The Leaders We've Placed
From building security teams at global unicorns to placing CISOs and CSOs at pre-IPO scale-ups. Real placements that demonstrate the depth of our network.
Where We Operate
A breakdown of our placements across security domains, engagement models, and company stages. These numbers reflect a decade of specialisation.
Placement Domains
Engagement Models
Insight
Most of our work is retained or exclusive. Clients who've worked with us before rarely go back to contingent models.
Company Stages
Insight
We work across the full lifecycle, but our sweet spot is companies in growth mode that need their first or second security leader.
300+
Placements
90+
Companies
85%+
Retention at 2 Years
10+
Years Specialised
Head of Security + Founding Security Engineers
Global Design Platform
Built the security team from the ground up, placing the Head of Security and founding security engineers. Required candidates with deep technical credibility who could earn trust from one of the world's fastest-moving engineering teams.
Built the security function from zero. The company stopped using all other external agencies and made an exception for CyberSec People.
3x Founding Security Engineers
Early-Stage Security Startup
Early-stage security startup needed to hire their first three security engineers, fast. Required candidates who could thrive in ambiguity, build from scratch, and punch well above their weight.
All three founding engineers placed. Early-stage companies need recruiters who understand the startup grind, and we've been in this world for a decade.
Chief Information Security Officer
High-Growth SaaS Platform
First CISO hire for a rapidly scaling security vendor. Needed a leader who could build a program from zero, present to the board, and attract top engineering talent.
Placed in 6 weeks. Candidate came directly from our conference network.
Chief Security Officer
Major Resources Group
Board-mandated CSO hire for one of Australia's largest private companies. Required someone who could navigate complex stakeholder environments and critical infrastructure requirements.
Placed a senior leader from our direct network. Zero public advertising.
Head of Cyber Defence
ASX-Listed Healthcare Group
Post-incident hire to build a dedicated cyber defence capability. Needed a leader who could stand up a SOC, build detection engineering, and restore board confidence.
Shortlisted 2 candidates. First choice accepted. 4-week turnaround.
Head of Security
Consumer Tech / Loyalty Platform
First dedicated security leader for a company processing millions of consumer transactions. Needed someone who understood both AppSec and compliance at scale.
Placed via our community network. Candidate wasn't actively looking, but they took our call.
What Our Partners Say
Ask around.
Global Design Platform
"Ricki and the crew at CyberSec People have been a wonderful talent partner. While we no longer use external agencies, we interviewed a handful of other security talent providers to compare, and it wasn't even close. We made an exception for CyberSec People and what we got in return was an exceptional customer experience. Ricki was quickly able to understand not only our technical requirements, but the actual business problems we were trying to solve."
Francisco Morales
Recruitment & People Operations Advisor
Leading Fintech
"He has always taken the time to go beyond the position description and to really understand our needs. He gives us frank feedback about whether we're being realistic in our searches and helps us shape those searches so we can succeed. He genuinely cares about this community."
Marc Bown
CISO & Enterprise Technology Leader
Cybersecurity SaaS
"Ricki and CyberSec People know the market they operate in, the technology, the skill sets, and expectations of clients and job seekers. That allows him and his team to rightly match jobs and job seekers and do it fast. CyberSec People are highly professional and meticulously ethical in their approach to work."
Stanislav Filshtinskiy
Co-Founder
Bot Mitigation Platform
"CyberSec People plays a key role in our recruitment process. Their ability to understand our business, interpret our instructions and find the right people for us is exceptional. Working with Ricki and the team has significantly improved efficiency and effectiveness as we rapidly scale our business."
Nick Rieniets
Field CTO
Let's Have a Conversation
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Investors & Portfolio Leaders
Need security leadership across your portfolio? We work with investors and boards to place builders across multiple companies. One relationship, many hires.
Typical Engagement
4-6
Typical Weeks to Placement
2-3
Candidates Typically Presented