Cyber Talent for

Critical Infrastructure

Decreasing time & effort.

Increasing quality.

Without compromise.

Trusted by security leaders at

Datacor logoNomios logoBritish Airways logoForvis Mazars logoEquinix logoJamf logo

What We Deliver

Hiring managers across the UK are regularly told there is a shortage of cybersecurity talent.

We disagree.

The issue is not a lack of people. It is a lack of access to credible, role-ready talent — especially for organisations running essential services, complex supply chains, and mixed IT/OT estates.

Foundations Search is a specialist cyber search partner for the UK's critical infrastructure — aviation, transport, communications, energy and utilities, data centres, and adjacent regulated environments.

We combine deep market knowledge, IT/OT literacy, and proactive engagement to build small, high-signal shortlists with pace and precision.

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Proven Track Record

98%

FEWER CVS TO REVIEW

80%

CV-INTERVIEW RATIO

100%

OFFER ACCEPTANCE

66%

FASTER TIME TO HIRE

Cyber Transformation Programme

Metric
Foundations
Direct
Average Submissions
9
420
CV-to-interview ratio
78%
1%
Offer acceptance ratio
100%
68%
Time to hire
4 weeks
9–18 weeks

"Since introducing Foundations to assist with our cyber transformation project, they have continued to impress with their speed to market and calibre of candidates."

— Cyber Talent Manager, British Airways

Operational Security Functions

Metric
Foundations
Direct
Average Submissions
6
385
CV-to-interview ratio
83%
<1%
Offer acceptance ratio
100%
60%
Time to hire
4 weeks
12+ weeks

"I've worked with them across two organisations & they've consistently found the right people. Their process is efficient, transparent, and effective."

— Information Security Director, Forvis Mazars

Aggregate figures drawn from completed mandates across financial services, critical infrastructure and technology sectors, 2020–2026. Individual engagement metrics are detailed in the case studies below.

Want to Know How We Do It?

In critical environments, hiring isn't about keyword-matching CVs. It's about finding people with the judgement and credibility to operate in high-consequence settings.

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Role Shaping

We help you shape roles around resilience outcomes, not generic titles.

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Targeted Engagement

We engage the small pool of cyber talent with OT/IT judgement and credibility.

Capability Benchmarking

We benchmark the capability you actually need for regulated contexts.

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Time-Boxed Process

A tight, efficient process delivering a high-quality shortlist with pace.

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Free Report

UK Critical Infrastructure Cyber Talent Risk Report

Our annual report reframes cyber security talent as a resilience dependency — not just a hiring challenge.

Covering structural capability gaps, pipeline leakage, clearance bottlenecks and the real roles organisations need to reduce risk across UK Critical National Infrastructure.

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95%

Of UK CNI organisations experienced a cyber breach

£14.7bn

Cost of cyber-attacks to UK businesses annually

48%

Of nationally significant incidents targeted CNI sectors

44%

Of organisations lack internal security capability

Latest Insights

Perspectives on the trends shaping cyber talent across critical national infrastructure.

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Gyles Whitnall

"I can't recommend Gyles and the team at Foundations enough. We struggled to find a suitable candidate for 5 months, Foundations found 3 perfect candidates in 24 hours."

Manager of EMEA & APAC Network Engineering, Equinix