When Off-The-Shelf Will Not Work
Most cybersecurity vendors sell you a product and walk away. CyberDagger’s Solutions Engineering practice exists for the cases where no product fits, classified environments, sovereign deployments, OT networks, regulated air-gapped enclaves, novel research workflows, or in-house tooling with FIPS-validated cryptography requirements.
We are the team that built CATM (Rust C2/BAS, FIPS 140-3, post-quantum designed) and ArgosAI (purpose-built for air-gapped and sovereign environments). When you need engineering, you get engineers who have shipped real platforms, not consultants with slides.
What We Build
Air-Gapped AI Deployment
On-premises LLM inference and offensive AI tooling deployed entirely on customer hardware. Local serving, no callbacks, no cloud dependency. Suitable for classified, OT, and sovereign environments.
Custom Offensive Tooling
Rust-based offensive platforms with FIPS 140-3 cryptography (aws-lc-rs), per-operation isolation, and post-quantum-ready primitives (ML-KEM, ML-DSA). Built to your operating environment and threat model.
FedRAMP-Aligned Architecture
Security architecture review, threat modeling, and engineering support for FedRAMP Moderate and higher. Direct experience: our own CATM platform is on the FedRAMP Moderate path with Microsoft for Startups support in Azure Government.
Research Tooling and Pipelines
Distributed fuzzing, firmware analysis pipelines, and CI/CD-integrated security automation. We run our own (Dagger Forge) and can stand up equivalent capability inside your environment.
Engagement Patterns
Security Architecture Review
Independent review of an in-progress design, cryptographic choices, identity model, deployment topology, supply-chain risk. Delivered as a written assessment with prioritized recommendations.
Build-To-Spec Tooling
Custom platform development against a defined scope. Common targets: internal red team frameworks, automation around proprietary protocols, FIPS-compliant modules wrapping existing Rust crypto, secure-by-default deployment templates.
Embedded Engineering Support
Senior engineering augmentation on customer projects requiring offensive-security or cryptographic depth. Delivered as a defined-duration contract with clear deliverables, not staff augmentation by the hour.
Platform Deployment
On-premises or hybrid deployment of CATM, ArgosAI, or other CyberDagger platforms into customer infrastructure, including SCIF and air-gapped environments. Includes operator training and integration with existing tooling.
Engineering Standards
- Rust with
clippyandrustfmtclean, nounsafewhere avoidable, FIPS-aware crypto viaaws-lc-rs - Python with
black,ruff, andmypy --strict - C++ to C++20/23, concepts, ranges, RAII
- Cryptography: network and disk I/O encrypted by default; configuration strings obfuscated; CNSA 1.0 / 2.0 alignment
- Coordinated disclosure discipline applied to any vulnerability discovered during the engagement
Why CyberDagger For This
- We have shipped the platforms. CATM and ArgosAI, production codebases, not slideware
- Microsoft for Startups member with Azure Government engineering experience
- SDVOSB: eligible for federal small-business set-asides
- IP-sensitive engineering work. Experienced operating within strict information-control regimes.
- Veteran-owned, USAF founder; cleared workforce capability available on request
When You Need It Built Right
Solutions Engineering engagements start with a scoping call to define problem, constraints, and success criteria.
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