About Stoneveil Advisory

Built for environments where visibility is risk.

Stoneveil Advisory was founded to serve a client profile that conventional security and technology firms are poorly equipped to support — the ultra-high-net-worth principal who needs rigorous, discreet, and operationally coherent advice, not enterprise-grade tooling repackaged for a household.

The Principal
Dr. Steven Wilson
Founder & Principal Advisor
Dr. Steven Wilson

Certified Chief AI Officer ·  CIO  ·  CISO  ·  CTO

Ph.D. Computer Science  ·  AWS  ·  CCNP  ·  CATO SASE Expert  ·  35+ Years

Dr. Wilson is a globally recognized technology executive with over 35 years leading enterprise IT transformation across gaming, sports, manufacturing, and high technology sectors. As Global Head of Infrastructure and CISO at a multibillion-dollar international company, he built and secured backbone systems powering operations for tens of thousands of employees worldwide.

He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, graduate certificates from MIT and Harvard, and over 30 industry certifications across cloud, networking, and security. Stoneveil Advisory draws directly on this depth — applying enterprise-grade rigour to private, principal-level environments where the standard playbook does not apply.

Principal Privacy CISO Advisory Cyber Resilience Cloud Architecture Zero Trust AI Governance Operational Continuity
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Most security advice is written for organisations — defined perimeters, IT departments, and security teams. The UHNW principal operates differently. Their risk surface spans personal identity, household staff, travel, legal structures, family members, advisors, vendors, and reputation. It moves constantly, and it cannot be handed to a helpdesk.

Stoneveil Advisory was built to operate at that intersection — carrying the Chief Information and Resilience Officer function for clients who need the strategic and oversight capability without a full-time internal hire. Every engagement is principal-led, bespoke, and designed to eventually make itself unnecessary: we build the capability, the framework, and the governance — and then we govern it with you, not for you.

"The goal is not to sell more advisory hours. The goal is to build environments that don't need constant attention."

The advisory practice is intentionally small. Capacity is limited and client relationships are long-term. We do not take on engagements we cannot serve well, and we do not compete on price.

01

Discretion is structural

Confidentiality is not a policy preference — it is designed into how we communicate, document, and operate. Client identities and engagements are never referenced.

02

Advice over dependency

We build frameworks, train judgement, and govern controls. We do not create dependency on Stoneveil to manage day-to-day operations.

03

UHNW-first thinking

Enterprise frameworks applied to principal environments create friction and false confidence. Our frameworks are built from the ground up for the UHNW operating context.


Open research & methodology

Published frameworks and tools.

Selected methodologies and tools developed through the advisory practice are published openly. Transparency in method builds trust in application.