Independent advisor for the most consequential cyber decisions.

We founded Quadrum Cyber on a simple conviction: enterprises don’t suffer from a shortage of cybersecurity reports, they suffer from advice that never becomes a decision.

Stop findings from collecting dust.

Too often, an organization commissions an assessment, receives a thick report, and files it away, while the threats it described keep evolving at the speed of AI. Quadrum Cyber exists to close that gap: to turn findings into decisions, and decisions into measurable risk reduction.

We are advisory-first. We don’t sell tools, resell platforms, or provide hands-on implementation.

Built for the CISO.

Most cyber consultancies are built to sell what comes next — more tooling, more staff, more remediation hours — and that model quietly shapes their advice. We removed that conflict entirely.

We’ve sat in the chair and run cybersecurity at global scale, so we see your program through the same lens you do. We bring the experience, benchmarks, and hard-won insight from defending some of the world’s most complex enterprises.

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Leadership Team

The founders of modern cybersecurity advisory.

Two leaders with a combined half-century in cybersecurity, executive sponsorship of the industry’s most cited security research, and advisory experience at the highest levels of enterprise and government.

Chris Novak

Partner & Co-Founder

Across more than 25 years, Chris has helped organizations understand, govern, and respond to complex cyber risk — translating highly technical threats into clear, business-relevant guidance for CISOs, C-suite executives, policymakers, and boards. Most recently as Vice President of Verizon Global Cybersecurity Solutions, he led world-class teams that helped organizations worldwide respond to and eradicate active cyberattacks.

25+ years governing and responding to complex enterprise cyber risk
Vice President, Global Cybersecurity Solutions, Verizon — led global incident-response teams
Long-standing voice behind the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (since 2008)
Named a Top Cybersecurity Leader by Security Magazine

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Kris Philipsen

Partner & Co-Founder

Kris pairs three decades of hands-on cybersecurity research — advanced testing methods, regulator-recognized frameworks, and zero-day discoveries in applications and internet protocols — with C-suite fluency, connecting ground-level technical risk to business outcomes, regulatory standing, and long-term resilience. Before Quadrum, he spent 25 years at Verizon, most recently as Sr. Managing Director for Global Cybersecurity Solutions, leading a 500+ person global team.

30-year career in cybersecurity & pioneering research
Sr. Managing Director, Global Cybersecurity Solutions, Verizon (500+ global team)
Executive sponsor, Verizon Payment Security Report
ISC2 Advisory Council · Contributor to the U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy
Trustee, Center for Cyber Safety & Education

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25+Years experience per founder

$500MARR cybersecurity business built

1,000+Person organization led

2Landmark research reports sponsored

Bring independent advice to your next decision.

Whether you’re preparing a Board update, scoping an assessment, or navigating a transformation, we can help you decide with confidence.

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