Cybersecurity · IT Risk · Compliance · AI

Secure the enterprise.
Govern the AI.

Blair Carlisle helps private equity portfolio companies, healthcare organizations, and mid-market enterprises manage technology risk — from SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance to fractional CISO leadership and enterprise AI adoption done responsibly.

30+
Years of risk & assurance expertise
100s
Of audit & advisory engagements delivered
A-team
Senior practitioners on every engagement
SOC 1 / SOC 2 · Type I & IIISO 27001 · & ISO 42001NIST · CSF / 800-171 / AI RMFHIPAA · HITECHPCI-DSS
Flagship Practice — AI Advisory & Governance

AI is moving faster than your controls. We close that gap.

Most firms can talk about AI. We build, secure, and govern it — operating production AI systems in our own practice and bringing that hands-on experience to every advisory engagement. From board-level strategy to agentic automation, we help you capture the upside of AI without inheriting unmanaged risk.

AI Readiness & Strategy

Executive briefings, opportunity assessments, and pragmatic AI roadmaps — including realistic budgeting, build-vs-buy analysis, and vendor evaluation grounded in token-level cost modeling.

Roadmap · Budget · Vendor Diligence

AI Governance & Risk

AI acceptable-use policy, model risk management, and governance programs aligned to NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 — built for regulated environments including HIPAA-covered workloads.

NIST AI RMF · ISO 42001

AI Security Assessment

Security reviews of LLM applications, agents, and AI vendors: prompt injection exposure, data-flow analysis, BAA coverage, and third-party AI risk assessment protocols.

LLM AppSec · Vendor Risk

Agentic AI & Automation

Design and deployment of AI agents and automation pipelines for real business workflows — document analysis, compliance operations, and back-office processes — with guardrails built in from day one.

Agents · Orchestration · Guardrails

AI Transformation Advisory

Engineering and operating-model transformation for software and services companies: where AI changes the cost structure, where it doesn't, and how to restructure responsibly.

Operating Model · Cost Structure

AI Infrastructure Advisory

Architecture and procurement guidance for AI platforms — cloud vs. local inference, data governance, identity and access design, and compliance-ready deployment in Azure and beyond.

Architecture · Cloud & Local Inference
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AI Risk Readiness Assessment

Where does your organization actually stand?

Eight questions, two minutes. Scored against the four functions of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage — the same lens we use in formal engagements.

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Governance · Policy
How is acceptable use of AI defined at your organization?
Core Services

End-to-end cybersecurity, compliance, and technology leadership.

Discuss Your Needs
Assurance

SOC 1 / SOC 2 & ISO 27001

Readiness assessments and audit support delivered in partnership with our CPA firm partners, run on a modern audit automation platform.

Leadership

Fractional CIO, CISO & CTO

Senior technology, security, and engineering leadership on a fractional basis — strategy, board reporting, vendor management, and program execution.

Operations

IT & Security Operations

Full-scope managed IT and security operations for organizations in transition — identity, endpoint, M365, and incident response.

Risk

Risk Assessments

Tailored security risk and maturity assessments mapped to the frameworks that matter for your business and your customers.

Offense

Penetration Testing

Offensive security and penetration testing to find weaknesses before adversaries do, delivered with clear remediation guidance.

Privacy

Privacy & Compliance

HIPAA/HITECH, GDPR, PCI-DSS, and NIST 800-171 compliance services for healthcare, fintech, and government-adjacent businesses.

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The Blair Carlisle Method

Four steps to a defensible security and AI program.

Assess It

You can't protect what you can't see. We perform tailored risk and maturity assessments to find the gaps that matter.

Mitigate It

Mitigation is about controls. We've helped hundreds of clients design, deploy, and test controls that reduce real exposure.

Prove It

Deep compliance experience across SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA, and more — validated posture your customers can trust.

Govern ItNew

AI doesn't pause for policy. We build governance that keeps pace — so innovation and oversight move together.

Who We Serve

Deep expertise where technology risk runs highest.

Private Equity Portfolios
Healthcare & TPAs
Software & SaaS
Fintech
AI & Machine Learning
Tech Startups
Managed Service Providers
Professional Services
Higher Education
Blockchain & Crypto
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Pete Rife, CEO & Managing Principal, Blair Carlisle
A Message From Our CEO
“Our clients get the A-team every time. Bigger isn't better — better is better. And today, better means a partner who understands security, compliance, and AI as one discipline, not three.”

Many of our clients come to us after frustration with the world's largest firms, having learned that talent is what matters — not headcount. Blair Carlisle is a relationship-oriented firm: our engagements tend to last years, our advisors are senior practitioners, and our advice comes from operating the same technology we help you govern.

Pete Rife, CISSP, CISA, CDPSE, ISO 27001 LACEO & Managing Principal, Blair Carlisle
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