Andrew Cope
Principal Security Consultant
Andrew leads security strategy, technical assessment, compliance readiness, risk management, and security program development.
About
Practical security and compliance advisory for SaaS teams.
Trust Mountain Consulting helps teams satisfy customer and audit expectations while keeping engineering focused.
Security policy should match how the company works.
The work is designed for teams that need controls that are clear, owned, evidence-ready, and realistic for the company stage.
Trust Mountain Consulting is led by Andrew Cope, Principal Security Consultant, and Walt Welsh, Principal Operations Advisor.
Andrew is a security and technology leader with experience building security programs, governing access and audit workflows, and leading technical teams in SaaS and regulated environments.
His background includes CTO-level responsibility, identity and access management work for financial institutions, SOC 2 implementation, compliance operations, DevOps automation, and hands-on infrastructure experience.
The approach is plainspoken and operational. Compliance automation should reduce manual effort, not create false confidence. Audit readiness should be built through repeatable habits, not last-minute scrambling.
His credentials include CISSP, CySA+, Security+, Network+, Project+, ITIL Foundation, and Linux Essentials, with prior PCI Internal Security Assessor experience.
Leadership
Security depth with operational alignment.
Walt Welsh
Principal Operations Advisor
Walt leads client operations, engagement management, policy coordination, process improvement, and business alignment.
Platform Direction
Tool-informed, not tool-exclusive.
The practice is familiar with modern compliance automation platforms, but the work is tool-informed rather than tool-exclusive. The practice is built to grow with client needs, combining security leadership, compliance automation, and cloud security advisory as companies move from first audit readiness to a more mature security program.