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Who we are

We are a premier cybersecurity, privacy, risk, and compliance technology professional services and value-added reseller firm. 

We provide various service options to meet our client’s specific needs, including advisory, integrated risk transformation, consulting, operations, and technical solutions. 

We have partnered with over 100 Fortune 1000 companies and government entities, driving innovative integrated risk and compliance solutions across numerous business functions.

“ Featured as Top 10 GRC Technology Consulting Companies by CIO Applications.com ”

2022

Values

Be Excellent to Each Other

Acting with openness and honesty in everything we do with the highest of integrity and respect for the individual.

Never Stop Improving

Continuous improvement in our personnel development and in the capabilities we deliver.

Balance

Maintaining harmony between professional and personal commitments.

Quality Client Service

Proactively understanding and meeting client expectations.

One Team

Acting as one cohesive unit and benefiting from the company’s national practices, resources and knowledge capital in order to contribute to the success of our delivery.

One Team

Mission & Vision

To enable our clients to defend, fortify and secure their business through effective risk management processes and technologies.

Our Leadership

As a trusted advisor, Templar Shield leaders have helped global businesses across Fortune 1,000 and government entities to leverage technology as a lever 

for risk and compliance program transformation to improve the enterprise risk posture. 

Nicholas Friedman

Managing Partner

Nicholas Friedman

Nic is National Managing Partner, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Strategist and Advisory Lead at Templar Shield. Nic has 15+ years of IT industry experience, including 8+ years in information security, risk, and compliance. Nic oversees strategic partner relationships, marketing and public relationships, business development, product development, and quality service delivery of many of key clients. Nic is GRCP, ServiceNow and RSA Archer Certified.

Nic has significant experience in building, growing and leading businesses from scratch and Templar organically and significantly grew from under his stewardship. He is instrumental in building strategic relationships with channel partners and clients and setting direction for the company.


Specialties:
  • Integrated RiskManagement (IRM) Technology Enablement
  • IRM Platforms: RSA Archer, LockPath KeyLight, ServiceNow
  • IRM in the Cloud • OCEG GRCP Certified

Cindy Coy

Chief Financial Officer

Cindy Coy

Cindy Coy has 20+ of experience in leading finance and operations of consulting firms. She has significant experience building and overseeing finance and operations.

She has experience in expanding a consulting practice from a regional practice to a national practice with the appropriate systems and infrastructure to support and sustain that growth.

Cindy specializes in finance, operations, budget preparation and analysis contract negotiation and management, revenue recognition, policy development, vendor relations, human resources management including 401K administration and immigration, and systems implementation and management.

She is disciplined with proven ability to manage multiple projects efficiently under extreme pressure. Cindy is experience in ascertaining needs and goals, streamlining existing operational procedures to improve efficiency and reporting capabilities.

Sesh Vaidyula

Partner

Sesh Vaidyula

Sesh Vaidyula is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience in advising companies on Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) program transformation and technology enablement.

Apart from subject matter expertise in GRC, He gained multi-domain exposure to the areas of enterprise/operational risk, cybersecurity, third-party risk, internal audit, systems audit, business cycle and ITGC reviews, and compliance, especially with respect to Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, CCPA and the like.

He has significant experience building and leading large diversified and distributed teams in Big 4 and Global IT service firm. He is instrumental in building Control Assurance practice at Deloitte and GRC technology practice at PwC and Wipro.

Sesh is a public speaker and presented at multiple events/conferences on various GRC topics. He is currently serving ISACA Houston chapter as a board member and a known personality among the security, risk, compliance, and audit professional community as a GRC specialist and a thought leader.

Rewards and Recognitions

Our sustained commitment to deliver value to our clients helped us getting recognized as a top-notch consulting firm,

 including the following recognitions

Blackbook Market Research – listed Templar as top 15 American based GDPR advising companies in 2018

tarting today, a new European regulation came into effect causing some unprepared U.S. sites to block users and shut down activities.   TAMPA, Fla., May 25, 2018 (Newswire.com) - As the European Union implements the much-awaited General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to synchronize data privacy laws for its citizens, most U.S. firms, including healthcare companies, are still working to comply with the rigorous regulation.    GDPR, which containing 99 articles and 173 recitals, has key requirements that directly impact the

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CIOReview.com – listed Templar as Top20 Enterprise Risk Management Service Companies in 2019

Templar Shield is a leading professional services company serving North America in information security, risk, and compliance technology. Templar Shield offers a wide variety of service choices, including consulting, embedded risk transformation consulting, activities, and technical alternatives, to satisfy the particular requirements for their client. Templar Shield has collaborated with more than 100 Fortune 1000 businesses and government entities to drive creative embedded risk and enforcement alternatives across multiple company tasks. Acting as a collective unit and taking advantage of

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Featured as Top 10 GRC Technology Consulting Companies by CIO Applications.com

Templar Shield helps companies build, mature, and embed risk programs throughout the organization. The company offers a variety of services, focusing on the key tenant. This offering can help to create a tailored enterprise risk management capability for an organization, to create operational and sustainable value across the organizational stakeholders and customers. Templar Shield supports ERM capabilities assessment, risk framework advisory, risk assessments, ERM technology enablement  

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Momentum Partners Releases Its 2nd Annual Watch List After The 2017 RSA Conference

Momentum Partners has completed their selection of the 40 companies to the firm’s annual Watch List from the 1,700+ cybersecurity companies the firm tracks globally. Input was carefully considered from Momentum’s vast network of cybersecurity professionals, investors, and corporate dealmakers in order to identify these 40 companies displaying tremendous momentum.   “For the second year in a row, we are delighted to complete the firm’s Watch List of innovative and breakout companies in cybersecurity,” said Eric McAlpine, Momentum’s Managing Partner. “The

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Company News

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MBE - Certified

Templar Shield is now a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) from the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDCHQ)

MBE - Certified

Templar Shield is now a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) from the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDCHQ)

ServiceNow - Elite Partner

We are proud to announce that we have been recognized as ServiceNow Elite Partner

Templar Shield and Authomize Announce Channel Partnership

We are excited to announce our esteemed Partnership with Authomize, for Cloud-Identity Access Management services

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Templar Shield and Clear Skye Announce Channel Partnership

Clear Skye Welcomes Templar Shield to its Elevate Partner Program to Streamline Identity Security and Governance for Enterprise Organizations

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Templar Shield and BigID Announce Strategic Partnership

Templar Shield and BigID extend GRC capabilities for Privacy, Security, and Governance

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PRESS RELEASE - AUG 8 2024
Templar Shield Completes Groundbreaking OT Vulnerability Response Project for a Large Electric Utility on ServiceNow
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PRESS RELEASE - JAN 17 2024
Public Sector IRM as a Service Launch with Templar Shield, ServiceNow, and Unified Compliance
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MBE - Certified
Templar Shield is now a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) from the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDCHQ)
ServiceNow - Elite Partner
We are proud to announce that we have been recognized as ServiceNow Elite Partner
Templar Shield and Authomize Announce Channel Partnership
We are excited to announce our esteemed Partnership with Authomize, for Cloud-Identity Access Management services
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Templar Shield and Clear Skye Announce Channel Partnership
Clear Skye Welcomes Templar Shield to its Elevate Partner Program to Streamline Identity Security and Governance for Enterprise Organizations
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Templar Shield and BigID Announce Strategic Partnership
Templar Shield and BigID extend GRC capabilities for Privacy, Security, and Governance
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