Structured engagements for organisations that need clarity.

Executive Briefing: Understand the Landscape. Know Where You Stand.

From £1,800 + VAT

What it is

The Executive Briefing is an input engagement. Dr John McCarthy works directly with up to four senior people in a focused, tailored session that maps the cyber-strategy landscape in terms your leadership team can use. You leave with clarity on what cyber risk means for your business, what good looks like, and where the conversation in your organisation is working or breaking down. This is not a lecture and it is not a generic awareness session. It is a working conversation, built around your organisation, your sector, and your strategic context.

What you get

• A tailored full-day briefing session with Dr John McCarthy
• Sector-specific framing of your industry's risk landscape in plain language
• An interactive leadership session designed to surface the questions that matter
• A post-session summary document suitable for board records
• Clear next steps framed as decisions, not a list of actions for the IT team

Right for you if

Your board or senior leadership team needs to genuinely understand cyber risk in business terms, not just be told it is important. Particularly valuable ahead of a regulatory review, board refresh, M&A activity, or in the wake of an incident elsewhere in your sector.

One Day Assessment & Rapid Review: Find the Gap. Get the Verdict.

From £1,800 + VAT

What it is

The One Day Assessment is an output engagement. Dr John McCarthy examines your organisation and tells you what he finds. Working with your senior team, he runs a structured diagnostic of where your cyber-strategy translation is breaking down: where commercial leadership and technical capability are misaligned, where communication is failing, and what the business consequence of that gap looks like in your specific context.

You leave with a clear, expert view of where you are. This is not a technical audit, but a plain-language assessment of your organisation's cyber-strategy translation posture, written in terms the board can act on.

What you get

• A full structured assessment day with Dr John McCarthy
• Diagnostic mapping of your cyber-strategy translation gap
• A plain-language written feedback report, board-ready
• Prioritised recommendations framed entirely in business terms
• A clear picture of where you are most exposed and what to do about it

Right for you if

You want a rapid, independent expert view of the translation gap in your organisation before committing to a longer programme. Also valuable where a board or executive team needs credible, external evidence of the gap to make the case for investment, or to satisfy a regulatory or governance requirement.

Immersive Company Programme: Transform the Conversation. Permanently.

From £10,500 + VAT

What it is

The most comprehensive Cyber Translator engagement. Over three days, Dr John McCarthy works exclusively with your organisation to build a lasting translation capability, not just to brief your team, but to fundamentally change how your commercial and technical leadership communicate on cyber risk. Every element is bespoke. The framework is applied in full. The output is permanent.

What you get

• Three full days with Dr John McCarthy, exclusive to your organisation, up to 8 people
• Full application of the Oxford Systems Cyber Strategy Translation Framework
• Working sessions across both commercial and technical leadership
• Development of a shared language and decision framework specific to your company
• A complete board-ready cyber strategy narrative in your organisation's own terms
• A prioritised, strategy-linked cyber roadmap
• Post-programme report and recommended ongoing model

Right for you if

You want to fundamentally transform how your organisation handles the cyber-strategy conversation, embedding the translation capability permanently, not just receiving a report. Particularly valuable for complex organisations, regulated industries, and those undergoing significant transformation, M&A activity, or major digital change programmes.

Retained Advisory: A Trusted Voice. Always at the Table.

Pricing on application

What it is

For organisations that want ongoing access to Dr McCarthy's expertise as the cyber-strategy conversation evolves, as the threat landscape shifts, and as business strategy changes. A retained arrangement provides a consistent, trusted external voice at the intersection of cyber and commercial leadership. It is structured entirely around your organisation's needs.

What you get

• Ongoing advisory access to Dr John McCarthy
• Support for board, executive, and senior leadership cyber discussions
• Independent challenge on cyber strategy, governance, and communication
• Assistance translating technical risk into business decisions
• Continuity as your cyber-strategy conversation develops

Right for you if

You require sustained board-level advisory support, whether as a standing arrangement following a programme, or as an ongoing external resource for your CISO and executive team.

Bespoke Programme

Pricing on application

What it is

Not every organisation fits a standard format. If your need sits outside the options above, including a different duration, audience configuration, sector, or regulatory context, we will design an engagement that fits. Speak to Sarah