A named lead, with the team the work requires
Every engagement has a named lead. We staff to the scope, but the program always knows who owns the work, the open actions, and the next decision.
About Glacier Byte
The authorization should have an owner.
Glacier Byte Technology is a founder-led cybersecurity company in Helena, Montana. We join defense programs to carry RMF and ATO work from scope through continuous monitoring.
Based in Helena, Montana · CISSP-led engagements
Why Glacier Byte exists
RMF work breaks down between teams.
Authorization work crosses engineering, security, program management, and assessment. Problems appear when decisions, evidence, and follow-up do not move with it.
Glacier Byte takes responsibility for the work between those groups. We set the boundary, keep control statements tied to implementation, prepare the record for assessment, and maintain it after the authorization decision.
We use the program’s systems, meetings, and approval path. The delivery team should not have to maintain a separate compliance process just so we can do the job.
These rules guide each engagement.
Control statements must match the system
We tie the package to the people, configuration, test results, and records that show how the system operates.
Use the program’s process
We work inside the existing boundary, toolchain, approval path, and classification constraints. The team should not have to maintain a second process for us.
Be precise about scope
We confirm credentials, access, staffing, product maturity, and delivery responsibilities before the engagement begins.
Founder-led
Senior leadership remains part of delivery.
Glacier Byte is led by a CISSP-credentialed practitioner with hands-on NIST RMF experience. The person setting the RMF approach participates in working sessions, package decisions, assessment preparation, and follow-up actions.
Each engagement is staffed to the agreed scope and access requirements. Personnel are clearable up to TS/SCI; required level and access are confirmed during scoping.
The same operational experience informs Cordevan, our air-gapped RMF and vulnerability-management system.
Three ways to bring us into a program.
Lead the RMF workstream
We can own the authorization effort from boundary and baseline decisions through assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring.
Take a defined technical scope
We can take a bounded need such as documentation repair, hardening, assessment preparation, or air-gapped SIEM implementation.
Join under a prime
We can join as the RMF and cybersecurity subcontractor inside the prime’s delivery and security structure.
Federal due diligence
Federal registration details.
Current status should be verified in SAM.gov before an award. Contract paths and teaming information are on the procurement page.
- CAGE
- 9WYP0
- UEI
- N3UKUXEY4RE5
- Primary NAICS
- 541512
- Additional NAICS
- 541715
- Business
- Small business
- Location
- Helena, Montana
Start with the current state
Tell us where the program stands.
We will review the current work, identify the first decision or gap to resolve, and explain where Glacier Byte can take responsibility.
Talk with Glacier Byte