who we are

Security people, not sales people.

sudo was founded by a practitioner who got tired of watching businesses buy expensive audits that told them nothing they could act on. We do things differently: straight answers, real testing, and reports people actually read.

our story

Why we exist

Too many New Zealand businesses are told they're "secure" because a scanner spat out a green tick. sudo exists to close the gap between compliance paperwork and the way real attackers actually break in.

sudo operates as a fractional security partner — New Zealand owned and operated, working with organisations across finance, healthcare, government, and technology who need senior-level security expertise without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Every engagement is run by me directly, not handed off to junior staff or outsourced to whoever's available. You get direct access to the person doing the work.

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01. Honesty over sales targets
02. Evidence over checkbox compliance
03. Plain-English reporting
04. Fix-first, retest-always
05. Local context matters
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what we believe

Our values

01

No fear-mongering

We report what we find, rate it honestly, and never inflate risk to sell more hours.

02

Plain-English reporting

Findings your board, developers, and auditors can all read without a translator.

03

Fixed scope, fixed price

No surprise invoices. You know what you're paying and what you're getting before we start.

04

Retest included

A finding isn't closed until we've verified the fix actually works.

who you'll work with

One point of contact, every time

sudo is a fractional security practice — you get direct, senior-level expertise on demand, without the overhead of a full-time hire or the hand-offs of a big consultancy.

TB

Tom Bosworth

Founder & Fractional Security Consultant

Works directly with a handful of clients at a time — penetration testing, audits, and fractional CISO support, on a day-rate or retainer basis. SIEM expert with years of hands-on experience deploying and running detection platforms.

let's talk

Want to work with a team that tells it straight?

Get in touch and we'll walk you through how an engagement with us actually works.

Contact us