Executive-level cybersecurity expertise — delivered as a fractional CISO, compliance advisor, or strategic partner. Certified. Battle-tested. Ready to protect what you've built.
Why ILDAN
Not every CISO has architected cloud environments, shipped mobile applications, and led a global security team. This depth of experience means ILDAN understands your technology — not just the boardroom conversation about it.
As a prior service U.S. Army Ranger, Mike Hiltz brings mission-first discipline, composure under pressure, and rigorous operational planning to every security engagement. Security programs are run like operations — with clear objectives, accountability, and follow-through.
CISSP for technical depth across all eight security domains. CISM for security management and governance. CIPM for privacy program leadership. AIGP for AI governance and emerging regulatory requirements. Coverage from infrastructure to boardroom.
Led global security teams across the US and India. Managed a $2M annual security budget. Achieved SOC2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, CSA Star, and HIPAA certifications within two years. Enabled strategic partnerships with major academic medical centers.
Over 20 years of hands-on experience spanning cloud architecture and deployment, mobile application development, IAM program management, and governance of hundreds of SaaS applications. Add deep expertise in DLP, AI security, and modern tooling — including Claude Code and AI-assisted security workflows — and ILDAN understands your technology from the infrastructure up, not just from the compliance checklist.
A 30% average cost reduction through vendor renegotiation. Compliance programs delivered on schedule. Risk programs that actually reduce exposure — not just generate reports. Every engagement is measured against tangible business outcomes.
AI governance, privacy-by-design, and emerging regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) are not future-state problems — they're today's risks. ILDAN keeps your organization ahead of the regulatory curve, not scrambling behind it.
What We Do
From fractional CISO engagements to full compliance program builds, ILDAN delivers executive-grade security services tailored to your organization's size, risk profile, and business objectives.
Executive security leadership without the full-time overhead. Includes security strategy, multi-year roadmap development, board and executive reporting, vendor oversight, and ongoing program governance.
End-to-end readiness and program delivery for the certifications your customers and partners require. Gap assessments, remediation planning, audit support, and certification achievement.
Enterprise risk assessments, risk register development, and vendor/third-party risk programs. Penetration testing oversight and vulnerability management programs that prioritize remediation based on actual business risk.
AI risk assessments aligned to NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act. Privacy program development and operationalization. Data classification and lifecycle management for organizations integrating AI responsibly.
Independent review of your security architecture, cloud posture, identity and access management, and network design. Actionable findings with prioritized remediation guidance — not just a report to shelve.
Board-level security briefings that translate technical risk into business language. Culture programs for technical and non-technical staff. Incident response tabletop exercises that prepare your team before a real event.
The Name
ILDAN is drawn from Ildánach — the epithet of Lugh, the most celebrated deity of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology. The name means "equally skilled in all arts simultaneously."
When Lugh sought entry to the court at Tara, the king challenged him: every seat was already filled by a master craftsman. Lugh's answer was simple. No single person there possessed all of those skills at once — but he did. He was admitted not as a smith, a swordsman, or a poet, but as the one who was all of them.
That breadth — technical mastery, strategic leadership, and the ability to operate across every domain simultaneously — is the standard ILDAN holds itself to.
Credentials
Each certification represents hundreds of hours of study, verified professional experience, and a commitment to ongoing education. Together they form end-to-end coverage of the modern security, privacy, and AI governance landscape.
The CISSP demonstrates mastery across all eight security domains — Security & Risk Management, Asset Security, Security Architecture, Network Security, Identity & Access Management, Security Assessment & Testing, Security Operations, and Software Development Security. Requires 5+ years of verified professional experience, a notoriously rigorous exam, and ongoing continuing education. Recognized globally as the benchmark of security expertise.
CISM bridges the gap between technical security and business leadership — covering information security governance, risk management, program development and management, and incident management. The credential of choice for organizations that need a security leader who speaks both technical and executive language fluently.
The CIPM from the International Association of Privacy Professionals certifies expertise in building and managing privacy programs end-to-end — strategy, governance, data lifecycle, and operationalizing privacy-by-design. Essential for organizations subject to GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, CPRA, or any other privacy regulatory framework.
The AIGP addresses governance frameworks for AI systems — model risk, data ethics, transparency, accountability, and emerging regulatory requirements including the EU AI Act and NIST AI Risk Management Framework. As organizations rush to integrate AI, this credential ensures governance keeps pace. Few practitioners hold it; fewer still hold it alongside a CISSP, CISM, and CIPM.
About ILDAN
ILDAN is led by Mike Hiltz — a CISO, Army Ranger veteran, and career technologist who has spent over two decades building security programs, managing enterprise infrastructure, and delivering compliance outcomes for organizations across healthcare, SaaS, and telecommunications.
From architecting cloud environments and deploying mobile applications to managing IAM programs, hundreds of SaaS applications, and enterprise DLP — the depth of experience behind ILDAN's engagements is real, verifiable, and directly applied to your security challenges.
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