Services

Security built for the systems that cannot fail.

Advisory, architecture, governance, and assessment services for critical infrastructure.

Every engagement starts with what you cannot afford to lose. Our leaders have held senior security and technology roles in the sectors we serve, and they work alongside your team to set strategy, secure IT and OT environments, meet regulatory obligations, and prepare leadership to act with confidence. Use one service on its own or combine them into a single program.

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01CISO Advisory & Amplification

Senior security leadership, when and where you need it.

Former CISOs work alongside your team to set strategy, strengthen your program, and tie cybersecurity to the outcomes your leadership and operations depend on. Engage us as an interim or virtual CISO, or as an advisor to the one you have.

Strategy and roadmapOperating modelSecure AI governance

Talk to an expert Client result: Top 5 Investor-Owned Utility

02IT/OT Strategy, Architecture & Design

Architecture that protects the process, not just the data.

Security strategies and architectures built to protect critical environments, reduce real-world risk, and keep operations running.

Target-state architectureSegmentation and industrial DMZSecure remote access

Talk to an expert Client result: U.S. Government Agency

03C-Suite, Board & Government Advisory

Clear insight for the leaders who set direction.

We give executives, boards, and government leaders a clear view of cyber risk, so they can set priorities with confidence, strengthen oversight, and lead decisively when it matters most.

Board and executive briefingsExecutive tabletop exercisesCrisis decision playbooks

Talk to an expert Client result: Regional Seaport

04Security Governance, Risk & Compliance

One clear program for every requirement.

We build practical governance, risk, and compliance programs that clarify ownership, align controls across frameworks and regulators, and turn compliance into lasting resilience.

Governance structurePolicy harmonizationConsequence-based risk

Talk to an expert Client result: Multiple Defense Clients

05Assessments & Audit Readiness

Know where you stand. Move forward with confidence.

We assess your environment against recognized standards and industry best practices, showing what is working, where to improve, and which steps will strengthen your security and readiness most.

Program maturityOT and ICS securityRegulatory readiness

Talk to an expert Client result: Multiple Defense Clients

Featured assessmentCCE Risk Assessment

Start with what you cannot afford to lose.

CI-Discern applies Consequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE), the methodology developed by Idaho National Laboratory, to identify the outcomes your organization cannot accept, map how an adversary could cause them, and engineer protections that remove or reduce those consequences.

Consequence prioritizationSystem-of-systems analysisConsequence-based targetingMitigations and protections

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Featured assessmentCMMC Advisory & Assessment

Take a risk-based approach to CMMC compliance.

Certified CMMC Professionals and Certified CMMC Assessors on staff help defense suppliers find their gaps, close them, and prepare for certification. We are not a C3PAO, so our guidance stays independent of the certification decision.

Gap assessmentCompliance advisoryReadiness assessment

Talk to an expert Client result: Multiple Defense Clients

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