About Tarian

A specialist offensive security consultancy built around technical integrity.

Tarian Cyber Security was built from a genuine passion for offensive security.

For us, penetration testing has never simply been another IT service. It is a technical craft that takes years of experience, constant learning and genuine curiosity. Understanding how complex systems work, how they fail and how they can be compromised is something we enjoy doing every day.

We started Tarian because we believe organisations deserve more than a report generated from automated tools. Good penetration testing is about understanding an environment, thinking like an attacker, validating what really matters and giving clients practical advice they can trust.

Every environment is different. Every organisation has different priorities. Every assessment should reflect that.

Whilst automation has its place, we believe the best penetration testing still comes from experienced people manually exploring systems, questioning assumptions and following attack paths wherever they lead.

“We don’t measure success by how many vulnerabilities we find. We measure success by answering one question: Could somebody realistically compromise this environment, and if they could, how do we stop them?”

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Explore Tarian

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Our Story

How Tarian came to exist and what drives us

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Founder

Experience, background and qualifications

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Experience & Specialisms

The environments and sectors we work across

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Our Philosophy

What sits behind every engagement

Whether we are assessing a web application, a corporate network, Active Directory, cloud infrastructure or an Operational Technology environment, our objective remains the same — to provide independent technical assurance that gives organisations confidence in their security.

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Engineering-led

We believe effective security testing begins with understanding how complex systems are designed, operate and fail.

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Realistic

Our assessments are designed to reflect the techniques, decision making and persistence of a capable attacker.

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High Assurance

You are not testing because a framework requires it. You are testing because you genuinely want to know whether your environment is secure.

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Clear

Technical excellence has little value if the findings cannot be understood and acted upon.

Qualifications

Professional credentials

Chartered Cyber Security Professional (ChCSP)
UK Cyber Security Council
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
ISC²
Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)
GIAC
Cyber Scheme Team Leader
Cyber Scheme
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If your organisation needs independent technical assurance from consultants who will give you a straight answer, we would like to hear from you.

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