Corporate Security Advisors

What Corporate Security Advisors does

Corporate Security Advisors (CSA) is a privately held management consulting firm founded in 2019 that builds and optimizes corporate security programs for healthcare organizations and large enterprises, headquartered in Chicago with regional offices in Alexandria, VA (Washington DC area) and Minneapolis. The firm delivers a defined portfolio of advisory services — Program Review, Strategic Roadmap, Business Planning, Virtual Security Team™ (VST, a fractional/embedded security leadership model), Executive Security, Executive Recruiting, and Healthcare Security Services — alongside a recently introduced Security Operations AI Assessment. CSA is differentiated by an advisor bench composed of senior security and intelligence leaders with combined public sector credentials (FBI, US Army, state law enforcement) and private sector corporate security experience (Target, Discover Financial Services, Kaiser Permanente, Takeda, Bank of America). The firm holds American Hospital Association Preferred Physical Security Provider status (2025), functions as a Gold Sponsor of The Clarity Factory's 2026 CSO Survey, and actively publishes thought leadership via industry podcasts and articles.

CSA generates revenue through professional services fees tied to engagement scope and duration, structured as project-based work, retainers, or fractional Virtual Security Team engagements. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is direct enterprise engagement (phone, email, website contact form), supported by a content-driven thought leadership engine spanning podcasts, articles, and case studies. Customer concentration is anchored in healthcare, with disclosed flagship work including executive protection for a national restaurant brand, an executive security program review and IRS Section 132 Independent Security Studies for a Fortune 500 healthcare company, and a board-approved eight-figure Security Access Control initiative spanning 40+ hospitals and 600+ medical facilities for a large multi-hospital system.

The underlying technology is minimal: CSA is fundamentally a people-and-judgment business rather than a software or platform business. Its proprietary assets are methodological — the trademarked VST and Business of Security frameworks, structured advisory deliverables (business cases, multi-year financial plans, organizational designs), and the Security Operations AI Assessment diagnostic. There is no SaaS product, no API, and no disclosed AI/ML model development; AI appears as a client advisory topic rather than an internal capability.

Name

Corporate Security Advisors

Legal name

Corporate Security Advisors LLC

Website

https://corporatesecurityadvisors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Corporate Security Advisors is a management consulting firm founded in 2019 that builds corporate security programs for healthcare organizations and large enterprises, delivering program review, strategic roadmap, executive security, and fractional Virtual Security Team services across offices in Chicago, Washington DC, and Minneapolis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Security Consulting Services

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Security Strategy & Program Advisory (BPAKADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Security Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Advisory (BPAKADAG), Corporate Executive Protection (Workplace / Office) (BPAKABAB)

Keywords

• Corporate security consulting
• Security program advisory
• Executive protection services
• Healthcare security advisory
• Virtual security team

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Security Advisory Services: Professional advisory services including program reviews, strategic roadmap development, business planning, executive security assessments, and security program optimization. Delivered through project-based engagements, retainers, or the Virtual Security Team fractional support model. Revenue is generated through consulting fees tied to engagement scope and duration.
2. Executive Recruiting: Identifying, securing, and onboarding exceptional security leaders to drive client security strategies. This specialized recruitment service helps organizations build security leadership teams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Corporate Security Advisors is a management consulting firm that builds corporate security programs aligned with business goals. It delivers advisory services including program reviews, strategic roadmaps, business planning, a Virtual Security Team model, executive security, executive recruiting, and healthcare security services to organizations of all sizes. Services are delivered through project-based engagements, retainers, and fractional support via experienced advisors with public and private sector backgrounds.

Product overview

Corporate Security Advisors (CSA) is a security advisory consulting firm, not a software product company. The company offers a portfolio of advisory services organized around security program optimization, including Program Review, Strategic Roadmap, Business Planning, Virtual Security Team™, Executive Security, Executive Recruiting, and Healthcare Security Services. The CSA Edge corporate brochure also references Security Programs (event security, executive security, workplace violence mitigation, information security, supply chain security, travel and medical security), Investigations and Audits (threat assessment, investigations, security audits), Crisis and Resiliency Planning (crisis management, business continuity, crisis communication), and Advanced Security Technology Advisory (access control, video monitoring, intrusion detection). These services are delivered through a team of senior advisors with backgrounds in public sector and private sector security leadership. CSA also offers a Security Operations AI Assessment as an advisory service to help organizations evaluate readiness for AI-enabled security workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Virtual Security Team™ (VST™): A flexible partnership model providing role-specific security support on a full-time, project, or fractional basis
• The Business of Security™

Products and services

• Program Review

Quantifiable outcome

• Board-approved eight-figure Security Access Control initiative for a large healthcare system
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Clarity FactorycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026CSA is a Gold Sponsor of the 2026 CSO Survey led by The Clarity Factory. CSA supports this industry research initiative to help strengthen how the CSO role is understood at the executive level and reinforce Security's position as a strategic business leadership function.
• OnticminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCEO Jeremy Baumann appeared on Ontic's Connected Intelligence Podcast to discuss how security leaders can position security as a business enabler and build credibility through decision-making, alignment, and performance.
• BryghtpathminorGTM or Marketing PartnerJeremy Baumann appeared on Bryghtpath's Managing Uncertainty Podcast discussing the value of a Global Security Operations Center and The Business of Security approach.
• Cop to Corporate PodcastminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCEO Jeremy Baumann appeared on the Cop to Corporate podcast discussing the transition from law enforcement to the private sector and building a meaningful career in corporate security.
• American Hospital AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSA is designated as an American Hospital Association Preferred Physical Security Provider for their physical security advisory service, enabling CSA to serve healthcare organizations seeking vetted security advisory support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pinkerton: Long-established corporate security services and consulting firm providing executive protection, investigations, and enterprise security program advisory. Larger, more diversified incumbent overlapping CSA's core services.
• Kroll: Global risk consulting firm offering security consulting, investigations, cyber risk, and executive protection as part of a much broader advisory portfolio. Overlaps with CSA in corporate security advisory but operates at significantly larger scale.
• FTI Consulting: Global business advisory firm with a dedicated security and risk management practice serving enterprise clients with security program advisory, investigations, and crisis management. Overlaps CSA's enterprise security advisory offering at much larger scale.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Global professional services firm with risk and security advisory capabilities for enterprises, including security program reviews and crisis advisory. Larger, broader incumbent with overlapping enterprise security advisory mandates.

Direct peers

• Hillard Heintze (now part of CACI): Security and risk management consulting firm serving healthcare, corporate, and public sector clients with executive protection, security program design, and investigations. Directly comparable to CSA's healthcare-anchored enterprise security advisory model.
• Guidepost Solutions: Security and technology consulting firm delivering security program design, investigations, executive protection, and risk advisory to corporate and government clients. Similar boutique structure and service mix to CSA.
• Control Risks: Global security and risk consulting firm delivering corporate security program design, executive protection, crisis management, and security advisory to enterprises. Closely comparable to CSA across services, target buyers, and delivery model.
• The Chertoff Group: Security strategy and risk advisory firm founded by former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, providing security program consulting, M&A security diligence, and executive risk advisory to enterprises. Comparable public-sector-pedigree boutique model.
• Gavin de Becker & Associates: Specialized security and threat assessment firm focused on executive protection, workplace violence prevention, and security program advisory for high-profile individuals and corporations. Directly comparable to CSA's executive security practice.

Emerging players

• Ontic: Technology platform for corporate security operations including threat intelligence, incident management, and executive protection workflows. Increasingly intersecting with CSA's advisory scope as the 'Connected Intelligence' partner; represents the software-enabled alternative to CSA's services-only model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/jeremymbaumanncpp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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