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About Kernel Orchard

Good security is a team sport—and a practiced habit.

We bring operations, engineering, and client enablement together around a shared goal: keep essential services working, even when conditions are not ideal.

Our story

Resilience is made of decisions people can actually use.

Kernel Orchard Security was formed around a recurring operational problem: capable teams often have good tools, but unclear ownership between a signal, a decision, and recovery. We build that connection through practical managed coverage and hands-on engineering.

Our name reflects the idea that reliable systems grow through deliberate care—small, repeatable improvements rather than dramatic promises. We work alongside internal IT and existing providers, leaving behind clearer plans and stronger habits.

Operating principles

How we show up.

Be clear about ownership

Every important action needs a named path, not an implied handoff.

Prioritize service impact

Risk matters most when connected to the work your organization must deliver.

Practice the hard parts

Plans become useful when people exercise them within safe boundaries.

Leave useful evidence

Decisions, findings, and next actions should be understandable after the meeting ends.

Our people / Security Operations

Security Operations

Maya Ellison, security operations director with dark shoulder-length hair in a cobalt blazer

Maya Ellison

Director of Security Operations

Maya builds calm, accountable response operations. She connects monitoring decisions to the people who can act on them.

Priya Banerjee, detection engineer with dark hair and a warm-toned scarf

Priya Banerjee

Detection Engineering Lead

Priya improves the signal-to-action path through thoughtful detection logic, context, and measured tuning.

Our people / Resilience Engineering

Resilience Engineering

Graham Weller, resilience engineer with salt-and-pepper hair and beard

Graham Weller

Principal Resilience Engineer

Graham helps teams make recovery concrete, from dependency mapping to safe, repeatable restore exercises.

Naomi Fletcher, continuity manager with an auburn bob and sand-colored jacket

Naomi Fletcher

Continuity Program Manager

Naomi turns continuity planning into a living program with clear owners, useful exercises, and follow-through.

Owen Hartley, cloud reliability lead with dark medium-length hair

Owen Hartley

Cloud Systems Reliability Lead

Owen focuses on dependable cloud foundations, transparent change, and operationally sound security baselines.

Our people / Client Enablement

Client Enablement

Colin Mercer, identity architect with close-cropped hair and a navy sweater

Colin Mercer

Identity Security Architect

Colin makes identity controls easier to reason about, especially privileged access and lifecycle decisions.

Elise Morgan, client strategist with short natural curls and a cobalt blouse

Elise Morgan

Client Success Strategist

Elise keeps the work connected to business priorities and ensures decisions become visible progress.

Where we work

Distributed expertise. One precise contact point.

We work with organizations across time zones through planned remote operations and agreed escalation paths. Contact details are provided as stated; they are not a claim about a staffed walk-in office.

24A Aldermans Hill Palmers Green LONDON - N13 4PN United Kingdom (GB)

+13292228852

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