QL Security

QL Security is a UK-based AI security and governance consultancy helping mid-market organisations adopt AI with confidence. Co-founded by John Airey and Jason Holloway - both with decades of hands-on information security experience - we work with businesses in regulated sectors including financial services, healthcare, professional services, and the public sector. John is Manchester-based and has called the city home for over 40 years.

Our approach is built around a simple belief: good governance doesn't slow AI adoption down, it speeds it up. We call this the Speed Paradox. Through our Assess. Implement. Assure. framework, we help organisations understand their AI risk exposure, build practical controls, and maintain ongoing assurance as their AI use evolves.

Our services cover the full AI risk lifecycle - from initial security assessments and gap analysis, through governance programme design, policy development and compliance readiness for frameworks including ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act, to ongoing independent verification that AI systems continue to behave as intended. For organisations that need senior AI risk expertise without a full-time hire, we also offer a Virtual AI Risk Officer on a fractional basis.

Vendor-neutral and pragmatic, we focus on what actually works - not what's easiest to sell.