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Harmonizing Safety-Critical Compliance
with Modern Cloud & AI Architecture

High-assurance security architecture for the world’s most critical systems.


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High-Assurance Security Architecture

Compliance QuickStart LLC is a security architecture and advisory firm dedicated to the principle that effective security is universal: identify the requirements, design the architecture, and enforce the controls.

We specialize in bringing the rigor of failure-intolerant engineering to broader enterprise challenges. Drawing on deep experience in nuclear propulsion, semiconductor manufacturing, and defense systems, our methodology translates complex regulatory frameworks into verifiable, engineering-centric solutions.

We reject the "checklist" approach to compliance. Instead, we treat GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) as an architectural constraint, ensuring that systems are secure by design regardless of the specific regulatory overlay.

Core Capabilities

Safety-Critical Systems

Failure-intolerant security architecture for aerospace, medical, and nuclear environments. We align rigorous engineering with cyber-physical safety standards.

Cyber-Physical Security Embedded Systems Nuclear/Avionics Rigor

Product Security

Transforming complex compliance frameworks into actionable engineering requirements. We consolidate fragmented citations into unified control sets to prevent wasted effort.

Requirement Consolidation SDLC Optimization Secure-by-Design

AI Risk & Governance

Operationalizing NIST AI RMF for Generative AI and GPU clusters. We design adversarial defenses, model guardrails, and secure control planes for high-value AI workloads.

NIST AI RMF Adversarial Testing Model Security

Quantitative Risk

Designing empirical risk models that calculate blast radius and threat likelihood. We replace subjective heatmaps with data-driven metrics to prioritize resources.

Empirical Risk Blast Radius Analysis Executive Advisory

Federal Cloud Architecture

Architecting cloud enclaves for FedRAMP High, CMMC 2.0, and IL5/6. We bridge the gap between commercial speed and federal compliance requirements.

FedRAMP / CMMC GovCloud Design Boundary Defense

Supply Chain Assurance

Patent-backed strategies for hardware validation and anti-counterfeit protection. Securing the chain of custody from the semiconductor foundry to deployment.

US Patent #9,811,671 Hardware Root-of-Trust Component Auth