Securing your digital footprint. Guiding your AI future.

The digital landscape for SMEs is changing faster than ever. To stay competitive and secure, you need to know exactly what the outside world sees when it looks at your organization (Recon), and you need to know how to safely harness the power of artificial intelligence on the inside (Robots).

At Recon and Robots, we bridge the gap between external cyber exposure and internal AI adoption. We help organizations move beyond the anxiety of emerging technologies and complex cyber threats, transforming them into secure, defensible, and measurable business advantages.

The Problem We Solve

Today's SMEs are caught in a difficult position. Your attack surface is expanding into the cloud, and your teams are eagerly adopting AI tools—often faster than leadership can establish the rules. "Shadow AI" is becoming the new shadow IT.

Traditional cybersecurity and tech consulting can be frustrating. It is often overly technical, open-ended, and expensive. We recognized a desperate need for clarity, predictability, and action.

Our Approach

We don't do open-ended consulting or confusing, jargon-heavy reports. We believe in clarity over complexity. Our approach is built on three core pillars:

  • Plain-English Risk Translation: We turn complex technical exposures and AI governance gaps into clear, prioritized, board-ready insights. You will always understand the what, the why, and the how.

  • Scoped, Fixed-Fee Engagements: Whether it is a rapid exposure assessment or a 90-day automation sprint, our services are strictly scoped and priced upfront. You know exactly what you are getting, when you are getting it, and how much it costs.

  • Practical Next Steps: We don't just hand you a list of problems. We deliver sensible roadmaps, quick wins, and hands-on remediation to ensure your exposure doesn't quietly creep back in.

What We Do

We provide specialized, high-impact services tailored for SMEs who want a credible answer to their cyber and AI risks:

  • Cyber Reconnaissance: External attack surface mapping, OSINT sweeps, and footprint reviews to show you exactly what attackers, competitors, or unauthorized parties can see.

  • AI Readiness & Governance: Practical reviews of how your organization is using tools like Copilot and ChatGPT, highlighting data risks, EU AI Act gaps, and providing a safe adoption roadmap.

  • Secure Automation Delivery: We help you build secure workflows and AI-assisted monitoring to reduce manual effort and improve your controls within actionable timeframes (like our 90-Day Sprints).

  • Continuous Oversight: Through our advisory retainers, we act as your experienced guide, providing ongoing exposure monitoring and leadership support without the cost of a full-time specialist.

Who We Serve

Our services are designed for SME leadership, boards, and IT stakeholders who want to adopt AI safely, securely, and defensibly. We are for organizations ready to move from informal AI use and ad hoc cyber checks to a proper, measurable action plan.

Paul Cunningham

Founder, Recon & Robots

Paul Cunningham is the founder of Recon & Robots, a cyber security and AI advisory consultancy helping SMEs see what is exposed, secure what matters, and adopt AI safely. With over 25 years of senior IT leadership experience in regulated environments, Paul combines attacker-minded reconnaissance, lawful OSINT, infrastructure insight, AI governance, and plain-English reporting to help organisations turn hidden risk into clear, practical action.

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