Zero Trust
Our cybersecurity engineers combine industry best practices and techniques with NIST, CISA, and DoD Zero Trust Architecture guidance to transform an organization’s information security approach from “moat and fence” to a more mature posture that constantly validates identity and permissions against individual assets. We recognize Zero Trust is not a tool or configuration. Rather, it is a collection of design principles, system practices, and implementation methods to constantly validate a user prior to action against an asset. For example, Dark Wolf built and deployed a Cloud Native Access Point (CNAP) for the United States Space Force (USSF) that acts as an identity provider, network access policy engine, and SIEM solution, bringing a true Zero Trust Architecture to the USSF.
Policy and Governance
We apply our expertise in cybersecurity national standards, policies, rules, and regulations; Agency standards; and commercial standards and best practices to develop policies, structures, and processes that direct how our customers manage cyber risks, align security with mission goals, and ensure accountability for protecting information assets. We have end-to-end governance expertise – from early risk identification, through system development, build and integration, deployment through secure supply chains, into O&M, and through retirement. We tailor our governance processes to the risk tolerance of each customer for each deployed system and work with our customers to cost effectively govern enterprise cybersecurity.
RMF Compliance
The Risk Management Framework (RMF) documents the risk present on an Information System, allowing for data-driven, risk aware decisions. Dark Wolf follows a disciplined approach to work through each step in the RMF process, from system categorization through to continuous monitoring, staying prepared at each step. Our process is supported with tools and templates that accelerate ATO timelines, communicating progress at every juncture. Whether a system is cloud-based or traditional on-prem, a mature government platform or a technology startup new to Federal space, Dark Wolf drives the process to manage and produce RMF requirements for their products.
Mission-Ready ATO
Mission-ready ATO ensures the appropriate authorization approach for your specific environment. No two environments are the same, and no two ATOs will be either. Dark Wolf has supported over 20 Authorizing Officials across the DoD and broader national security sector. We have been at the forefront of ATO innovation through our work partnering with the Air Force to design and implement the original Continuous ATO, and we continue pushing boundaries with the USSF Nebula Controlled Services Environment, engineered as a cybersecure-by-design, self-healing platform that achieved ATO within 8 months of the first code commit. In a modern approach to the standard ATO, we leverage system-generated data and API calls, enabling the system itself to be the source of compliance information, rather than Microsoft Office documents. Dark Wolf also developed the Fast Track ATO process through work with the USAF and CISA, leveraging control inheritance and practical cybersecurity assessments via penetration testing to reduce ATO assessment times from months to weeks.
Whether it be cATO, Fast Track, or a blazing fast standard ATO, Dark Wolf has the approach to get your system Authorized to Operate.
