Sentinel is deployed, Defender is licensed, dashboards look healthy, but detections are weak, coverage is unclear, and nobody can say with confidence whether the investment is really working.
Fractional CISO • Microsoft Security • Security Operations
Security leadership for organizations that need clarity, alignment, and action.
Fulcrum Advisory helps organizations align governance, cloud architecture, and day-to-day security operations so the investment they have already made actually protects them. Direct access. Senior expertise. No junior handoffs.
No forms. No intake call with a junior associate. Straight to David at fulcrum@fulcrumadvisory.ca.
25+ yearsEnterprise IT and security experience
Big 4 backgroundMDR, detection engineering, and cloud security leadership
Microsoft-native focusSentinel, Defender, Azure, identity, and governance
When to call
Where Fulcrum makes the difference
Four common situations where independent senior security leadership changes the outcome faster than another platform, another dashboard, or another six-month consulting cycle.
Growing organizations, retained advisory needs, post-acquisition integration, or board pressure that requires executive-level security direction without hiring a full-time CISO.
Detection coverage drift, analyst fatigue, unclear escalation paths, or an MDR provider relationship that is not delivering the operational confidence it was supposed to create.
Funding, regulatory scrutiny, major transformation, or incident readiness work that requires a defensible security program built properly before pressure forces rushed decisions.
Why Fulcrum
Most organizations do not need more tools. They need a fixed point that makes the tools, the people, and the telemetry work in the same direction.
That is the role Fulcrum Advisory is built to play: connecting board-level strategy to technical execution so your security investment translates into operational reality.
The pivot point for your security program
The leverage already exists inside most organizations. The challenge is that governance, architecture, and operations often move in parallel instead of in alignment. That is where programs start to look mature on paper while underperforming in practice.
Fulcrum Advisory is designed to close that gap. The work is direct, technically grounded, and structured around real decisions: what to fix, what to prioritize, what to redesign, and what to stop wasting time on.
Not here to expand tool sprawl. Not here to deliver a report that sits on a shelf. Here to make your security program more coherent, more defensible, and more effective.
Next step
Start with a real conversation
If you have a security problem, an initiative under pressure, or a Microsoft security program that is not delivering enough confidence, start there.