Cybersecurity consultancy · Hong Kong

The practical layers of security — done carefully, for technology companies.

YK Cyber is a boutique cybersecurity consultancy working with international technology companies on security operations, incident response, identity, and automation.

Deliberately small. Fully remote. Built around context, not scale.

Four disciplines, tightly integrated.

Security operations

Detection engineering, alert triage, SIEM content ownership, and SOC process design. We build and operate the monitoring layer, or integrate with an existing one.

Incident response

Investigation, containment, remediation, and post-incident review. Playbook design for the incidents that actually happen — credential compromise, SaaS-originated phishing, OAuth abuse.

Identity & access governance

Human and non-human identity: SSO architecture, MFA policy, privileged access, service account hygiene, and secrets management. The identity layer underpins everything else.

Security automation

SOAR playbook engineering, automated response orchestration, and reducing operational toil across the security stack. Cheap playbooks are common; good ones are rare.

Where we have meaningful depth.

SplunkSIEM engineering
OktaIdentity & SSO
WizCloud security posture
PagerDutyIncident operations
AWSCloud security
GitHubCode & identity security
WorkatoAutomation
AkeylessSecrets management
Appgate SDPZero trust access
Google WorkspaceSaaS security

Long retainers. Narrow focus.

Engagements are typically structured as ongoing monthly retainers with a defined scope and named deliverables, rather than fixed-hour blocks. This reflects the nature of security work: the value is in continuity and context, not in billable minutes.

We take on a small number of clients at any time. Availability is intentionally limited.

To start a conversation.

Email
Principal
Yacov Y. Kotev
Office
Unit 2A, 17/F, Glenealy Tower
No. 1 Glenealy, Central
Hong Kong SAR

Registration
YOURKEY COUNSELING LIMITED
HK Business Registration 78399378
Incorporated 3 July 2025