Product controls
AuthN/AuthZ, audit trails, encryption in transit and at rest, and break-glass on a sovereign estate.
Core engineering
Daniel Reeves, CISSP
Principal Security Engineer. He designs the controls that sit on the buyer’s estate and in front of Thales or Entrust HSMs.
Role
Daniel is the engineer who hardens the product: secrets, identity, audit logs, key custody, and how those controls look in an air-gapped install.
Background
Independent principal engineer (CISSP) retained on the Nexus core. He works alongside the ISO 27001 advisory seat — Samuel Okonkwo advises the ISMS programme; Daniel implements product-level controls.
HSM options: Thales and Entrust. Inject Group Ltd holds Cyber Essentials. An ISO 27001 formal audit is in progress (target Q4 2026).
What this seat is for
HSM integration
How payment and TLS key material can sit in a Thales or Entrust module the buyer already operates.
NDA pack evidence
Technical answers that feed the vendor security pack issued after NDA.
Engagement
Retained Principal Security Engineer (CISSP). Samuel Okonkwo advises the ISMS programme; Daniel implements product-level controls.