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Assessment
Often, a key first step is illuminating the current reality. How close or far are you from a Zero Trust architecture? What is your MTTD and how much faster can be achieved? Where are your largest vulnerabilities and the risk you will own if you don’t address them?
Our Assessment services are here to provide objective answers so you can chart a clear path to measured improvement.
We do:
Security Risk Assessments (NIST, ISO, HIPAA, CMMC, etc.)
Koniag conducts structured assessments aligned with leading frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, and industry-specific standards. We identify vulnerabilities, control gaps, and regulatory exposure to help clients prioritize remediation.
Supply Chain & Third-Party Risk Assessments
We analyze vendor relationships and dependencies to uncover risks introduced by third-party systems, services, and software, including those affecting SSDF, NDAA and FISMA compliance.
Regulatory Compliance Audits (FISMA, HIPAA, GLBA, SOX, etc.)
Koniag helps clients prepare for and pass formal audits by conducting pre-audit reviews and documentation readiness assessments, ensuring compliance with industry and federal mandates.
Cybersecurity Maturity Evaluations (CMMC, FISMA, NIST CSF)
We evaluate your organization’s current security posture and maturity against recognized models, providing a clear roadmap for advancement toward full compliance and resilience.
Incident Response Readiness Reviews
We assess and test your organization’s preparedness to detect and respond to incidents, providing actionable recommendations to close response and containment gaps.
Penetration Testing (External/Internal/Red Team)
Our experienced red teams simulate real-world attacks to identify exploitable vulnerabilities in networks, applications, and user behaviors before adversaries can exploit them.
Threat Modeling & Attack Surface Mapping
We identify critical assets, map data flows, and model potential threat vectors to help clients proactively secure their environment against the most relevant attack scenarios.
Vulnerability Scanning & Prioritization
We provide comprehensive vulnerability scanning with context-driven risk scoring to help clients prioritize and address the issues that matter most.
Prevention
What doesn’t get through can’t hurt you. Each enterprise or agency is unique, so we create custom prevention-focused suites of solutions tailored to your industry and your threats. Modern architectures, modern tools including the smart deployment of AI, and continuous monitoring technologies will be deployed with one goal in mind: Prevent the highest % of threats from ever getting in.
We do:
Zero Trust Architecture Design & Implementation
We help organizations transition from perimeter-based defenses to Zero Trust architectures, including identity verification, micro-segmentation, and continuous access evaluation.
Identity & Access Management (IAM/PAM) Solutions
Koniag designs and deploys robust IAM and PAM systems to enforce least-privilege access and mitigate credential-based attacks.
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Koniag deploys CSPM solutions to identify misconfigurations, enforce security policies, and maintain continuous compliance across cloud-native and hybrid environments.
Security Program Development & Governance
Koniag helps clients design and implement security governance programs, including policies, risk management processes, control frameworks, and executive reporting structures.
Software Supply Chain Security & SBOM Validation
We help clients validate third-party software through SBOM analysis, code integrity verification, and compliance with NDAA and EO 14028 requirements.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Configuration
We configure and optimize modern EPP tools to protect against malware, ransomware, and fileless attacks, supporting hybrid workforces across regulated environments.
OT & ICS Hardening for Critical Infrastructure
Koniag hardens operational technology and ICS environments with network segmentation, asset visibility, and secure protocol enforcement.
Secure Configuration Management
Our teams help implement hardened system baselines, automated configuration enforcement, and continuous compliance monitoring.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Strategy & Controls
Koniag designs and enforces DLP policies to protect sensitive data in motion, at rest, and in use, meeting HIPAA, GLBA, and other regulatory requirements.
Detection
Sometimes, malware or bad actors are going to get in. Your success here depends on how quickly you can detect and assess individual threats, so you can take the most sound course of action. Detection protocols require customized fine-tuning so your services stay up and running, while threats are evaluated in real-time.
We do:
24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) Support
Koniag provides around-the-clock monitoring and alert triage with Tier 1–Tier 3 SOC support capabilities, customized to client environments.
Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
We deliver turnkey MDR services that combine advanced analytics, threat intelligence, and rapid response to reduce dwell time.
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR/XDR) Deployment
Our teams deploy and manage industry-leading EDR and XDR tools that detect and contain endpoint and lateral movement threats in real-time.
AI-Powered Threat Hunting & Behavioral Analytics
We proactively search for indicators of compromise and behavioral anomalies using both signature-based and AI-driven techniques.
SIEM Implementation & Tuning
Koniag configures, tunes, and manages SIEM platforms to ensure high-fidelity alerts, log coverage, and actionable intelligence.
Cloud Threat Detection & Alerting
We integrate cloud-native tools and third-party platforms to monitor and detect threats in AWS, Azure, and multi-cloud environments.
Response
Not every threat is created equal, yet some are vicious. How quickly you can contain, eradicate, and recover can mean the difference between disrupted services for millions or a major crisis averted. Post-incident? It’s time to learn and continuously improve.
We do:
Incident Response as a Service (IRaaS)
We offer rapid deployment of response teams to contain and remediate incidents, including malware outbreaks, data breaches, and insider threats.
Breach Containment & Eradication Services
Koniag isolates affected systems, removes malicious code, and restores operational integrity while minimizing downtime and data loss.
Incident Response Planning & Playbook Development
Koniag helps clients create actionable IR plans and playbooks tailored to different threat scenarios and aligned with regulatory expectations.
Ransomware Negotiation & Remediation Support
Our teams support ransomware incident management, including negotiation, decryption efforts, and full recovery.
Forensic Investigation & Root Cause Analysis
Our digital forensics experts investigate the full scope and impact of incidents, preserve evidence, and identify root causes to guide recovery and legal response.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning
Koniag designs and tests DR and BCP plans to ensure operational resilience and regulatory alignment.
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