About Vigil8
Data security specialists who stay accountable for the result
Founded in 2018 by industry veterans with more than 20 years of technology change and operations experience, Vigil8 works with large organisations across the private and public sectors.
Why we work this way
We’ve seen too many data security platforms bought, deployed and then left to drift. The technology works. What’s usually missing is the specialist time to tune it, act on what it finds and prove the difference it makes.
So we changed the model. We agree measurable outcomes with you up front, deliver them as an extension of your team, and tie our fees to the results.
Accountable
We commit to outcomes, not effort.
Plain-spoken
Security explained without the jargon.
Embedded
An extension of your own team.
Evidence-led
Every result measured and reported.
Leadership
The people you'll work with
Craig McLean
CEO
More than 20 years in data management, turning complex data governance problems into sustainable, compliant solutions, with leadership roles across several sectors.
John McLean
Engineering
John has over 20 years of experience working within operations and has led Engineering at Vigil8 since 2019. He specialises in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) across leading platforms, covering everything from data discovery and sensitivity labelling through to access remediation and DLP.
Steve North
Sales
Steve has a long history within Sales and of growing companies. Steve has joined us to help build an effective sales presence in the UK.
Partners
Tool-agnostic by design, specialist by experience
We start from the outcome you need, not a product to sell. We bring deep expertise in leading data security platforms, and work alongside trusted channel and security partners.
BigID
Preferred Partner
DSPM, access intelligence, AI security posture and AI guardrails, delivered as measurable outcomes on the BigID platform.
Varonis
Preferred Partner
Implementation, tuning and managed support that help organisations get full value from their Varonis investment.
Softcat
Elite Partner
Working with Softcat, one of the UK’s leading IT solutions providers, to bring outcomes-based data security to its customers.
Barrier Networks
Partner
Barrier Networks, a UK cyber security specialist, offers Vigil8’s data security services to its customers.
Let's talk about the outcome you need
Tell us what keeps you up at night about your data. We’ll tell you how we’d measure fixing it.