Enterprise Security
for Family Offices
Boutique, concierge cybersecurity dedicated to safeguarding family offices
GDB Security provides personalized advisory services built from deep audits of your IT infrastructure, helping you navigate the maze of modern cybersecurity to make smart, strategic investments that meaningfully protect your digital privacy and preserve your family legacy.
From hardening your digital infrastructure and safeguarding personal data to rapidly recovering from security incidents, we leverage enterprise-grade tools and techniques to equip family offices with best-in-class defenses.
3.6B
Daily active users of major messaging apps secured with novel cryptographic technology
10%
of US equity trades protected as CISO
30
Fortune 100 CISOs brought together to produce Executive Order 13800
95%
of internet commerce secured with Certificate Transparency
Cybersecurity for Family Offices
Family offices manage what matters most—generational wealth, family legacies, and private information about what is most personal: your assets and loved ones. Yet many remain defenseless while facing threats designed for Fortune 500 targets.
The problem is pervasive: 57% of family offices in North America have experienced a cyberattack in the past two years, with half suffering three or more attacks.
When hackers succeed, the damage goes far beyond financial loss: total compromise of private family communications and financial records. Ransomware holding your entire digital infrastructure hostage. Breaches exposing your broader network—advisors, business partners, family connections—undermining the trust and standing you've built in your community.
The good news? With strategic guidance and smart investments in the right defenses, family offices can significantly reduce these risks without adding operational complexity.
Enterprise Grade
We draw from proven expertise across the intelligence community, big tech innovation, and financial services—the same caliber of security that manages billions in daily trading. Deep knowledge of the cybersecurity ecosystem means you get only the most effective partners and solutions, not whatever a vendor is pushing.
Custom
Based on deep security expertise and an understanding of the latest threats, we build bespoke defenses for the challenges your family actually faces—whether that's executive impersonation, infrastructure vulnerabilities, or regulatory compliance. We distill our ecosystem perspective into what you need to know.
Simple
We help you focus on high-impact investments without over-engineering or overspending. As your Security Quarterback, we translate technical challenges into clear action plans and coordinate the right defenses without disrupting your operations.
Our Services
Risk Analysis
We conduct a comprehensive review of your security posture, examining your email and cloud setup, device security, access controls, and technology stack. You get a clear picture of your vulnerabilities and actionable recommendations to address them.
Threat Briefings
We keep you informed about emerging threats targeting family offices—from sophisticated phishing campaigns to executive impersonation tactics. Regular briefings help you understand the evolving threat landscape and prepare proactively rather than reactively.
System Design & Hardening
We help you architect secure communications and technology infrastructure from the ground up, ensuring your family office has enterprise-grade defenses tailored to your specific needs and risk profile.
Vendor Identification & Coaching
We identify best-in-class security tools matched to your needs—from executive impersonation protection and digital privacy monitoring to antivirus software and credential management—and train your team to use them effectively. Drawing on deep ecosystem knowledge, you get the right solutions without vendor noise, plus the guidance to leverage them properly.
Compliance Support
We help you navigate regulatory requirements and compliance with family office-specific regulations.
Digital Privacy & Reputation Management
We help protect your family's digital footprint by monitoring for private data exposure on the open Internet, managing risks of executive impersonation, and safeguarding sensitive information that could compromise your privacy or reputation.
Incident Response
Drawing on extensive experience responding to sophisticated attacks, we partner with you to contain the breach, understand how it happened, and patch vulnerabilities. We take down malicious infrastructure, restore your defenses, and communicate clearly with those impacted—getting you back on solid ground quickly with actionable recommendations to prevent future incidents.
Microsoft 360 & Google Workplace Security
We optimize your cloud productivity infrastructure to ensure enterprise-grade security controls are properly implemented, protecting your email, documents, and collaboration tools from unauthorized access.
Gary Belvin, Founder
Gary has worked in cybersecurity where the stakes are highest—in the intelligence community at the National Security Agency, securing AI trading algorithms managing over 10% of daily US equity trading as a fintech CISO, and now advancing AI security at Databricks.
His privacy innovations power the encryption inside WhatsApp, Signal, and iMessage, securing billions of users worldwide.
As a former Chief Information Security Officer, Gary helped navigate a maze of regulations and build trust with regulators across eight countries, including FINRA and the SEC. He built a coalition of 30 Fortune 100 CISOs that shaped Executive Order 13800 on strengthening America's cyber defenses.
As Principal of GDB Security, Gary brings this enterprise-grade expertise to family offices, translating complex security challenges into strategic guidance that protects your wealth, privacy, and legacy—without adding operational complexity.
Schedule a Consultation
Protecting your family's wealth, privacy, and legacy starts with understanding your unique risks. Schedule a consultation to talk through your security concerns and learn how we can help—no commitment, just an honest conversation.
