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Cybersecurity Skunkworks

Operate faster than the threats that hunt you.

Xenops embeds with your engineers to break, harden, and monitor the systems that drive your mission. From black-box red teams to AI assurance and covert ops, we deliver operators who speak code.

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Last updated Nov 5
  • Zero-day surfaced

    Edge auth bypass on multi-tenant AI workload mitigated within 18 hours.

  • Detection gap closed

    API abuse telemetry shipped during purple team rehearsal for fintech client.

  • Incident stood down

    Ransomware foothold neutralized & reporting delivered in under 24 hours.

92%

engagements ship net-new detections in < 10 days

120+

critical issues found before release in 2025

4.9

average partner satisfaction score

Services

Full-spectrum cyber capability, delivered by operators who ship.

We tune each engagement for your velocity: discovery sprints, embedded engineering pods, or discreet operations when the stakes leave no room for ceremony.

Adversarial

Blackbox & Red Team Operations

Adversary simulation, covert ingress, and hardened pentests tailored for sensitive teams and high-stakes releases.

  • Campaign-grade red teaming with dedicated operators and live threat intelligence pivots.
  • Web, mobile, API, and AI surface pentesting mapped to real adversary tradecraft.
  • Purple-team calibrations and tabletop scenarios to sharpen detection pipelines.
Builders

Secure Product Engineering

Embed Xenops into your sprints for design reviews, threat modeling, and secure SDLC automation.

  • Security architecture reviews that translate complex attack paths into engineering decisions.
  • Threat modeling workshops for AI, LLM, and data products with actionable backlog items.
  • Build pipeline hardening, IaC checks, and continuous review within your tools.
AI Native

AI & Autonomy Assurance

Red team and safeguard your AI agents, models, and decision systems before they reach production.

  • Prompt, agent, and toolchain abuse scenarios aligned to emerging TTPs.
  • Model card hardening, jailbreak mitigation, and alignment guardrail validation.
  • Automated regression harnesses to monitor drift, exploit chains, and prompt leakage.
Surface

Cloud & Edge Attack Surface

Continuous discovery, hardening, and chaos testing across hybrid cloud, edge, and OT footprints.

  • Exposure analytics across cloud, SaaS, and identity with executive-ready signal.
  • Chaos hardening drills for zero-trust architectures and regulated workloads.
  • Custom detections mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and industry-specific compliance.
Always-On

Incident Response on Retainer

Retained strike team for crisis navigation, digital forensics, and executive-ready response guidance.

  • 24/7 compromise hotline with immediate triage and playbook activation.
  • Digital forensics, log retrieval, and executive reporting within 24 hours.
  • Recovery acceleration with lessons-learned loops and detection upgrades.
Skunkworks

Special Projects & Covert Ops

When the mission is weird, confidential, or high-impact, Xenops orchestrates bespoke cyber operations.

  • Dark web, supply-chain, and insider risk investigations under NDA-heavy scenarios.
  • Executive red-teaming, board exercises, and crisis simulations.
  • Discreet partner channel for sovereign requirements and fusion cell builds.
Velocity

Security Automation & DevSecOps

Instrument your pipelines with Xenops-built guardrails, detections, and validation loops.

  • IaC security modules, policy-as-code, and data protection baked into CI/CD.
  • Attack path validation embedded in staging using replayed findings.
  • Telemetry pipelines that prioritize developer experience and signal-to-noise.
Executive

Strategic Advisory & vCISO

Translating complex security posture into board-level strategy, governance, and measurable outcomes.

  • Security roadmaps grounded in quantified risk and regulatory landscape shifts.
  • Governance frameworks and policy calibration that operators can execute.
  • Briefings for leadership, investors, and customers with decisive next steps.
How engagements flow

Sharpen the signal. Move with intent. Close the loop.

Every Xenops mission runs in tight feedback loops. We blend human operators with automation to land results that unlock engineering decisions in days, not quarters.

  1. Discover

    Rapid recon, threat modeling, and hypothesis drafting tailored to your assets and horizon risk.

  2. Engage

    Operators embed with your builders, execute attacks, and co-design fixes with measurable signal.

  3. Elevate

    Automate the win: playbooks, detection coverage, and leadership-ready intelligence for the next cycle.

Delivery options

  • Retained strike teams Always-on operators that expand and contract with your roadmap.
  • Sprint embeds 2–6 week pods that plug into product releases and compliance deadlines.
  • Fusion cell builds Co-create internal response, detection, or threat intel units from zero.
Signals

Confidence from operators trusted by venture, defense, and hyper-growth teams.

Rapid response

Readiness packages with under 4-hour activation windows for retained incidents, inclusive of legal, communications, and executive brief choreography.

Embedded assurance

Average of 3.6 weeks from discovery to production fix during 2025 product launches.

AI-native coverage

First-mover assurance stacks for LLM agents, autonomy, and data flywheels shipping in regulated markets.

Global reach

Operators across 4 time zones ensures sustained coverage for teams working around the clock.

Engage

Tell us about the mission.

Drop a short brief and the Xenops team will schedule a zero-obligation session within 24 hours. We keep everything confidential and action-oriented.

  • Operators delivered, not PowerPoints.
  • Clear scope, transparent pricing, agile execution.
  • Security-clearable personnel available on request.