About Raspberry Bastion Systems

Founded to bring clarity, accountability, and calm competence to security operations. We help organizations prevent operational disruption while improving security maturity.

Our Story

Raspberry Bastion Systems was founded in 2017 by Eleanor Grant, who spent nearly a decade leading incident response and threat operations teams at a Fortune 500 financial services firm. She witnessed firsthand how organizations struggled to connect security operations with actual business outcomes—teams running 24/7 alert fatigue, executives unable to understand their risk posture, incident response processes that lacked clarity and testing.

We started with a simple hypothesis: security and operational resilience become more effective when they're understandable, actionable, and built around proven procedures. No theater, no hype—just disciplined technical rigor applied to the problems that matter most.

Today, Raspberry Bastion Systems works with 85+ organizations across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, technology, and professional services. We've helped prevent hundreds of millions in operational losses and guided organizations through critical incidents when they occur. But our core mission remains the same: help organizations design security and resilience that actually works.

Our Values

Measured Urgency

We move fast when it matters, and deliberately when speed would introduce error. Every incident, every decision, is grounded in evidence rather than emotion.

Evidence Over Theater

We report what we can measure, verify procedures through testing, and communicate with transparency. No polished dashboards hiding blind spots; clear data that informs decisions.

Accountable Ownership

We take responsibility for outcomes. When we commit to a recovery window, we meet it. When we design a detection strategy, we stand behind its effectiveness.

Recovery as Design Discipline

Resilience means having a plan, testing the plan, updating when circumstances change. We design for recovery from the start, not as an afterthought.

Milestones

2017

Founded

Eleanor Grant and Marcus Hale establish Raspberry Bastion Systems with focus on incident response and threat operations.

2018

First Five Clients

Begin offering managed detection & response to growing companies frustrated with siloed security operations.

2019

Infrastructure & Recovery Services

Expand to include resilient managed infrastructure and backup/recovery engineering, recognizing that security and continuity must work together.

2020

Pandemic Response Expertise

Guide clients through rapid remote infrastructure transitions and help organizations secure distributed operations.

2021

Cloud-First Practice

Launch dedicated cloud security posture management service as enterprises accelerate cloud adoption.

2022

50+ Client Milestone

Establish governance and compliance service to help clients achieve audit readiness and regulatory alignment.

2023

Critical Tier Launch

Introduce premium engagement model for mission-critical organizations with specialized teams and dedicated support.

2024

85+ Clients

Expand team and reach across six North American regions, maintaining focus on client outcomes and measured expertise.

2025

Leadership Position

Continue growth with emphasis on long-term client partnerships, new service capabilities, and team development.

Our Team

Diverse expertise across security operations, infrastructure, compliance, and incident response. Every team member brings measurable, specialized experience.

Eleanor Grant

Chief Executive Officer

Founded Raspberry Bastion in 2017 to bring clarity and accountability to security operations. Previously led incident response teams at a Fortune 500 financial services firm. Eleanor is passionate about building calm, competent teams.

Marcus Hale

Chief Information Security Officer

Brings 18 years of security architecture expertise across healthcare, government, and technology sectors. Marcus designed the foundational threat modeling framework that guides all detection and response strategies at Raspberry Bastion.

Priya Bennett

VP, Resilient Operations

Leads infrastructure and operations teams with 12 years of experience in backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity engineering. Priya ensures every client has tested, reliable recovery pathways.

Daniel Whitmore

Director of Incident Response

Seasoned responder with 10 years of incident handling experience. Daniel has led containment and recovery efforts across manufacturing, healthcare, and cloud-native environments. Known for calm, methodical incident leadership.

Amelia Rhodes

Director of Cloud Security

Cloud security specialist with expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP. Amelia has guided 40+ organizations through cloud transformation with integrated security controls and compliance frameworks.

Thomas Keene

Head of Continuity Engineering

Recovery engineering expert with 14 years designing and testing backup, failover, and disaster recovery systems. Thomas leads quarterly recovery tests that validate our clients' resilience strategies.

Natalie Brooks

Security Operations Manager

Manages the 24/7 SOC with 8 years of enterprise operations experience. Natalie ensures consistent, high-quality monitoring and rapid triage of security events across all client environments.

Oliver Stanton

Principal Detection Engineer

Detection expertise spanning 11 years in threat intelligence, adversary simulation, and detection rule development. Oliver designs and tunes the behavioral models that power Raspberry Bastion's threat detection capabilities.

Hannah Collins

Governance and Risk Lead

Compliance and risk management specialist with expertise in ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2, and regulatory frameworks. Hannah helps clients build governance programs that stand up to audits and demonstrate mature controls.

James Mercer

Senior Infrastructure Architect

Infrastructure design expert with 13 years building resilient, segmented, zero-trust environments. James architects hardened infrastructure for clients and leads infrastructure security assessments.

Sophie Langford

Client Success Director

Client success leadership with 9 years driving adoption and retention. Sophie ensures every Raspberry Bastion engagement delivers measurable outcomes and maintains long-term strategic alignment with client needs.

Benjamin Carter

Threat Intelligence Lead

Threat intelligence specialist with 10 years of adversary profiling and campaign analysis experience. Benjamin leads threat research and intelligence operations that inform detection, hunting, and strategic threat awareness.

Chloe Fairchild

Recovery Assurance Manager

Recovery testing and validation specialist with 7 years driving quarterly testing cadences and validating runbooks. Chloe ensures clients have confidence that their recovery procedures will work when needed most.

Edward Lawson

Lead Security Consultant

Senior consultant with 12 years advising executives on security strategy and risk management. Edward leads assessments, designs implementation roadmaps, and ensures security initiatives align with business outcomes.

Meet the Team

Every member of our team brings specialized expertise and genuine commitment to your success. Let's discuss how we can help you build resilience.

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