Research Triangle Park and the Durham–Chapel Hill corridor are dense with life-sciences firms, research spin-outs, healthcare organizations, and federal contractors — all holding data worth stealing. We bring senior security and software work to that mix, from our Cary headquarters down the road.
Organizations here tend to have valuable intellectual property, regulated data, or federal obligations — often all three — with lean IT teams. That is the profile our practice is built for.
Identity-first access control, data classification, and monitoring for life-sciences and research-driven companies.
Audit-ready posture for healthcare organizations, health-tech startups, and DoD-adjacent contractors in RTP.
Reviews for teams building with AI — prompt injection, agent permissions, and data flowing to model providers.
A practical 90-day path to Zero Trust for organizations without a dedicated security leader.
Secure internal tools, portals, and apps for startups and research groups that need production-quality software.
Response plans, tabletop drills, and hands-on help when something happens.
RTP and Durham biotech, CROs, and lab-services firms protecting research data and intellectual property.
University-adjacent startups moving from grant-funded research to products that customers must trust.
Practices, clinics, and health-tech companies needing HIPAA-aligned security and resilient accounts.
RTP-corridor DoD and federal-civilian contractors preparing for CMMC Level 2 and DFARS obligations.
Durham startups launching AI features or preparing for their first SOC 2 audit.
Firms running legacy OT alongside modern IT that need segmentation and visibility.
Firms serving the research and healthcare economy that hold sensitive client data.
25–250-person companies whose investor, customer, or insurer just asked the security question.
We are headquartered in Cary, close to Research Triangle Park, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Most work runs remotely, and on-site discovery, architecture reviews, and incident response sessions happen wherever they are most useful.
The work is led by Leo, a Principal Architect whose background spans defensive cyber operations for the Department of Defense, public-safety systems, and enterprise security architecture — CISSP plus twelve GIAC certifications.
Yes. We serve Durham, Research Triangle Park, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Morrisville from our Cary headquarters, with in-person meetings available across the area.
Yes. We start by finding where the valuable data actually lives, then put identity-first access controls, data classification, and monitoring around it — scaled to a lean team.
Yes. We run readiness assessments, scoping (including CUI enclaves), and remediation, then support you through the assessment. Formal certification comes from an accredited C3PAO.
Yes. An AI security audit tests for prompt injection, over-privileged agents, retrieval data leaks, and unsafe data flows to model providers, and gives you specific fixes before customers find the problems.
We take a limited number of engagements per quarter. Discovery typically starts within 2–3 weeks of intake — sometimes faster for urgent security or incident work. Confirmed start dates come after the first scoping call.
Every conversation goes directly to Leo, the founder. He’ll respond within one business day.