What we do
Two pillars, one embedded team. Because the people who write your software also understand the threat model, security is built in — not bolted on.
Tailor-made software
Software that fits how your business actually works, instead of forcing your workflow to fit someone else's product.
- Custom web apps & internal tools
- Automation & system integration
- Data pipelines & reporting
- Practical AI / LLM features
- Legacy modernization
Security solutions
The same forward-deployed approach applied to protecting what you build and run.
- Threat intelligence & detection engineering
- Exposure & attack-surface analysis
- Secure development & hardening
- Custom security tooling
- Security readiness (NIST CSF)
How we work — forward-deployed
Most consultancies take a requirements document, disappear for three months, and hand back a black box. Forward-deployed engineering is the opposite.
We deploy to you
Our engineers join your standups, chat, repo, and roadmap — working in your context, learning the business.
Solve the real problem
Not a spec to fulfil — the shortest path to the outcome you're actually after.
Transparent
You see and steer progress continuously. No surprises at the end, because there's no black box.
No lock-in
You own the code, the infrastructure, and the documentation. Knowledge transfer is a deliverable.
Right-sizing — how we make it affordable
Forward-deployed engineering is premium, and we won't pretend otherwise. What makes it work for a growing company is that we scope to your problem and your budget: we assess the work, estimate the time to real value, and propose the smallest arrangement that gets you there. Start small, prove value, scale only if it's worth it.
Flagship — FireWatch // CTI
The clearest proof of both pillars in one project: a cyber threat-intelligence platform we designed and built end-to-end.
FireWatch//CTI
Turns the firehose of public threat reporting into decision-ready intelligence — a serious product in a hard domain, built entirely by us.
- Collects & de-duplicates 30+ intel sources into ranked events
- Attributes activity to threat actors with explainable confidence
- Models blast radius — how far an attacker could reach in a network
- 100% client-side · open data · no per-seat licensing
Founder
For a services business, the team is the product.
Michael Karnes
Let's talk.
If you have a process that should be software, or a security question you don't have the in-house team to answer, we'll start by understanding your problem and proposing the smallest engagement that solves it.
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