The firm
Built by auditors.
For companies who deserve better.
Lumina Risk Advisory is an IT audit firm that exists for one reason: to give every organization the same caliber of compliance guidance that Fortune 500 companies receive. Without the Big 4 price tag or the junior-associate delivery model.
The team
Big 4 trained.
Client-side focused.
Our principals started their careers inside Big 4 audit and advisory practices — running IT audit engagements across some of the most complex and heavily scrutinised organisations in financial services, technology, and healthcare.
But they also went further. Before founding Lumina, members of the team moved in-house, taking on IT audit, compliance, and controls leadership roles directly within industry — inside financial institutions, SaaS companies, and technology firms. That experience on the client side shapes how we engage: we know what it's actually like to build a program under real operational pressure, not just assess one.
Lumina was founded on a straightforward premise: that experience and rigour shouldn't be reserved for the largest enterprises. Every engagement we run is delivered by the same calibre of practitioner a Fortune 500 company would expect — without the overhead, the hand-offs, or the junior-associate delivery model.
Senior delivery isn't a differentiator we market. It's a constraint we operate under. We only take on what we can staff with principals.
Prior firms
Big 4
Audit & advisory practices
Experience per principal
8+ years
On these exact engagements
Industries
Delivery model
Credentials
Verifiable.
Not decorative.
Every credential listed here is active, verified, and relevant to the work we do. We don't list certifications that expired or were earned in a different specialty.
Certified Information Systems Auditor
The gold standard for IT audit and control professionals. Covers IS audit process, governance, acquisition, development, maintenance, and operations.
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Qualified to plan, lead, and report on ISO 27001 Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits against the full Annex A control set.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Broad security architecture credential covering access control, cryptography, network security, and risk management. Aligned with NIST and ISO frameworks.
Big 4 firms are extraordinary for large enterprises.
They have the bench depth, the brand, and the relationships for multi-year, multi-entity audit programs. But for a 200-person SaaS company running its first SOC 2, or a fintech heading into Year 1 of SOX, the model breaks down. You pay for the brand, and the work gets delegated down.
- Partner kicks off, associates deliver
- Hourly billing with scope creep risk
- Templated controls and generic policies
- Junior staff learning on your engagement
- Same senior person, start to finish
- Fixed fee, scoped before we start
- Controls designed for your actual workflow
- Senior practitioner across every deliverable
- Cleaner evidence, fewer auditor questions
- Budget certainty from week one
- A program that sustains beyond the audit
- Direct access to the person with the answers
Let's talk about
your program.
We'll tell you honestly where you stand and what the path to audit-ready looks like.