CyForward

Future-ready.
Cyber-strong.
CyForward.

Future-ready.
Cyber-strong.
CyForward.

Future-ready.
Cyber-strong.
CyForward.

Cyber leadership for today’s risks and tomorrow’s technologies.

Cyber leadership for today’s risks and tomorrow’s technologies.

Kurt Oestreicher presenting to a group in a conference room

HOW CYFORWARD FITS

HOW CYFORWARD FITS

Focused cybersecurity and technology risk expertise within RiskCraft.

Focused cybersecurity and technology risk expertise within RiskCraft.

Focused cybersecurity and technology risk expertise within RiskCraft.

CyForward helps businesses and nonprofits understand and manage cybersecurity and emerging technology risk. The practice combines experienced security leadership with an independent perspective on the risks, decisions, and operational dependencies that matter to an organization.

CyForward helps businesses and nonprofits understand and manage cybersecurity and emerging technology risk. The practice combines experienced security leadership with an independent perspective on the risks, decisions, and operational dependencies that matter to an organization.

Its work spans cybersecurity governance, senior security leadership, operational resilience, incident preparedness, cyber insurance readiness, and emerging technology risk.

Its work spans cybersecurity governance, senior security leadership, operational resilience, incident preparedness, cyber insurance readiness, and emerging technology risk.

CyForward is RiskCraft LLC’s dedicated business-facing cybersecurity advisory practice.

CyForward is RiskCraft LLC’s dedicated business-facing cybersecurity advisory practice.

WHERE CYFORWARD HELPS

EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS & WORKSHOPS

Practical discussions for leaders, boards, and teams.

Practical discussions for leaders, boards, and teams.

Practical discussions for leaders, boards, and teams.

CyForward provides executive briefings, workshops, and tabletop exercises addressing cybersecurity, emerging technology risk, incident preparedness, and organizational resilience.

CyForward provides executive briefings, workshops, and tabletop exercises addressing cybersecurity, emerging technology risk, incident preparedness, and organizational resilience.

Sessions focus on practical decisions, organizational responsibilities, and preparing leadership teams for situations that require sound judgment.

Sessions focus on practical decisions, organizational responsibilities, and preparing leadership teams for situations that require sound judgment.

EXPERIENCE

Experience across cybersecurity, insurance, and operational risk.

Experience across cybersecurity, insurance, and operational risk.

Experience across cybersecurity, insurance, and operational risk.

CyForward is led by Kurt Oestreicher, CISM, CPLP.

CyForward is led by Kurt Oestreicher, CISM, CPLP.

CyForward is led by Kurt Oestreicher, CISM, CPLP.

Kurt has assessed the cybersecurity posture of more than 200 Fortune 500 companies and held senior cyber-risk leadership roles at Travelers and Swiss Re.

Kurt has assessed the cybersecurity posture of more than 200 Fortune 500 companies and held senior cyber-risk leadership roles at Travelers and Swiss Re.

Kurt has assessed the cybersecurity posture of more than 200 Fortune 500 companies and held senior cyber-risk leadership roles at Travelers and Swiss Re.

At Travelers, he launched a $2.5 million digital forensics laboratory and worked across cybersecurity, digital forensics, emerging technology, and cyber catastrophe risk.

At Travelers, he launched a $2.5 million digital forensics laboratory and worked across cybersecurity, digital forensics, emerging technology, and cyber catastrophe risk.

At Swiss Re, he built global cyber-risk engineering and assessment capabilities connecting cybersecurity controls, resilience, insurance, and financial exposure.

At Swiss Re, he built global cyber-risk engineering and assessment capabilities connecting cybersecurity controls, resilience, insurance, and financial exposure.

At Swiss Re, he built global cyber-risk engineering and assessment capabilities connecting cybersecurity controls, resilience, insurance, and financial exposure.

Through RiskCraft, Kurt has also worked directly with organizations on infrastructure, cybersecurity governance, resilience, identity, network modernization, and physical security.

Through RiskCraft, Kurt has also worked directly with organizations on infrastructure, cybersecurity governance, resilience, identity, network modernization, and physical security.

FOR BROKERS AND INSURERS

FOR BROKERS AND INSURERS

When a client needs help addressing the risk behind an insurance concern.

When a client needs help addressing the risk behind an insurance concern.

When a client needs help addressing the risk behind an insurance concern.

Brokers and insurers can refer organizations that need practical help addressing cybersecurity, resilience, ownership, or governance issues affecting cyber-insurance readiness.

Brokers and insurers can refer organizations that need practical help addressing cybersecurity, resilience, ownership, or governance issues affecting cyber-insurance readiness.

Brokers and insurers can refer organizations that need practical help addressing cybersecurity, resilience, ownership, or governance issues affecting cyber-insurance readiness.

CyForward works on the underlying risk issues. Insurance placement, underwriting, coverage, and pricing remain with the broker and insurer.

CyForward works on the underlying risk issues. Insurance placement, underwriting, coverage, and pricing remain with the broker and insurer.

CyForward works on the underlying risk issues. Insurance placement, underwriting, coverage, and pricing remain with the broker and insurer.

PRACTICE BOUNDARY

PRACTICE BOUNDARY

Advisory and leadership, not routine IT support.

Advisory and leadership, not routine IT support.

Advisory and leadership, not routine IT support.

CyForward is a cybersecurity advisory and senior-security-leadership practice.

CyForward is a cybersecurity advisory and senior-security-leadership practice.

CyForward is a cybersecurity advisory and senior-security-leadership practice.

The work may reach deeply into infrastructure, identity, resilience, recovery, and operational systems when those issues are creating meaningful business risk.

The work may reach deeply into infrastructure, identity, resilience, recovery, and operational systems when those issues are creating meaningful business risk.

The work may reach deeply into infrastructure, identity, resilience, recovery, and operational systems when those issues are creating meaningful business risk.

This is not helpdesk support or ticket-driven IT.

This is not helpdesk support or ticket-driven IT.

This is not helpdesk support or ticket-driven IT.

Need an experienced view of a cybersecurity issue?

Need an experienced view of a cybersecurity issue?

Need an experienced view of a cybersecurity issue?

Start with the risk, the operational concern, or the situation you are dealing with.

Start with the risk, the operational concern, or the situation you are dealing with.

Start with the risk, the operational concern, or the situation you are dealing with.

Established 2023

RiskCraft℠, CyForward℠, and Tech Wise Life℠ are service marks of RiskCraft LLC. CyForward and Tech Wise Life are trade names of RiskCraft LLC.

© 2026 RiskCraft LLC.

© 2026 RiskCraft LLC.