Strategy → Controls → Proof — Tailored to Your Risk & Roadmap
Cyber Consulting with SolveForce blends executive strategy and hands-on engineering.
We don’t stop at slideware—we design and ship controls, wire them to evidence, and leave you with runbooks + metrics that hold up in audits and real incidents.
Related pages:
🔐 Security Ops → /cybersecurity • 📊 Evidence → /siem-soar • 🚨 IR → /incident-response • 🧪 Exercises → /tabletop
👤 Identity → /iam • 🔐 Privileged → /pam • 🚪 Access → /ztna / /nac / /sase
🔑 Custody → /key-management • /secrets-management • /encryption
🧱 Segmentation → /microsegmentation • 🌐 Edge → /waf • /ddos
☁️ Cloud → /cloud • 🧭 Governance → /data-governance • 🔏 Privacy → /dlp
💾 Continuity → /cloud-backup • /backup-immutability • /draas
🔧 Delivery → /infrastructure-as-code • /devops • 💸 Spend → /finops
🎯 Outcomes (Why SolveForce Cyber Consulting)
- A plan you can execute — 12–18 month roadmap prioritized by risk & ROI.
- Controls that work — Zero-Trust, detection, continuity, and data safeguards implemented as code.
- Readiness for bad days — IR playbooks, TTX cadence, and clean-point recovery for ransomware.
- Audit-grade evidence — logs, approvals, configs, and drills exportable to auditors.
- Cost control — right-size security stack, automate toil, and measure value with SLOs.
🧭 Scope (What We Do)
- Strategy & Risk — control framework mapping (NIST/ISO/SOC2/PCI/HIPAA/CMMC/FedRAMP), risk register & POA&M.
- Zero-Trust Architecture — ZTNA/SASE for users; NAC at ports; microsegmentation for workloads; policy-as-code. → /ztna • /nac • /microsegmentation
- Identity & Privilege — SSO/MFA, RBAC/ABAC, JIT/PIM + PAM with session recording; workload identity (no long-lived keys). → /iam • /pam
- Keys & Secrets — KMS/HSM CMKs; envelope encryption; vault; rotation and dual control. → /key-management • /secrets-management • /encryption
- Detection & Automation — SIEM rules, use-cases, and SOAR playbooks (isolate, revoke, rekey, patch). → /siem-soar
- Boundary & API Security — WAF/Bot, DDoS stance, quotas/rate, HMAC/JWS signing, schema validation. → /waf • /ddos
- Data & Privacy — labeling, DLP, tokenization, retention/residency, lineage & contracts. → /data-governance • /dlp
- Continuity — immutable backups (WORM), DR tiers & drills, comms runbooks. → /cloud-backup • /backup-immutability • /draas
🧱 Building Blocks (Spelled Out)
- Policy-as-Code — enforce encryption/tags/deny-public in CI; IaC diffs in Git with approvals. → /infrastructure-as-code
- Least-Privilege by Default — RBAC/ABAC, SoD, JIT elevation; short-lived cloud roles; remove standing admin.
- Secretless by Design — OIDC/SPIFFE for workloads; detect & revoke static keys; rotate on mover/leaver.
- Guarded RAG for Security — SOC runbook copilot with cite-or-refuse; pre-filtered retrieval (labels/ACLs).
- Evidence Pipeline — all grants/revokes, changes, playbook actions, and drills stream to SIEM with WORM options. → /siem-soar
🧩 Reference Engagements (Pick Your Fit)
1) Zero-Trust Quickstart (8–12 weeks)
SSO/MFA + ZTNA for priority apps • NAC pilot • microseg for one crown-jewel zone • policy-as-code rails • SIEM/SOAR top-10 detections.
2) Ransomware Resilience
Object-Lock backups • clean-point catalog • DR runbooks • TTX ransomware • SOAR rotate/revoke workflows • evidence pack. → /backup-immutability • /incident-response • /tabletop
3) Cloud Assurance (Landing Zone + Controls)
Org guardrails • Private Endpoints only • keys/secrets posture • WAF/DLP front doors • ConMon dashboards • readiness for SOC2/ISO/PCI/HIPAA. → /cloud
4) Identity Overhaul (JML + PAM)
Joiner/Mover/Leaver automation • JIT/PIM + PAM recording • workload identity • quarterly certifications. → /identity-lifecycle
5) Data Protection & Privacy
Labels (PII/PHI/PAN/CUI) • DLP policies • tokenization • residency controls • lineage & contracts • AI usage guardrails (cite-or-refuse). → /data-governance • /dlp
📐 SLO Guardrails (How We Measure Impact)
| Domain | SLO / KPI | Target (Recommended) |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Joiner → productive access | ≤ 15–60 min |
| Leaver full revoke (human/priv) | ≤ 5–15 / ≤ 1–5 min | |
| Detection | MTTD (Sev-1 via SIEM correlation) | ≤ 5–10 min |
| Containment | MTTC (EDR/NAC/Zero-Trust action) | ≤ 15–30 min |
| Backups | Immutability coverage (Tier-1) | = 100% |
| DR | RTO / RPO (Tier-1) | ≤ 5–60 min / ≤ 0–15 min |
| Boundary | WAF added latency | ≤ 5–20 ms |
| Governance | Quarterly access certifications | ≥ 95–100% |
| Evidence | Completeness (audits/incidents) | = 100% |
SLO breaches create tickets and trigger SOAR (rollback, rekey, revoke, reroute) with approvals. → /siem-soar
🛠️ Implementation Blueprint (No-Surprise Delivery)
1) Assess & map — risks, controls, data classes, identity posture, backup/DR status.
2) Roadmap — 12–18 month plan; quick wins vs strategic projects; budget.
3) Build — landing zones, ZTNA/NAC/microseg, keys/secrets, SIEM/SOAR use-cases, WAF/DLP.
4) Prove — TTX & DR drills; collect artifacts; fix gaps; publish SLO boards.
5) Operate — monthly posture reviews; quarterly certifications; annual audit rehearsal; optimization backlog.
✅ Pre-Engagement Checklist
- 📋 Control frameworks & audit calendar (SOC2/ISO/PCI/HIPAA/CMMC/FedRAMP).
- 👤 Identity model (SSO/MFA, PIM/JIT), PAM, device posture (MDM/UEM + EDR).
- 🔑 Keys/secrets (KMS/HSM, vault), encryption policy.
- 🧭 Network posture (ZTNA/NAC, microseg), boundary (WAF/DDoS).
- ☁️ Cloud landing zones; Private Endpoints; ConMon coverage.
- 🗂️ Data inventory, labels, DLP/tokenization needs; AI usage policy.
- 💾 Backup/DR tiers; Object-Lock scope; TTX/DR drill cadence.
- 📊 SIEM/SOAR destinations; reporting cadence; SLO targets; risk committee touchpoints.
- 💸 Budget guardrails; top 5 quick wins; success metrics.
🔄 Where Cyber Consulting Fits (Recursive View)
1) Grammar — controls ride /connectivity & /networks-and-data-centers.
2) Syntax — delivered on /cloud / /private-cloud with /infrastructure-as-code.
3) Semantics — /cybersecurity preserves truth; /siem-soar proves it; /incident-response responds.
4) Pragmatics — /solveforce-ai surfaces risk/cost tradeoffs & recommends safe changes.