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Who We Are

About Hexa5 Security

Hexa5 Security is a cybersecurity consulting and services firm focused on helping small and medium-sized businesses reduce risks, prepare for audits, strengthen cloud environments, and improve their ability to respond to cyber threats.

Our approach combines technical expertise, compliance experience, risk management, and practical execution so organizations can move forward with clarity, evidence, and measurable results.

Our Model

Florida Presence + Nearshore Delivery

We operate with legal and commercial presence in Florida, allowing us to meet US market expectations, understand compliance needs, cyber insurance requirements, executive reporting, and reliable support.

Florida Presence

Alignment with the US market, its business expectations, and cybersecurity needs

Nearshore Specialized Talent

Access to professionals with SOC/MDR, cloud, compliance, continuity, and offensive security experience

US Time Zone Alignment

Facilitates meetings, support, reporting, and coordination with US technical and executive teams

English Reporting

Technical and executive reports ready for US stakeholders, auditors, insurers, and corporate clients

Why Choose Us

Why Our Model Works for US Companies

Client Need	How Hexa5 Security Helps
Access to specialized talent	Professionals in SOC/MDR, cloud, compliance, resilience, and offensive security
Cost control	Efficient nearshore model without sacrificing quality or accountability
Bilingual communication	Fluent interaction with teams in Spanish and English
English reports	Executive and technical reports for US teams, auditors, and stakeholders
Flexibility	Project-based, managed, fractional, embedded, or temporary support services
Measurable results	Focus on risk reduction, remediation, evidence, visibility, and resilience

Mission

To make specialized cybersecurity capabilities accessible, practical, and measurable for growing businesses.

Vision

To be a trusted cybersecurity partner for small and medium-sized businesses in Florida and the US market, recognized for delivering clarity, reliable execution, technical excellence, and measurable results.

Core Services

What We Do

We help organizations reduce cyber risks, improve audit readiness, strengthen security operations, protect cloud environments, and validate defenses against real attacks.

Managed SOC / MDR

Continuous monitoring, threat detection, alert management, escalation, response coordination, and executive reports.

IT Talent on Demand

Specialized cybersecurity capacity to accelerate projects, reinforce internal teams, or cover temporary needs.

Compliance & Resilience

Governance, risk, audit readiness, business continuity, disaster recovery, incident response, and security culture.

Cloud Security Hardening

Security hardening on AWS, Azure, and GCP across identity, network, compute, storage, logging, backup, DR, containers, and serverless.

Offensive Security

Vulnerability management, pentesting, and Red Team to identify, validate, and prioritize weaknesses before attackers do.

Industries

Sectors We Serve

Healthcare & Wellness

Clinics, dental offices, wellness centers needing HIPAA preparation and sensitive data protection

Financial Services

Financial firms, advisors, fintech requiring identity controls, data protection, audits, and cyber insurance

Legal & Professional Services

Law firms, accountants, consultants handling confidential client information

Real Estate & Property Management

Companies exposed to email fraud, wire fraud, sensitive documents, and third-party risks

Technology & Cloud-Based Businesses

SaaS, startups needing hardening, DevSecOps, compliance, and offensive testing

Small & Mid-Sized Businesses

Growing companies needing to improve security maturity without building large internal teams

Methodology

How We Work

Understand

Analyze business context, technology environment, risks, compliance, and priorities

Evaluate

Review controls, configurations, processes, documentation, vulnerabilities, and operational capabilities

Prioritize

Organize findings by criticality, business impact, urgency, and remediation effort

Execute

Support implementation, remediation, monitoring, documentation, testing, or talent deployment

Report

Deliver executive and technical reports in English or Spanish with evidence and next steps

Improve

Support continuous improvement through metrics, roadmaps, retesting, tracking, and ongoing support

Our Values

Our Service Principles

Clarity

We turn technical complexity into actionable priorities, decisions, and recommendations

Evidence

We document findings, controls, actions, and improvements with traceability for audits and leadership

Efficiency

We focus on practical execution, reusable deliverables, and flexible service models

Accountability

We define responsibilities, timelines, escalation paths, and expected outcomes

Business-Aligned Security

We recommend controls based on operational impact, risk, compliance, and real priorities

Bilingual Collaboration

We facilitate communication and reporting in English for clients, auditors, and US teams

Leadership

Our Executive Team

Meet the experienced leaders driving cybersecurity excellence

Viviana Cristancho

CEO Chief Executive Officer

Enterprise ArchitectureDigital TransformationInnovationData GovernanceAI & Big Data

Viviana Cristancho is Co-Founder & CEO of Hexa5 Security and Ingenium Colombia, a technology executive with public and private sector experience, specializing in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, data governance, big data, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.

"I connect strategy, technology, and data to help organizations transform their processes, make better decisions, and generate sustainable value."

Erika Villamizar

CISO Information Security Officer

Cloud SecurityComplianceRisk ManagementBusiness ContinuityISO 27001NIST

Erika Villamizar is a cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in information security, risk management, compliance, cloud security, business continuity, and disaster recovery. She has supported organizations in designing and strengthening security programs, risk frameworks, policies, controls, audit readiness, and resilience strategies.

Adriana Escobar

CFO & Administrative Director

Financial ManagementBusiness AdministrationBudget PlanningOperational SupportProcess ManagementAdministrative Compliance

Adriana Escobar is Chief Financial Officer and Administrative Director, with experience in financial management, business administration, operational control, and strategic support for corporate operations. Her role is fundamental to ensuring business strategy is backed by an organized, responsible, and scalable operation.