Mike Perkins Launches Cybersecurity Business
Mike Perkins has launched NorthRock Cyber-Risk & Compliance Limited in Bermuda, offering “independent cybersecurity assessments and penetration testing, cyber-risk and governance services, and managed compliance programmes designed around Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act.”
A spokesperson said, “NorthRock Cyber-Risk & Compliance Limited has launched in Bermuda to help local businesses independently assess their cybersecurity defences and manage growing privacy, cyber-risk and regulatory compliance responsibilities.
“The launch comes as cybersecurity continues to receive increased attention across the island. Bermuda Government Chief Information Security Officer Anthony Francis recently said the National Cybersecurity Unit was tracking more than 200 breaches that directly or indirectly affect Bermuda, along with at least 100 vulnerabilities, and encouraged businesses to develop cybersecurity governance plans.
“NorthRock Cyber-Risk & Compliance Limited was founded by Bermudian cybersecurity executive Mike Perkins, who has spent decades working in information technology, cybersecurity, risk management and regulatory compliance in the United States. Perkins is a Certified Information Security Manager [CISM], earned an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and completed several additional cybersecurity programmes through MIT. He also leads established US technology and cybersecurity companies providing managed IT, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and virtual CISO services to businesses.”
“For me, this is much more than identifying another market for our services,” Perkins said. “Bermuda is home. I was born here, much of my family is here, and I believe the experience we have developed helping organisations manage cybersecurity and regulatory requirements can be valuable to Bermuda businesses.”
NorthRock’s approach is designed to complement, rather than replace, the work already being performed by a company’s internal IT department or technology provider.
“One of the biggest questions for business leadership isn’t simply whether cybersecurity tools are installed,” Perkins said. “It’s whether those defences actually work when they’re tested. Our role is to independently pressure-test those safeguards, identify gaps and give management and their IT teams a practical roadmap for addressing them.”
A spokesperson added, “The company will provide independent cybersecurity assessments and penetration testing, cyber-risk and governance services, and managed compliance programmes designed around Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act.
“Its managed PIPA programme is intended to help organisations move beyond simply producing policies by providing an ongoing framework for privacy governance, risk assessment, documentation and security verification.”
“Privacy compliance and cybersecurity increasingly intersect,” Perkins said. “If an organisation is responsible for protecting personal information, having policies is important, but management also needs confidence that the technical safeguards protecting that information are functioning as intended.”
A spokesperson added, “As part of its initial Bermuda launch, NorthRock will accept a limited number of organisations into its managed cybersecurity and PIPA compliance programme.”
“We want our first Bermuda clients to have direct access to us and a very hands-on experience,” Perkins said. “We’re not trying to sign up every business on the island. We would rather work closely with a smaller group of organisations, demonstrate measurable value and grow from there.”
A spokesperson added, “NorthRock will also offer its Cybersecurity Pressure Test, an independent assessment designed to test an organisation’s existing security controls without replacing its current IT provider.”
“We don’t replace your IT team,” Perkins said. “We make it stronger. A good IT provider should welcome independent verification because ultimately everyone has the same objective — protecting the organisation.”
A spokesperson added, “NorthRock Cyber-Risk & Compliance Limited is a Bermuda company supported by the cybersecurity experience and resources of its US-based affiliate, NorthRock Cybersecurity. To learn more or request a Cybersecurity Pressure Test, visit northrockcyber.bm, email security@northrockcyber.bm or call 441.901.ROCK.”
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