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.
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.
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.
Assessment, testing and assurance that identify what matters and what needs to happen next.
Experienced input into systems, cloud services, access, data protection and technical change.
Specialist support alongside the provider that understands and operates your environment.
Practical controls for AI use, combining governance with an understanding of how AI systems are designed and operated.
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.
Security is hard, sometimes not very exciting, and a long way from most people's day job. Our customers often come to us with some version of “no idea, help”.
We started Black Chili in 2007 to provide 'done for you' technology and security services with minimal fuss, and we meet customers where they are:
- Need it all doing? No problem.
- Got a decent grasp of it and need a little help ? Can do.
We’ve spent 20 years working across government, health, national infrastructure and finance, as well as start-ups and small businesses, and we bring that experience to yours.
Paul is a UK Cyber Security Council Principal, British Computer Society Chartered Fellow, IASME Cyber Essentials & Plus Assessor, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer and security researcher. He leads our delivery capability, providing business-focussed security and technology advice and guidance. He also built Mikka! When he's not busy with security work, he enjoys the gym, playing guitar, drawing badly, and being beaten by the kids on Xbox.
Julie ensures we stay focussed on people over technology - mindful of the how as well as the what. She makes sure we're always delivering for our wide variety of customers. She has become more involved in cyber security, pursuing CE Assessor qualifications and proving her offensive and forensic capabilities. Away from work, she enjoys playing the piano, and ger preferred MMORPG.
Cyber security and AI assurance services for organisations that need experienced, practical support.
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.
Understand how AI is being used, establish proportionate governance and put effective controls into operation. We support assessment, implementation and ongoing oversight.
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.
A selection of platforms, security assessments and technical designs showing how we turn complex requirements into practical, controlled outcomes.
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.
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.
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.
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