About Us
Built on Heritage.
Focused on Resilience.
Strong Heritage Risk Advisors combines deep expertise in cybersecurity, compliance, and IT risk with a heritage-centered approach that protects both operations and legacy.
Our Story
Strong Heritage Risk Advisors (SHRA) is a leading Compliance, Cybersecurity, and IT Risk advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations safeguard their operations, data, and reputations in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Founded in 2021 by Yokota D. Strong, a banking executive, FinTech leader, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and Chief Compliance Officer, SHRA bridges the worlds of financial governance and cybersecurity innovation. With over two decades of experience in financial services, regulatory compliance, and technology risk management, SHRA provides Fractional CISO services, compliance leadership, and strategic cybersecurity advisory to organizations across industries and borders.
As a diversely owned firm — proudly representing Black, Veteran, and LGBTQ leadership — SHRA brings a unique perspective to enterprise resilience. We believe that effective risk management goes beyond technology and policy; it is deeply connected to an organization’s heritage, culture, and purpose. Every business operates within a distinct community and context. We help leaders design compliance and cybersecurity frameworks that honor those realities while meeting the highest standards of protection and governance.
Our philosophy is simple: cyber resilience begins with cultural intelligence. By blending modern security frameworks with an understanding of organizational identity, SHRA ensures clients are not only compliant and secure, but also positioned to thrive — preserving both their business continuity and their legacy.
Our Founder
Yokota D. Strong
Founder & Executive Advisor | Fractional CISO & Compliance Strategist
Yokota Strong is a seasoned executive and cybersecurity strategist with over 20 years of leadership experience across banking, FinTech, and regulatory compliance. As both a Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, he has guided institutions through enterprise-wide transformations in cyber governance, data protection, and operational resilience.
His unique ability to translate complex risk and regulatory frameworks into business value allows organizations to strengthen security while fostering innovation.
Grounded in a legacy of resilience, leadership, and service, Yokota brings a heritage-centered approach to risk advisory — one that values integrity, stewardship, and continuity. He believes that protecting an organization’s systems and data is inseparable from protecting its purpose, people, and community. Through this lens, SHRA helps companies safeguard not just their operations, but the legacy they are building for future generations.
Our Culture & Values
At Strong Heritage Risk Advisors, we believe in maintaining a compliant, ethical company and extend these values to our relationships, partnerships, and customer solutions. We pride ourselves on ensuring that our policies, practices, guidance, and partnerships uphold environmental considerations, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as strong corporate governance from our stakeholders and the boards of directors we partner with.
Our mission includes a special emphasis on supporting low and moderate-income communities, businesses, entrepreneurs, and community development financial institutions
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Ethics
Our strategies help guide organizations on how to put ethical business practices into action within their everyday business operations. -
Equity
Our approach to DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) is Strong. We provide best practices for organizations seeking to objectively evaluate and proactively take action to ensure an equitable culture is present and sustained. -
Environmental
Our approach to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is comprehensive. Let us help your Board of Directors strengthen its resiliency strategy today!