Our company

We provide a specialist range of security testing and consultancy services.  Our ethos is to employ the best, deliver the best and never to oversell or promote services that you simply do not need, or cannot support.  We have assisted a number of clients in the finance, retail, health, service provider and hospitality sectors, from small medium enterprises to FTSE-100 companies, and specialise in risk reduction and data loss prevention, through the implementation of risk, security and compliance initiatives.

Pioneers of the Virtual CISO service, 2-sec ensures you have regular access to highly skilled and in-demand security professionals, anywhere, anytime, whom will help drive your security posture forward in the most cost-effective and efficient way possible.  Here are a few things our customers have had to say:

“Achieving level 1 PCI DSS Compliance would not have been possible without the expertise provided by 2-sec and we look forward to a fruitful and continuing relationship that will ensure we sustain the high standards required by the payment card industry”

“Thank you for a breath of fresh air!  I never thought we would have gotten our company owners to fully appreciate the need for information security, and with the help of your Virtual CISO we have achieved just that”

Our ongoing mission is to deliver cost-effective, honest and independent advice, through superior quality and consultant-led services.

Our manifesto

We guarantee:

  • You get the best possible value out of your existing systems, policies, processes and suppliers.
  • The impact of projects on your staff is minimized.
  • Through Constant Project Management, an updated status of your project at any point in time.
  • That we help you build the most efficient, solid and resilient security framework.
  • The greatest level of support you would receive from any consultancy anywhere.

We won’t:

  • Rewrite your rulebook from scratch.
  • Make empty promises of grand results if we are not positive we can live up to them.
  • Sell or recommend you anything that does not truly integrate with your business and risk profile.

Our history

2-sec was founded by Tim Holman, whom has over 16 years experience in the industry and has managed security practices at Dimension Data and Top Layer Networks prior to involvement in Europe’s first QSA, One-SEC in 2005.  Following One-SEC’s successful acquisition by Trustwave, Tim has set up security practices at QCC and Blackfoot and now takes the helm of 2-sec as CEO.  Tim is very active in the security community and is also current President of ISSA-UK (Information Systems Security Association), the UK’s largest independent association of security professionals (over 1,700 members).  The ISSA-UK run 30-40 events each year, to help members stay up to date with emerging threats, new technology and learning about alternative ways to solve the security paradigm.  He has held the Microsoft MVP award for 3 years running and holds an honours degree in Environmental Science.