Zero Trust Architecture & Engineering

IBSS is at the forefront of Federal Zero Trust strategy, partnering with federal CIOs and CISOs to architect, pilot, and implement resilient frameworks on time and under budget. We align organizations to Zero Trust standards by performing comprehensive assessments, developing strategic roadmaps, and engineering the underlying infrastructure required for success. By integrating identity, network, and application pillars, we modernize environments to ensure continuous verification and compliance across both civilian and defense agencies. Read more about our Zero Trust Architecture.

• Engineered the Secure Azure Computing Architecture for DoD environments, utilizing hub-and-spoke models, Virtual Network Gateways, and next-generation virtual firewalls to establish a compliant enterprise landing zone.
• Facilitated TIC 3.0 architecture transitions and deployed highly available next-generation Palo Alto firewalls across geographically dispersed data centers.
• Implemented hyper-converged infrastructures and storage optimizations that generated millions of dollars in annual licensing and management savings across federal ecosystems.

Governance, Risk Management,
& Compliance (GRC)

IBSS helps federal agencies, defense contractors, and commercial organizations establish effective cybersecurity governance, manage cybersecurity and privacy risks, meet applicable compliance requirements, and strengthen security assurance.

Our GRC approach integrates risk management, compliance readiness, security assessment, and continuous monitoring throughout the cybersecurity lifecycle. We help organizations evaluate security controls, identify and address deficiencies, prepare for regulatory and contractual assessments, maintain compliance evidence, and make informed decisions about cybersecurity risk.

Our GRC Capabilities Include:

• Cybersecurity Governance & Risk Management: Development and enhancement of cybersecurity governance programs, policies, procedures, risk assessments, risk treatment strategies, and risk reporting. These activities help organizations establish accountability, prioritize cybersecurity risks, allocate resources effectively, and make informed decisions aligned with organizational objectives.
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Compliance Readiness: Readiness assessments, gap analyses, compliance planning, documentation, evidence preparation, and remediation planning aligned with applicable cybersecurity and privacy requirements. Areas of focus include the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), NIST SP 800-171, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP Rev. 5 and FedRAMP 20x. Services may also address applicable privacy obligations, including the Privacy Act, and federal and state privacy requirements. These activities help organizations identify compliance gaps, prioritize corrective actions, improve assessment readiness, and sustain compliance with applicable requirements.
• Security Assessment & Assurance: Security control assessments, evidence evaluation, assessment reporting, gap identification, remediation validation, and support for security authorization and certification processes, including NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) implementation. These activities help organizations determine whether security controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired security outcomes, while identifying weaknesses that require corrective action.
• Continuous Monitoring & Risk Visibility: Ongoing evaluation of security control implementation and effectiveness, vulnerability management oversight, Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M) management, compliance evidence management, and risk reporting. These activities help organizations identify emerging deficiencies, monitor remediation progress, and maintain visibility into their cybersecurity risk posture.
• Technology Risk & Emerging Compliance: Governance, risk management, and assurance support for evolving technologies and cybersecurity requirements, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, operational technology, and cryptographic risks associated with post-quantum cryptography transitions. These activities help organizations understand emerging risks, evaluate applicable security and compliance obligations, and incorporate new technologies into established governance and risk management processes.

Beyond Compliance: Sustained Cybersecurity Risk Management

IBSS helps organizations move beyond point-in-time compliance activities by integrating governance, risk management, security assurance, and continuous monitoring into ongoing operations. Our focus is on strengthening security effectiveness, improving risk visibility, supporting regulatory accountability, and enabling informed decisions as threats, technologies, and compliance requirements evolve.

Demonstrated Experience and Results

IBSS brings extensive experience supporting cybersecurity risk management, security assessments, compliance activities, and security authorization across complex federal environments.

• Managed vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking for over 100,000 assets distributed worldwide across NIPRnet, SIPRnet, and commercial enclaves.
• Reorganized and consolidated security authorization packages, reducing Assessment and Authorization (A&A) maintenance costs by two-thirds and providing leadership with a highly accurate view of the enterprise security posture.
• Supported and prepared agencies for multiple critical security audits, including Command Cyber Readiness Inspections (CCRI) and Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR).

Independent CMMC Level 2 Certification Assessments

As an authorized CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO), IBSS conducts independent CMMC Level 2 certification assessments to evaluate contractor implementation of applicable CMMC security requirements.

IBSS maintains the independence required for these assessments and does not provide CMMC readiness consulting, remediation, or implementation services to organizations it assesses. Independent certification assessment engagements remain separate from advisory and implementation activities, consistent with applicable CMMC requirements and conflict-of-interest restrictions.

Learn more about IBSS’ independent CMMC assessment services.

Cybersecurity Operations

We provide 24x7x365 continuous monitoring, specialized threat detection, and rapid incident response to secure enterprise environments against advanced internal and external threats. By leveraging proven frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain, we actively hunt for malicious activity, analyze threat intelligence, and automate remediation. Our teams manage comprehensive SIEM and SOAR platforms to ingest massive data volumes, ensuring that federal and defense clients can swiftly identify, analyze, and troubleshoot infrastructure anomalies before they impact the mission.

• Staffed and operated a global Security Operations Center monitoring over 100,000 endpoints and defending against 10 billion security events per month for a major DoD agency.
• Designed and managed enterprise-wide network monitoring solutions encompassing 170 sites, 80,000 users, and over 3,500 network nodes globally.
• Executed advanced malware analysis, automated threat intelligence ingestion, and threat hunting utilizing specialized Threat Response Environments.
• Led federal civilian agencies through complex OMB M-21-31 compliance initiatives, transitioning legacy log ingestion to modernized cloud SIEM architectures.