I work as a virtual CISO and Azure solutions architect for churches, and for the kind of mission-driven businesses — dental practices, manufacturers — led by people who think the same way pastors do: stewardship first, growth second.
Ongoing security leadership — risk register, policy, vendor review, incident readiness — without the full-time executive salary.
Infrastructure designed and migrated on Microsoft Azure, sized to your actual traffic and budget, not enterprise defaults.
Secure integration, data governance, and access control for Planning Center and the systems your staff and volunteers touch every week.
An audit of what's already running. Cut what's wasted, harden what's exposed, document what's left.
The same principles that protect a congregation's data protect a patient's chart or a shop floor's uptime — stewardship, not fear. I work primarily with churches, and with marketplace leaders who run their organizations the same way.
Hardened the giving and member database behind a $2M Planning Center environment against unauthorized access and data loss.
Unified on-prem and cloud identity into one hybrid model, replacing scattered logins with real access governance.
Designed a just-in-time, autopiloted provisioning system so new Mac devices arrive secured and ready — no manual setup.
Led risk management around AI tool adoption and PII exposure, keeping innovation from outrunning governance.
Stood up centralized monitoring so incidents get caught early, not after the fact.
Applied for and helped secure Azure grant funding for a client, cutting cloud costs while expanding capability.
We map what's actually running today and what's actually at risk — not a generic checklist.
A prioritized, plain-language plan, ranked by risk and fit to your budget — you'll know exactly what you're paying for and why.
Architecture and controls get implemented or overseen, with documentation you actually own.
Ongoing fractional oversight — reviewed on a set cadence, not just when something breaks.
Aiden Rathburn studied electrical engineering at Arizona State University, and an IT internship during that time set the direction that led here. Aiden is a fractional CISO and Azure solutions architect based in Angola, Indiana, with hands-on experience driving thought leadership and cyber risk management inside churches — including deep experience integrating and securing Planning Center (PCO). Aiden has also led Global Leadership Summit programming across three campuses for three years, giving direct fluency in how churches operate and make decisions — not just how to secure them.
That same stewardship-first approach carries into work with marketplace leaders, drawing on direct experience in dental and manufacturing environments — grounded throughout in a genuine pull toward leadership, IT, thought leadership, and growth.