Cyber security recruitment without the risk
Facilitating engagement with targeted talent communities to enable you to acquire experienced security leaders, make your first hire into the security function, build specialist teams in niche security skillsets, find outstanding individual contributors and more.
Cyber security recruitment that really delivers
At a time where security is becoming an essential part of the value proposition, our cyber security recruitment team has been trusted by some of the world's most innovative brands to deliver great talent in candidate-led markets. Whether you're looking for senior leadership or talented individual contributors across information security, incident response, identity access management, cloud security, network security, application security, governance, risk and compliance and more - our team specialise in accelerating your time-to-hire by sharpening talent acquisition processes, deepening candidate engagement and extending your reach.


Why do partners typically engage with cyber security recruitment team?
- You are experiencing a high volume of failed internal cyber security recruitment campaigns.
- You are struggling to source candidates with niche cyber security domain knowledge and skillsets.
- You are missing out on talent as a result of inaccurate salary benchmarking for specific cyber roles.
- You need help articulating your brand story and EVP to lure candidates away from the competition.
- You have a desire to upskill internal talent acquisition on cyber security recruitment best practices.
- You are making an important strategic hire (CISO, VP Information Security etc.) and need complete confidence in your approach.
Create successful security teams today
Get access to an extended cyber security recruitment team where even the most technical briefs will never get lost in translation, allowing you to spend more time protecting your businesses' most valuable assets. Our specialist talent team will get candidates engaged with your vision and departmental strategy, put an emphasis on presenting a diverse range of candidates, iron out the challenges in your search process, and be transparent around KPI's at every step of the journey. We are here to help you put the right leadership in place at the CISO, VP Information Security, VP Product Security levels, through to building more technical teams in security engineering, incident response and more. Stott and May provide the market knowledge of a boutique cyber security recruitment partner but with the ability to scale.

CYBER SECURITY RECRUITMENT TRENDS
Cyber Security in Focus 2023

We surveyed a snapshot cohort of security leaders to better understand the challenges they face and how they are responding to them. With this new report, you'll get access to primary data insights from our snapshot panel of CISOs on the key challenges and themes that will shape successful security functions in 2023, including:
- Barriers to strategy execution
- Technology investment priorities
- Talent acquisition challenges
- The business perception of security
Make great cyber security hires every time
Find your next: CISO, Deputy CISO, VP Information Security, VP Product Security, Director of Security Engineering, Director of Application Security, VP Incident Response, Security Architect, SOC Manager, Cloud Security Engineer, Application Security Engineer, Penetration Tester, Product Security Engineer, Vulnerability Manager, DevSecOps Engineer and more.
Our job is to help accelerate cyber security recruitment
Check out some of our previously completed assignments in the cyber security space to get a better sense of our ability to execute.

VP Information Security
Pindrop Security

Head of Information Security
Instacart

Application Security Engineer
Reddit

Security Engineer
SumUp

Head of Information Security
Brace Software

Vulnerability Manager
Schneider Electric
Make cyber security recruitment more predictable
Select a talent partner that can deliver when others can't. Find out why leaders are turning to us to build cyber security functions that underpin and safeguard their business operations.
“We have developed a strong relationship with Stott and May for our cyber security recruitment requirements. They are tried and tested and have delivered for us in the past when no one else could. I’d happily pass on their details to tech firms in my network that need help finding cyber security talent."
Director of Information Security - Vivid Seats
“I would highly recommend Stott and May to anyone in search of an outstanding CISO or VP of InfoSec. They delivered a quality slate of candidates to us in very short order and helped us hire exactly who we needed to fill this critical role. I appreciated their no-nonsense approach to recruiting, as well as their deep network of readily accessible talent."
CFO - Pindrop Security

We solve cyber security hiring challenges
We'll help you create a tailored talent solution to overcome the pain points
associated with building and maintaining a high performing security function.
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Putting the right leadership in place
Find high performing CISOs capable of taking your security function to the next level. Access value add features like video interviews and candidate briefing packs to increase engagement and accelerate processes.
Making your first security hire
Looking to scale up your security function post funding? Make that all important first security hire count by engaging with a specialist firm capable of providing the right balance between technical skills and cultural fit.
Building security teams at pace
Attract niche security talent at scale by leveraging our best-in-class range of recruitment features. Access our network of Security Engineers, Incident Response Specialists, Penetration Testers, Security Architects and more.
Acquiring more diverse security candidates
Diverse teams think differently. When it comes to risk, that's important. Raise the bar across your recruitment process, by selecting from a range of diversity recruitment features to facilitate more inclusive teams.
Helping CISOs build better security functions
We're focused on the broader picture. Providing insight at every stage of the search. Leveraging our network of security leaders to share best practices and facilitate better outcomes from cyber security recruitment. We understand that sourcing talent is just one part of building a highly effective security team. You need a great roadmap too. Check out our 'How to Build a Security Roadmap' guide created in conjunction with high-performing security leaders.
Find your next role in cyber security
Incident Response Engineer
Senior Security Analyst
Security Architect - SC Cleared
Key Account Director
Key Account Director
Key Account Director
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Always adding value to security recruitment
Check out some useful whitepapers and guides designed to help you hire better, make improved career decisions and grow your function seamlessly.
Meet the Cyber Security Recruitment Team

Jack Ambrose
- London

Sam Pennie
- New York

Andrei Lehadus
- London

George Ratcliffe
- Los Angeles

Karl
Sharman
- New York

Ollie
Eldridge
- London

Matthew Chipchase
- New York

Greg
Anderson
- Los Angeles