Cybersecurity Advisory · Research & Development
Cybersecurity research that holds up in practice.
KN Cyber is a Cybersecurity Advisory and R&D firm. Our advisory practice leads security programs, risk and compliance, SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and NIST SP 800-171 work, security reviews, and penetration tests for fintech, technology, insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare organizations. Our research in product security and AI trust shapes that advice, and we develop what proves out for licensing.
Where research meets practice
Advisory
Senior practitioners who lead your security program and do the hands-on work: fractional CISO leadership, risk and compliance, SOC 2 and HITRUST readiness, ISO 27001 readiness, PCI DSS compliance support, NIST SP 800-171 implementation, customer and vendor security reviews, penetration testing, and AI and cloud security.
Advisory →Research & Development
Research into continuous product security assurance and runtime trust for autonomous AI, carried out with academic and industry collaborators. We develop what proves out for licensing.
Research & Development →Advisory services
Fractional CISO
Part-time security leadership that owns strategy, the program, and board and customer conversations.
Fractional CISO →Risk & Compliance
Risk assessments, compliance program management, and policy and control mapping across frameworks.
Advisory →SOC 2 and HITRUST readiness
Scoping, controls, policies, evidence, and auditor support. SOC 2 readiness typically takes 2–4 months depending on your organization's size.
SOC 2 readiness →ISO 27001
Information security management system implementation and certification readiness.
Readiness support →PCI DSS compliance support
PCI DSS compliance support for fintech and payment companies.
Fintech →NIST SP 800-171 implementation support
NIST SP 800-171 implementation support for manufacturers in the defense supply chain.
Manufacturing →Customer and vendor security reviews
Questionnaires, due diligence, and remediation plans.
Security reviews →Penetration testing and product security
Web apps, APIs, mobile apps, cloud, and networks.
Product security →AI security assessments and cloud security
LLM and agent risk, AI governance, cloud assessment and implementation.
AI and cloud security →Research & development
APSOS™: Continuous Product Security Assurance
Evidence-driven, continuous assessment of product security programs, with human-governed decision support. Status: active research and development. A provisional patent application has been filed for related subject matter.
APSOS™ Runtime & Trust
Runtime monitoring of autonomous AI agents, behavioral anomaly detection, and trust signals that help a person intervene in time. Status: active research and development. No patent is claimed for this program.
Technology licensing: we develop cybersecurity technology to license to software vendors, cloud and AI platforms, enterprises, and managed security providers.
Academic partnerships: joint research, graduate projects, and independent lab validation with universities.
Government-funded research: we pursue eligible programs such as NSF SBIR/STTR.
These are research and development programs, not commercial software products.
Industries we work with
Fintech
SOC 2, PCI DSS compliance, and bank and payment-partner due diligence.
Fintech →Technology and SaaS
SOC 2, enterprise customer security reviews, and AI security for the features you ship.
Technology and SaaS →Insurance
Cloud security assessment and implementation, security leadership, and vendor and partner reviews.
Insurance →Manufacturing
NIST SP 800-171 implementation for the defense supply chain, and security reviews from large customers.
Manufacturing →Healthcare
HIPAA, health plan vendor reviews, and HITRUST.
Healthcare →Recent work
- Fintech: provides continuous infrastructure security management and posture maintenance for a payment-processing technology firm that works with merchants.
- Healthcare technology: took a payer-facing health-tech company from no formal security program to a SOC 2 Type 2 report, and continues as its fractional CISO.
- Insurance: supported a cloud security assessment and implementation for an insurance firm.
- Technology: strengthened the application security program of a hardware virtualization company that also delivers SaaS.
- Healthcare technology: ran the information security program and supported the SOC 2 attestation for a firm serving individuals and employers.
Frameworks
- SOC 2
- ISO 27001
- HITRUST readiness
- PCI DSS
- NIST SP 800-171
- HIPAA
- GDPR
How an engagement starts
- 01A 30-minute call.
Bring the questionnaire, contract clause, audit deadline, or research question.
- 02An assessment and a dated plan:
What exists, what's missing, and who owns each item. For SOC 2, readiness typically takes 2–4 months depending on your organization's size, and a Type 2 report then adds an observation period.
- 03The work, done alongside your team,
and support after the report or deliverable.
A security deadline, or a security problem worth studying?
Teams with an audit, a customer review, or a security program to build can start with a call. Universities and companies interested in research or licensing can start with a partnership inquiry.
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