IBSS provides full-scope, defense-grade cybersecurity services, delivering 24x7x365 security operations, cyber engineering, and risk management for highly complex federal IT ecosystems. Our solutions are built to scale, protecting hundreds of thousands of global assets while aligning with stringent Federal and DoD security mandates. By bridging the gap between proactive risk management and advanced engineering, we empower agencies to modernize their infrastructure, reduce operational costs, and build enduring resilience against evolving threats.
- To ensure mission-critical systems remain protected against emerging threats, we implemented an accelerated vulnerability patching strategy that deploys critical database security updates within 14 days of release, halving the agency’s mandated timeline while maintaining zero system downtime.
- We overhauled a worldwide enterprise vulnerability management program, deploying advanced scanning architectures that systematically identified, tracked, and remediated over 500,000 critical and high-severity findings across 71,000 active hosts.
- To enforce strict security standards on new technology, we developed and automated an IT Security Acquisition Checklist that integrated directly into agency workflows, doubling the volume of secure acquisition requests processed monthly.
- When malicious actors actively targeted a massive virtual education environment, our engineers rapidly integrated third-party security controls that successfully reduced coordinated video-conferencing exploitation attacks from ten per week to zero.
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.
Identity, Credential, & Access
Management (ICAM)
Our ICAM services establish absolute trust and interoperability, seamlessly managing user identities, validating credentials, and securing application sessions in full compliance with OMB, HSPD-12, and CDM requirements. We bring deep experience migrating legacy, disparate identity sources into master user records with real-time synchronization. We build highly available, multi-site architectures that support diverse clients and platforms, significantly reducing licensing costs while maintaining robust security, automated provisioning, and strict audit readiness.
- Delivered a highly available, multi-site ICAM solution supporting 25,000 users, 38,000 managed objects, and over 3,000 DoD-issued certificates.
- Built a geographically dispersed validation infrastructure capable of successfully processing 34 million certificate requests in a single month.
- Migrated 588 mission and business applications to a centralized SSO infrastructure while maintaining 99.99% system availability through hyper-converged architecture
- Achieved 100% compliance with zero discrepancies during rigorous Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) audits of our ICAM deployment.
Governance, Risk Management,
& Compliance (GRC)
We act as trusted advisors for navigating complex regulatory requirements, balancing stringent compliance with operational agility. We specialize in transitioning agencies between frameworks, such as migrating from DIACAP to the Risk Management Framework (RMF), while conducting comprehensive system assessments and managing enterprise-wide Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms). Our experts ensure continuous authorization to operate (ATO) for critical systems, streamline the A&A process to reduce administrative burden, and provide objective, DoD-aligned CMMC Level 2 assessments as an authorized C3PAO.
- Managed vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking for over 100,000 assets distributed worldwide across NIPRnet, SIPRnet, and commercial enclaves.
- Conducted 10 targeted annual penetration tests on federal web applications, standardizing Rules of Engagement and delivering actionable remediation intelligence.
- Reorganized and consolidated security authorization packages, reducing 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).
Cyber Engineering
IBSS applies our proven system engineering framework to architect, integrate, and modernize secure IT infrastructures from the ground up. We bridge the gap between compliance and operations by deploying hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises solutions that prioritize high availability and resilience. Leveraging infrastructure-as-code, automation, and hyper-converged architectures, we reduce hardware footprints and lower costs while ensuring that mission-critical systems operate securely and seamlessly.
- Modernized massive enterprise environments by migrating legacy hardware to Red Hat Hyper-Converged Infrastructure and deploying highly available, next-generation firewalls across global access points.
- Streamlined complex security operations by utilizing Ansible Playbooks, Red Hat Satellite, and Git repositories to automate secure baselines, enforce STIG compliance, and execute infrastructure-as-code deployments.
- Designed and optimized hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises environments, including configuring Microsoft Sentinel and engineering Azure cloud workloads to meet strict logging and security benchmarks.
- Engineered globally distributed, redundant data architectures utilizing PostgreSQL and Write-Ahead Logging technology to guarantee continuous data synchronization and 99.99% system uptime for mission-critical applications.
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.
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