Cybersecurity, risk, and technology consulting — delivered by senior operators.
CyberAutopsy is a cybersecurity, governance, and technology services firm. We help federal agencies, defense contractors, regulated organizations, and commercial businesses build security programs that are risk-based, framework-aligned, and defensible under audit. Our practices span cybersecurity and GRC, cloud and technology modernization, custom GRC engineering, cloud and AI adoption, mission support, and workforce development.
Founded by people who lived on both sides of the audit.
The firm was founded by former DoD assessors, CISOs from the Defense Industrial Base, and cloud and data engineers who had watched too many well-run companies stumble at the moment their program had to prove itself. The pattern was consistent — the security work was often adequate, but the program had been built to a checklist instead of to the underlying risk.
We built CyberAutopsy on a different premise. Start with the risk that actually matters to the mission or the business. Instrument the program so posture is observable between audits, not just during them. Build the evidence the way an assessor reads it. Sit next to the client when it counts. Frameworks — NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA — follow from that discipline, not the other way around.
Today our practice serves federal missions and commercial enterprises alike. We staff engagements with senior practitioners across cybersecurity, GRC, cloud, data, AI, and workforce development. The delivery model stays the same: fixed scope, measurable outcome, no juniors on the account.
“Checklist compliance is fragile. Risk-based programs hold up. We build the second kind.”
— M. Okafor, Founder & Managing Partner
No juniors. No subcontracted judgment.
Every engagement is signed by a partner. The person you meet on the triage call is the person who reads the Assessment Packet on the last day.
60+ C3PAO assessments led across primes and subcontractors. Prior to assessment, 12 years inside DCMA and DCSA. CISSP, CCP, CCA.
Built and operated the CUI enclave for a $1.2B program of record. 18 years in defense IT, focused on cryptographic boundaries and identity.
Cloud-native architectures, Zero Trust identity, and data platform engineering across AWS, Azure, and GCP for federal and commercial clients.
40+ assessment engagements. Now leads custom GRC platform build-outs and the firm’s workforce development curriculum.
Where we’ve said it out loud.
- Mar 2026Federal News NetworkWhy most CMMC POA&Ms are written wrong
- Jan 2026NDIA Cyber SymposiumPanelist: Third-party and supply-chain risk under Zero Trust
- Oct 2025Defense OneOp-ed: Risk-based security beats checklist compliance every time
- Aug 2025AFCEA TechNet CyberSession: Custom GRC engineering for federal missions
We are hiring senior practitioners.
Across cybersecurity, GRC, cloud, data, AI, and workforce development. If you have held a CISO seat, led federal authorization work, engineered cloud-native systems, built GRC platforms, or run enterprise-grade training programs, we want to talk. No juniors on the account — engagements are signed by you.
careers@cyberautopsy.com →