Strategic leadership to solve complex problems leveraging innovative thinking and decades of experience
About CNK
A Member of the Velarium Cyber Family
CNK Solutions is a super-boutique consulting firm providing a broad suite of cyber and supply chain risk management services
With an executive management team built from industry leaders, we focus on delivering strategic solutions with the sophistication, quality and expertise you expect from a big firm, while also retaining the flexibility to design personalized cost-efficient approaches to maximize value for our clients
What We Do
Leadership Team & Tech Partners
Shari C Gribbin
Managing Partner
Shari Gribbin leads the CNK advisory services, offering a broad range of risk, program and regulatory solutions. Shari brings more than 22 years of critical infrastructure industry experience in regulatory, operations, risk and security
Al McBride, Jr.
Solutions Services Partner
Al McBride leads virtual CISO services and is an accomplished Cybersecurity Thought Leader with more than three decades of experience developing cybersecurity solutions and operational guidance
Martin Shepherd
Solutions Services Partner
Martin leads tools & tech services, having founded Arch Access Control to be a leader in technological solutions for enterprise security projects
CNK also works closely with the following trusted tech solutions partners providing complementary services for our clients
Cybersecurity and Systems Engineering firm with extensive DoD and government sector experience
Leading security solution platform providing visibility into product and supply chain risks
Vision & Values
Our teams are as diverse as our experience, and that translates to the smartest solutions for our clients. We are building the workforce of now and the future, with true diversity from line to leadership.
For now this means having an empathetic, respectful, multi-cultural workplace. For future, this means offering maximum opportunity for development and support as each of us professionally excels. For always, this means regular and active participation on local community issues and support opportunities
Diversity
Diversity isn't a value - it is a foundation
Conscious Capitalism
We appreciate the innovation and opportunity that capitalism provides but also strongly believe that corporations are members of our respective communities. We work to ensure that we contribute to society as much as we benefit from it
Work Family
We take great pride in our relationships with each other and our clients. We are here to work closely as an integrated team to solve complex challenges in a collaborative way, all of us equally invested. Helping our clients be successful is our top priority
Integrity
At the core of our model is an emphasis on operating with integrity at all times. We insist on full transparency with our clients about our capabilities, staffing and resource teams, technical, and other subject matter support partnerships and solutions
Thrive
Our team cannot bring their best selves to your work if they are not living their best lives in everything else. We believe firmly in true work/life balance. We regularly assess our resources against client initiatives and work constantly to ensure our people have the ability to live fulfilling personal lives, however they may define it