About Helm
Founded on the belief that expert security shouldn't be a luxury reserved for enterprises.
Our Story
Security Expertise for Every Organization
Helm Information Security was built to address a gap in the market: most small and mid-market organizations have real security needs but limited access to practitioner-level expertise. Large consulting firms price them out. Generalist IT shops lack the depth. The result is a security posture built on hope rather than rigor.
Helm changes that. We bring the same depth of expertise you'd find at a large enterprise security team — experienced practitioners who've seen how attacks actually unfold — scaled and priced for organizations that don't have Fortune 500 budgets.
Our practice is built around real outcomes: fewer successful attacks, faster incident recovery, compliance that actually protects data, and development practices that don't ship vulnerabilities. Not reports that sit on shelves.
Drew Hjelm
Founder & Principal Consultant
Drew brings years of hands-on security experience spanning incident response, penetration testing, compliance assessments, and security engineering. He has worked with organizations across healthcare, technology, and financial services sectors.
He founded Helm to make practitioner-level security accessible to organizations that need it most — and to build products like Cyber CPR and Cerebruh that solve the systemic gaps in how organizations approach security preparedness.
Our Philosophy
A 60-page report is not a security outcome. We focus on changes that actually reduce your risk — not deliverables that satisfy a contractual requirement but sit unread.
Every engagement is led by an experienced practitioner. You won't get handed off to a junior analyst after the sales call. The person who scoped your engagement does the work.
Security findings are only useful if decision-makers understand them. We translate technical risk into business language without losing the technical accuracy that makes remediation possible.
What "Helm" Means
Navigating Through Uncertainty
A helm is the mechanism that steers a ship. In uncertain waters — storms, tight passages, changing conditions — the helm is how you maintain control and direction. We chose the name deliberately: cybersecurity is about helping organizations navigate an environment that's constantly changing, with threats that evolve faster than defenses.
Helm is the partner that helps you stay on course.