ABOUT CYBERVANTAGE
Built a channel business. Now building yours.
Cyber Vantage is led by Ian Turnbull - co-founder of a multi-award-winning cyber services provider, and now a trusted advisor to ambitious channel businesses across the UK.
20+
Years in technology
15
15
Years in cybersecurity
Years in the IT channel
THE STORY
From operator to advisor
Ian didn't learn the channel from a textbook. He co-founded and led a cybersecurity services provider through the journey every founder recognises - the early wins, the growing pains, the hires that worked and the ones that didn't, the processes that had to be rebuilt as the business outgrew them.
That business became a multi-award-winning provider. The lessons from building it - across sales, finance, partnerships, commercial strategy and technical delivery - are now what Cyber Vantage brings to other growing channel businesses.
"My passion is blending people with technology solutions and services, underpinned by service excellence."
Since stepping into advisory work, Ian has guided founders and leadership teams through sales transformations, operational rebuilds, vendor and partnership strategy, and the preparation it takes to be ready for funding or acquisition. Engagements often start with one problem - and grow into long-term partnerships.
HOW WE OPERATE
Three principles, no exceptions
The advisory world is full of frameworks and retainers. Cyber Vantage runs on something simpler.
Operators First
Advice from someone who has sat in your chair, made the payroll, and lived with the consequences of the big calls - not theory from the sidelines.
Your Agenda Not Ours
Engagements are shaped around where your business is going - scope, format and hours flex as your needs change. No lock-ins, no padding.
Straight Answers
Evidence-based, no-nonsense counsel. If something is a bad idea, you'll hear it early - that honesty is usually where the savings start.
CORE VALUES
What you can hold us to
Values only matter if a client can test them. Each of these comes with a way to do exactly that.
Integrity
Honest advice, even when it's not what you hoped to hear - and transparency on fees, scope & progress at every step.
Accountability
Every engagement has clear outcomes. We measure ourselves against them - and expect you to as well.
Knowledge
Two decades in the channel, kept current - the market shifts we advise on are ones we're tracking first-hand.
Commitment
Your business gets genuine attention, not a slot in a portfolio. When we're in, we're properly in.
Passion
Blending people with technology, underpinned by service excellence, is what gets us up in the morning - and it shows.
BEYOND ONE ADVISOR
A network that comes with us
Recruitment
Channel-savvy search partners who understand the roles you're actually hiring for.
Legal
Commercial and corporate specialists for contracts, deals and diligence.
No single person covers everything - so Cyber Vantage brings a vetted network of specialists, introduced when (and only when) you need them.
Marketing
Practitioners who know how MSSPs and channel partners win attention.
Specialist Advisors
Finance, M&A and technical experts for the moments that demand depth.
"Every channel business reaches the point where ambition outgrows experience. You don't have to cross that gap alone."
Ian Turnbull, CyberVantage