Operator
Good afternoon, and welcome to the SideChannel Fiscal 12 months 2026 Q1 Monetary Outcomes Replace. [Operator Instructions]
It’s now my pleasure to show the ground over to your host, CEO of SideChannel, Brian Haugli. Brian, the ground is yours.
Brian Haugli
CEO & Director
Thanks. Good afternoon, everybody, and thanks for becoming a member of us. This quarter continues our transition from a labor-driven cybersecurity companies firm right into a scalable safety platform firm constructed round repeatable applications, recurring income and our proprietary know-how.
Our mission stays clear. We make enterprise-grade cybersecurity operational for organizations that can’t rent or retain a full safety management workforce. And we try this by 3 built-in capabilities: One, our proprietary know-how, Enclave; two, vCISO management; and three, compliance and danger administration applications. Our technique is straightforward: transfer clients from consulting engagements into operational safety platforms.
I need to contact excessive degree on some monetary outcomes, after which we’ll go to Ryan for some extra particulars. Income declined modestly year-over-year, however gross margins improved, and that is intentional. We’re prioritizing higher-value repeatable engagements and technology-enabled applications over workers augmentation type consulting. Within the short-term, that reduces high line companies income, nevertheless it strengthens long-term economics and buyer retention. We’re intentionally buying and selling short-term income for sturdy income.
With that, I need to go over to Ryan Polk, our CFO, for his feedback. Ryan? Sorry, people we’re having a little bit little bit of technical difficulties at first… Oh, there he’s. Thanks, Ryan.
Ryan Polk
CFO & Secretary
Thanks, Brian. Sure, sure. No issues. Thanks. Sure, I simply need to remind everybody on the decision that our fiscal 12 months ends in September. So we
