised industry expert with an established base of corporate and government clients,” says Gerardo Barranquero.
“We have a long-standing referral relationship and believe now is the time to combine our services and solutions to better meet client’s needs,” says Gerardo.
“There’s no doubt, the threat landscape is ever-changing and increasing. Security must be a priority for all decision-makers and IT teams to retain the trust of customers,” he says.
“Our skills across security, automating, monitoring and optimising technology is keeping us terribly busy.” he says.
David Vohradsky, CEO, Cyberisk Australia, says joining Avocado is a natural evolution for Cyberisk.
“This is a natural evolution for Cyberisk as our services and cultures are well aligned,” says David Vohradsky.
“We can now include the strength of Avocado’s delivery services to address gaps in our client’s cyber architecture and GRC reviews. Together, we provide a multi-service capability for our clients cyber security needs,” says David.
About David Vohradsky
David Vohradsky is an industry recognised security specialist and published author in the risk management profession, with more than 30 years of IT experience across the financial, government, and retail sectors. Read David’s bio here.
David heads up the Avocado Cyber Security Services Practice that provides advice across governance, risk and compliance reviews, cyber security frameworks, risk quantification, remediation planning, business continuity, Cyber Security Advisory; Control Assurance; and Security Architecture services.
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