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What the engagements look like in practice.

Composite engagement narratives drawn from real HFI work and prior-employer engagements. Details are anonymized and combined for client confidentiality. Outcomes and methods are not.

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AI Governance

AI governance for a CUI-handling SaaS environment

From shadow AI across product teams to a documented use-case register, NIST AI RMF-aligned policy, and dev-tool guardrails that withstood AO sign-off.

Federal SaaS provider9 weeks
RMF Advisory

RMF ATO refresh for a civilian agency mission system

A stale ATO with 47 open POA&Ms and a compressed renewal window, closed cleanly with a defensible continuous-monitoring strategy.

Mid-size civilian federal agency16 weeks
Fractional Leadership

Fractional vCISO embed unblocks an ATO renewal

No dedicated security leadership, board-level audit pressure, a 90-day window. Embedded a vCISO and walked out with a quarterly security review cadence.

B2G SaaS provider13 weeks
Workflow Modernization

Evidence-tracking modernization for a defense subcontractor

From spreadsheets and email chains to a dashboarded pipeline with a repeatable monthly close. Audit-prep time cut by two-thirds.

Defense subcontractor10 weeks
AI Governance

Vibe-coded to compliant: governing dev-tool AI use

Engineers using ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor, and Claude across an enterprise without policy, review, or data-handling rules. Closed the gap without killing velocity.

Regulated SaaS provider8 weeks
Workforce Development

Turning operators into audit-ready GRC practitioners

Security-background operators with no formal GRC fluency, trained over a cohort cycle into practitioners who deliver defended SSPs and lead evidence operations.

Mixed cohorts across employer-sponsored and individual practitioners12 weeks

All case studies are composite. Details combine multiple engagements and are anonymized for client confidentiality.

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