Building Measured Cyber Resilience
Understand your current capability. Secure what matters most. Transform with confidence.
Burning Tree is an independent cybersecurity advisory firm helping organisations make better security decisions, strengthen the foundations of digital trust and deliver measurable transformation.
Through experienced leadership, independent assessment and specialist expertise, we help boards and executives move from uncertainty to confident, evidence-based action.
Cybersecurity is ultimately about making better decisions
The security landscape continues to change. AI is reshaping how organisations operate. Cryptography is entering a period of fundamental transition. Identity has become central to digital trust, while regulatory, technology and operational pressures continue to grow.
Against that backdrop, organisations do not simply need more technology. They need clarity.
Burning Tree helps leaders understand their current capability, identify what matters most and make informed decisions about where to invest, what to change and how to build lasting resilience.
Our approach is independent, evidence-led and grounded in decades of real-world cybersecurity leadership.
THE FRAMEWORK
Understand. Secure. Transform.
A simple framework for building lasting cyber resilience.
Burning Tree brings together seven strategic capabilities around three things every organisation needs to do well:
- Understand the current environment and the forces shaping what comes next.
- Secure the foundations of digital trust.
- Transform capability through practical change and experienced leadership.
Together, these capabilities allow us to help organisations move from evidence and insight to practical action, measurable improvement and stronger long-term resilience.
UNDERSTAND
Better decisions begin with better insight
Before deciding what to change, organisations need an objective understanding of where they are today and what is changing around them.
Cyber360°
Measure. Benchmark. Prioritise.
Our Cyber360° methodology assesses security capability against recognised standards and frameworks, benchmarks maturity and provides a practical roadmap for improvement.
Whether assessing the wider cybersecurity environment or a specific capability, Cyber360° turns evidence into priorities that boards and executives can act upon.
Research & Benchmarking
Inform. Anticipate. Innovate.
Cybersecurity leaders need more than information. They need perspective.
Our independent research, benchmarking and cyber intelligence examine emerging threats, technologies, regulation and market change to help organisations understand what matters, anticipate what is coming and make better strategic decisions.
SECURE
Strengthening the foundations of digital trust
Modern organisations depend on identity, cryptography, data and increasingly AI. These are not isolated technologies — they are fundamental components of trust.
Identity & Access Management
Trust. Protect. Enable.
Identity is where Burning Tree began and remains one of our deepest areas of expertise.
We help organisations develop and transform IAM capabilities across strategy, governance, IGA, PAM, authentication, federation and Zero Trust — strengthening security while enabling people, partners and customers to work effectively.
Cryptographic Resilience
Protect trust. Prepare for change.
Cryptography underpins identities, transactions, applications, communications and data.
We help organisations understand and govern their cryptographic landscape, build crypto agility and prepare for the transition to post-quantum security. Our consulting-led approach is supported by CipherWyze, enabling organisations to turn cryptographic discovery into governed, measurable transformation.
Secure AI Adoption
Innovate with confidence.
AI creates extraordinary opportunities, but it also amplifies existing weaknesses in identity, data, governance and security.
Burning Tree helps organisations adopt AI securely by establishing the governance, assurance, identity controls, data protection and risk management required to innovate without undermining trust.
The objective is not to slow AI adoption.
It is to make sustainable AI adoption possible.
TRANSFORM
Turning strategy into measurable change
Understanding risk is only useful if organisations can act on it.
We combine strategic advice with practical transformation experience to help organisations turn priorities into sustainable capability.
Security Transformation
Improve. Modernise. Sustain.
We help organisations move from fragmented security initiatives to coherent transformation programmes aligned with business objectives.
From operating models and governance to identity, architecture and resilience, our focus is on delivering practical change that strengthens capability and can be measured over time.
Executive Cyber Advisory
Lead with confidence.
Complex change often requires experienced leadership.
Our Executive Cyber Advisory services provide boards and leadership teams with independent strategic advice, fractional or interim CISO capability and experienced support during periods of transformation, growth or uncertainty.
WHY BURNING TREE
Independent advice. Experienced leadership. Measurable outcomes.
Burning Tree was built on the belief that cybersecurity should enable organisations rather than constrain them.
We do not sell technology or managed security services. Our recommendations are therefore driven by your organisation’s needs, risks and priorities — not by a product portfolio.
Our consultants bring decades of experience from complex global organisations and work comfortably from the boardroom through to delivery teams.
Most importantly, we remain focused on outcomes.
Clarity before investment.
Evidence before assumption.
Practical action rather than theoretical strategy.
Measurable improvement rather than activity.
TRUSTED BY INDUSTRY LEADERS
“Burning Tree played a key role in helping Diesta mature its security programme. Their combination of strategic insight, practical experience, and collaborative working style enabled us to make meaningful progress across governance, risk management, and operational security. We would highly recommend them to organisations seeking experienced cybersecurity leadership and advisory services.” Chris Davis, Founder & Director
“As a small, remote charity reliant on digital tools, understanding our cyber risk was essential. Burning Tree delivered a thorough yet proportionate assessment, focused on our day-to-day operations. Their clear, practical report—supported by an accessible executive summary—gave our trustees real confidence. We were reassured to be performing well against our peers and valued the targeted, actionable recommendations provided. The support from David was excellent throughout. We would gladly work with Burning Tree again as we continue to navigate an evolving cybersecurity landscape.” – Lindsey Berthoud, Chief Executive Officer, Teaching Staff Trust Read about how we are helping
“I can without any hesitation recommend Burning Tree in terms of their knowledge and expertise in the Cyber and Information Security space Burning Tree’s consultants have extensive experience know how and expertise. Burning Tree’s PS consultants are the best I have experienced to date and I have absolute trust and confidence in them. In fact, they integrate so tightly to the team, you might mistake them for our own FTE’s.”
– the Chief Information Security Officer, a major British multinational retailer
“Burning Tree have delivered innovative and progressive Identity and Access Management solutions that work”
– EMEA Security and Risk Management Practice Lead, a leading research and advisory firm.
“Personally, I would like to thank Burning Tree for their extremely hard, dedication and some ridiculous long nights where they have gone above and beyond what is expected of them. They have consistently delivered thought leadership, actionable advice, coherent and well documented recommendations and have helped drive significant progress across the entire spectrum of enterprise security.”
– the Chief Information Security Officer, a major British retailer
“We made the strategic decision to leverage Burning Tree as our supplier of choice for Identity Management consulting services due to their expertise in this highly specialised field, plus the fact that the team always over delivers for our clients.”
– Senior Director, EMEA Security Practice Lead, a global consulting firm.
Not sure where to begin?
Everything starts with understanding
Cyber360° provides an independent, evidence-based view of your current cybersecurity maturity, benchmarks your capability against recognised standards and peers, and identifies where improvement will deliver the greatest value.
It provides a practical starting point for organisations that know they need to improve but need clarity on what should come first.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Insight for what’s next
Cybersecurity does not stand still, and neither should the thinking that informs it.
Our research and thought leadership explore the developments shaping cybersecurity strategy — from AI and identity to cryptographic resilience, regulation, emerging threats and the changing expectations placed on boards and security leaders.
Ready to build stronger cyber resilience?
Whether you need clarity on your current capability, specialist expertise in identity, cryptography or AI, or experienced leadership to deliver transformation, Burning Tree can help you determine what matters and what to do next.
Let’s start with a conversation.