Cyber Security & AI Assurance Secure. Govern. Assure. Trust.

We help organisations understand security risk, strengthen their systems and adopt AI with effective controls. Our work combines technical expertise, independent assessment and practical support for businesses and their IT partners.

About
Serious systems Real-world Security.

We bring together security architecture, technical testing, assurance and AI governance. That breadth helps us see the whole problem, from weaknesses in a system to the decisions, controls and evidence around it.
Our recommendations are designed to work in practice, remain supportable and stand up to customer or regulatory scrutiny.

Complex Programmes Need Technical Leadership

We work in environments where there are multiple suppliers, high risk, and significant scrutiny.

Architecture Leadership

Technical leadership and architecture direction across large and complex delivery programmes.

Cloud First

Architecture across AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments.

Multi-Supplier Delivery

Working across suppliers and stakeholders to keep delivery aligned and controlled.

AI and Innovation

Adopt AI technologies with confidence.

Security expertise for important decisions

Security requirements rarely sit neatly in one place. They affect technology, suppliers, customer commitments and business decisions. We bring the relevant expertise together and work with the people responsible for delivery.

Security & Assurance

Assessment, testing and assurance that identify what matters and what needs to happen next.

Architecture and technical direction

Experienced input into systems, cloud services, access, data protection and technical change.

Working with your IT Partner

Specialist support alongside the provider that understands and operates your environment.

AI Systems & Governance

Practical controls for AI use, combining governance with an understanding of how AI systems are designed and operated.

The people behind Black Chili

Black Chili brings together security and AI expertise with the commercial and operational support needed to deliver good work. Customers know who is responsible and who they are working with.

Paul Reynolds
Principal Consultant
Julie Reynolds
Operations Director
Jacob Milner

Business Development

Nina Reacher

Customer Success

How we can help Security. AI. Assurance.

Cyber security and AI assurance services for organisations that need experienced, practical support.

Cyber Security

Assess exposure, test systems, achieve Cyber Essentials certification and make informed security decisions. We provide consultancy, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing and support for wider assurance requirements.

AI Assurance

Understand how AI is being used, establish proportionate governance and put effective controls into operation. We support assessment, implementation and ongoing oversight.

For IT firms and MSPs

Add specialist security and assurance capability to customer work while retaining the customer relationship.

We also provide security architecture, secure design and technical assurance for systems and programmes that need deeper specialist input.

Complex requirements turned into working systems

A selection of platforms, security assessments and technical designs showing how we turn complex requirements into practical, controlled outcomes.

Mikka AI operations platform bringing business work and decisions into one controlled view
Meet Kikka

Our Secure AI operations platform, built and operated by Black Chili. Mikka coordinates websites, SEO, content and test scheduling through controlled services, private infrastructure and human approval.

Security Snapshot

A clear, evidence-led view of security gaps, business exposure and priorities. The accompanying action plan turns findings into practical steps your team can own and deliver.

Secure AWS application platform with Route 53, load balancing, application services, Amazon RDS and operational controls
Secure Cloud

A secure, resilient cloud platform designed around availability, protected data and controlled access. See how layered security, monitoring and recovery turn AWS infrastructure into a service the business can depend on.

People We've Worked With

What People Say

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