Protect Management
In hotels, cyber risk becomes management risk the moment someone asks: “Who approved this access?”, “Was MFA required?”, “Were staff trained?”, “Did you review vendors?”, “Where is the documentation?” OBRYN Guard is built to protect leadership by turning cyber controls into an auditable management system: named owners, enforced policies, logged actions, and proof packs ready for insurance, auditors, and boards.
What management is actually on the hook for
Leadership doesn’t get blamed for “being hacked.” They get blamed for weak governance: unclear ownership, inconsistent enforcement, no training records, unmanaged vendors, and missing evidence.
- No named owners for controls
- Policies exist but aren’t enforced
- Exceptions handled informally
- No review cadence or sign-off
- Shared logins / admin sprawl
- MFA not required everywhere
- Vendor access persists indefinitely
- No escalation path during a shift
- Cannot prove training happened
- Cannot prove access reviews happened
- Cannot show remediation plans
- Evidence scattered across emails
The Executive Shield (how OBRYN protects leadership)
OBRYN Guard turns cyber work into a management system that stands up under scrutiny: enforce, document, review, and prove.
- Control owners by domain (access, email, vendors, training)
- Approvers for exceptions
- Escalation contacts (shift-safe)
- Accountability for closure
- Ownership map export
- Escalation path chart
- Exception approver list
- Responsibility matrix (simple)
- MFA required for staff and admins
- Least-privilege roles (front desk ≠ admin)
- Shared login elimination or control
- Access reviews with sign-off
- MFA status report
- Admin inventory
- Access rosters by system
- Review sign-offs
- Role-based training (front desk / managers / night audit)
- Phishing decision rules tied to hotel workflows
- Fast reporting flow
- Policy acknowledgements
- Training completion logs
- Playbooks + SOPs
- Policy packet + acknowledgements
- Drill record log
- Vendor inventory + relationship owner
- Remote access method + time windows
- Vendor account rosters
- Offboarding logs
- Vendor roster export
- Remote access policy
- Review sign-offs
- Offboarding record
- Executive summary (1 page)
- Control evidence exports
- Review cadence record
- Exception register + remediation plan
- Shows due diligence
- Shows enforcement
- Shows ownership
- Shows continuous improvement
What leadership can say (and prove)
Clean, defensible statements backed by exports and records.
- MFA is required for staff and admins
- Admin access is limited and named
- Shared logins are controlled
- Access is reviewed on cadence
- Staff training is role-based and logged
- Phishing reporting is operational
- Decision rules exist for high-risk requests
- Drills are recorded
- Vendors are inventoried and owned
- Exceptions are documented and time-bound
- Remediation is tracked to closure
- Evidence is exportable on demand