Leadership

The people accountable for your security program.

Dephiant is operator-led. The person who scopes your engagement is the person who leads it, and you always know who owns the outcome.

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Cleandra LeSane

Founder and Principal Advisor

Cleandra founded Dephiant Consulting Inc. in 2016 to give organizations senior security leadership without the cost and delay of building an internal executive team. She leads client engagements directly, sets the advisory standards the firm works to, and personally owns each client relationship.

Areas of focus

  • Virtual CISO engagements and security program design
  • Multi-jurisdiction compliance strategy across GDPR, NIS2, POPIA, NDPR, and US frameworks
  • Board and executive reporting on cyber risk

How our delivery model works

Senior operators only

Every engagement is led by a practitioner who has run security programs, not by a junior analyst working from a template.

One accountable owner

You get a named lead advisor for the life of the engagement, with a documented escalation path.

Specialist bench on demand

Cloud security, incident response, privacy, and audit specialists join when the scope calls for them and step off when it does not.

Written outcomes

Success criteria, deliverables, and timelines are agreed in writing before work begins so results are reviewable.

Talk to the person who will lead the work.

Introductory calls are with a principal advisor, not a sales team. Bring your current state and your deadline, and you will leave with a recommended path.

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