About Daniel McClure Fisher

What I work across

My range is deliberate. I work across infrastructure, networks, security, software, automation, technical operations, cost, suppliers and the people responsible for them. A family's affairs rarely divide neatly: the same question can touch a trading company's systems, a principal's own devices and email, a household network, a property manager, a bookkeeper and two or three professional advisers. A narrow specialist can answer only one part of that.

I can go into technical detail, but the work is not complete until a decision can be made and carried out. Depending on the situation, that may mean a focused investigation, a second opinion, a design, a difficult recovery, continuing responsibility for the arrangements, or bringing in a narrower specialist with a clearly defined role.

Operating experience

I founded Dead Simple Computing in 2018 and remain directly involved in client and technical work. Building and running a company makes cost, suppliers, risk and the obligations that come with them practical concerns rather than theoretical ones. That matters when the person on the other side of the table is an owner who carries the consequences personally, rather than a committee.

The work is private, for families, family offices and the businesses they own, where the value is in my range and my direct involvement rather than in a standing team.

How the DSC relationship works

This site is the dedicated route to contact me about work that I scope, lead and substantially deliver myself. Dead Simple Computing Ltd is the contracting and invoicing entity, and accepted work is delivered within its applicable insurance and governance controls. Managed IT, formal certification and work requiring a standing delivery team remain DSC company services, or are routed to another appropriate specialist.

Before a remit is agreed, I identify any commercial relationship, referral or potential conflict relevant to the decision. Recommendations are evidence-led and are not conditional on buying further implementation from me or DSC. If a different provider or specialist is a better fit, I say so.

Each engagement is separately scoped. Fees reflect direct senior involvement, complexity, discretion, limited capacity and the bespoke responsibility agreed for the work.

Discretion

I handle initial enquiries discreetly and restrict access. The first message should contain only enough information to decide the next step; it should not contain credentials, incident evidence, privileged material or unnecessary personal data. An NDA and any specific storage, communication or access requirements can be agreed before substantive material is shared.

I do not publish a client logo wall or identifiable case studies on this site. That is a deliberate handling choice.

Credentials

These are the qualifications and professional memberships relevant to the work. Where a credential belongs to Dead Simple Computing rather than to me personally, that is stated.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Information security certification covering security design, operations and management.

Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (MCIIS)

Full professional membership of the UK's chartered body for information and cyber security.

Cyber Advisor (Cyber Essentials)

Advice is delivered through Dead Simple Computing's NCSC-assured Cyber Advisor service. This does not assure unrelated services such as incident response.

Cyber Essentials Assessor

Assessment work is carried out through the applicable licensed certification-body process.

Microsoft Certified Expert

Microsoft expert-level certification.

DCC

Defence Cyber Certification Assessor, Level 0

Assessment work is carried out through the applicable licensed process. No applicant or organisation-certification mark is used as a personal badge.

How engagements work

1. Establish the facts. Define the outcome, separate evidence from assumption and identify the decision owner.
2. Set the remit. Record scope, access, authority, reporting, confidentiality and specialist support in the DSC services agreement.
3. Carry it through. Investigate, advise or lead the agreed work, record decisions and leave a usable handover.

Most work begins as a family cyber review, technology due diligence, the private digital office retainer or continuity mapping. Where a family office or a private company board needs a named security lead, or where the question is narrower and technical, there are also virtual CISO and technical consultancy routes.