Security as
Craftsmanship_

eliate. provides fractional security engineering.

We embed a staff-level security engineer into your Slack, GitHub, and Cloud. We give high-velocity teams the expertise to ship complex systems securely, without the full-time headcount.

// The Model

Consultant

Provides external advice that is often theoretical. Lacks the deep context of your codebase and operational realities.

Full-Time Hire

Total immersion and hands-on execution, but often an excessive commitment and cost for early-stage security maturity.

Fractional Security Engineer

Embedded expertise. We integrate directly into your engineering teams to provide staff-level leverage without the full-time headcount.

Security belongs in the pull request, not the slide deck. By operating within your technology stack, we provide consistent, high-leverage expertise that scales with your development velocity.

// The Philosophy

We approach security not as a checklist, but as a quality attribute of elegant engineering.

01. Velocity as Security

Friction implies safety, but velocity demands precision. We build the guardrails that enable rapid deployment, ensuring that security accelerates your roadmap rather than arresting it.

02. Engineering First

Effective governance is written in code, not prose. We express security controls through Terraform and CI/CD pipelines, embedding compliance directly into the infrastructure layer.

03. Precision Impact

Senior engineering guidance requires clarity, not volume. We provide focused, high-signal direction that resolves complexity, delivering specialised architectural guidance that is often hard to hire for full-time.

// Capabilities

Deep focus areas.

01

Security Programme

+ SOC2 Readiness

+ Strategy & Roadmap

+ Secure SDLC Design

+ Architecture Review

02

Cloud Engineering

+ AWS Hardening

+ IAM Architecture

+ Infrastructure as Code

+ Container Security

03

Product Security

+ AppSec Reviews

+ DevSecOps Pipelines

+ Threat Modelling

+ Secret Management

// Fractional Security Engineer

Richard Clarke - Fractional Security Engineer

"With a decade of experience spanning deep telecoms research to high-velocity gaming startups, I view security as an integral component of system reliability."

Traditional advisory often separates strategy from execution. eliate. was founded to bridge that gap. I believe that the most effective security roadmap is one that accounts for the nuances of your specific architecture.

I am an engineer first. True value lies in implementation, refining IAM policies in Terraform, designing authentication flows alongside your developers, and treating security as a feature of your product quality.

When you engage with eliate., you are not hiring a roster. You are partnering directly with the craft.

~ Richard Clarke