About Ancora Cyber

Cybersecurity compliance can be complex. Working with the people helping you navigate it shouldn’t be.

Practical Guidance. Hands-On Execution. Sustainable Readiness.

Ancora Cyber is a cybersecurity and compliance advisory firm built around hands-on support, practical execution, and real-world experience. We help organizations turn regulatory and security requirements into programs that can be implemented, defended, and maintained—not simply documented for the next audit.

Our team works alongside clients to understand their environment, identify what matters, close meaningful gaps, and prepare for the scrutiny that comes from assessors, auditors, customers, and regulators.

The goal is not compliance for compliance’s sake. It is a stronger organization that knows where it stands, what comes next, and how to stay ready.

Who We Are

Compliance Guidance Grounded in Real-World Experience

Ancora was built for organizations that need more than a list of recommendations.

Our team brings experience across cybersecurity, governance, privacy, audit, regulatory compliance, technical implementation, and assessment preparation. That perspective allows us to look beyond individual controls and understand how security requirements actually operate inside a business.

We work directly with internal teams to make compliance achievable and sustainable—whether that means clarifying requirements, strengthening documentation, evaluating controls, preparing evidence, supporting technical remediation, or helping leadership understand risk and priorities.

And because Ancora is vendor-neutral, our recommendations are driven by the client’s needs—not by software commissions, platform partnerships, or a predetermined technology stack.

What Clients Can Expect

Hands-On Partnership

We work alongside your team to move the work forward, not simply tell you what needs to be done.

Practical Expertise

Our guidance reflects how cybersecurity and compliance programs are actually evaluated and operated.

Vendor-Neutral Guidance

Recommendations are based on your environment, risk, and objectives, not a product we are trying to sell.

Long-Term Readiness

We build with the next assessment, customer review, and business requirement in mind so your program can mature instead of being rebuilt every cycle.

Meet the Ancora Team

Experienced People. Practical Guidance.

Compliance programs are ultimately built by people.

Ancora brings together professionals with experience spanning cybersecurity leadership, audit, privacy, risk management, CMMC, regulated environments, technical security, and business operations. Clients work with a team capable of connecting regulatory requirements with the realities of their organization.

Brian Blakley

Board Chairman & Strategic Advisor

Brian Blakley

Board Chairman & Strategic Advisor

Christopher Todd

President, Ancora Cyber

Chris Todd

President, Ancora Cyber

Jason Blakley

Compliance Analyst, Ancora Cyber

Jason Blakley

Compliance Analyst, Ancora Cyber

Mackenzie Cahalan

MS, Business Development Coordinator, Ancora Cyber

Mackenzie Cahalan

MS, Business Development Coordinator, Ancora Cyber

David Galter

15+ Years in Cybersecurity, Audit & Advisory

David Galter

15+ Years in Cybersecurity, Audit & Advisory

Outcomes That Matter

Readiness You Can Measure

The strongest measure of Ancora’s work is what happens when clients move from preparation to external scrutiny.

“
Ancora took us from an SPRS score of 42 to 110 in nine months. They built our entire documentation library and walked us through every step of the mock assessment. We passed our C3PAO assessment on the first attempt.
VP of Engineering Defense Subcontractor, Aerospace CMMC Level 2
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We tried to do CMMC ourselves for 18 months and kept going in circles. Ancora came in, assessed our environment in two weeks, and gave us a clear roadmap. The template library alone saved us months of work.
President / Owner Small Defense Contractor, Systems Integration CMMC Level 2
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The technical depth is what sets Ancora apart. They didn’t just write policies. They helped us align the technical environment, documentation, and evidence so everything was ready for the assessor.
IT Director Mid-Size Defense Prime Subcontractor

What Guides Our Work

Our values reflect how we work with clients and how we approach compliance readiness.

01

Guidance

We work alongside clients through the process so they understand not only what needs to happen, but why.

02

Precision

Controls, documentation, evidence, and operational decisions deserve careful, deliberate attention.

03

Transparency

We communicate directly, explain what we find, and remove unnecessary ambiguity from the process.

04

Enablement

Our work should leave your organization stronger, more informed, and more capable than when we arrived.

05

Sustainability

A compliance program should continue working after the assessment is over. We build for repeatability, maintainability, and long-term resilience.

Know Where You Stand and What Comes Next.

You don’t need to have every answer before starting the conversation.

Whether you are preparing for a formal assessment, responding to customer requirements, strengthening an existing security program, or simply trying to understand where your organization stands today, Ancora can help bring structure to the next step.

Start with a conversation. Leave with clearer direction.