Cybersecurity Company in Seattle

What this costs turns on the shape of the work: a Washington My Health My Data Act readiness program with data inventory, consent UX redesign, vendor BAA refresh, and Geofencing controls, a FedRAMP Moderate readiness assessment plus remediation for a Seattle SaaS targeting federal civilian agencies, or a Microsoft Defender XDR + Sentinel deployment partner engagement for a 5,000-seat enterprise. Scope drivers include detection rule tuning and SOAR playbook build. Seattle rates run above national averages because Microsoft and AWS cloud security talent commands a Big Tech premium. Fixed-fee proposals, not open T and M.

Washington's My Health My Data Act (MHMDA, RCW 19.373) is the strictest US state consumer health data law, in force March 31, 2024 for regulated entities and June 30, 2024 for small businesses. It applies to entities that conduct business in Washington or produce products or services targeted to Washington consumers — meaning a non-Washington company with Washington users is in scope. The definition of consumer health data is broad: any personal information that identifies a consumer's past, present, or future physical or mental health status, including inferences from non-health data, location data near healthcare facilities (geofencing prohibited within 2,000 feet), biometric data, and information about reproductive or gender-affirming care. It requires opt-in consent, separate authorization to sell, a Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy, and grants a private right of action under the Washington Consumer Protection Act with treble damages. We do the data inventory, consent UX, vendor contract refresh, and geofencing controls so a class action plaintiff cannot make their case.

Yes. We have run FedRAMP Moderate and High readiness for Seattle SaaS targeting federal civilian agencies through Microsoft Azure Government, AWS GovCloud (us-gov-west-1 Oregon, us-gov-east-1 Ohio), and Microsoft 365 GCC High. Engagements cover System Security Plan (SSP) drafting against NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 baselines (325 controls at Moderate, 425+ at High), Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM), Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) automation, FedRAMP Authorization Boundary diagrams, and 3PAO pre-assessment readiness with Coalfire, A-LIGN, or Schellman. We also handle StateRAMP for Washington state and municipal sales, and the Microsoft Azure Government and AWS GovCloud architectural patterns that get a sponsoring agency to issue an ATO faster than the JAB queue.

We have shipped HIPAA security rule programs and HITRUST CSF readiness for Pacific Northwest hospital business associates working with Providence (45,000+ providers, 7 states from Renton HQ), UW Medicine, Swedish, Virginia Mason, Seattle Children's, and Kaiser Permanente Washington. The work covers BAA structuring, HITRUST CSF assessment, FDA premarket cybersecurity submissions for connected medical devices (Philips, GE Healthcare, Medtronic, Hologic), 42 CFR Part 2 for substance use disorder records (stricter than HIPAA), and the Washington MHMDA layer that now overlays HIPAA for any consumer-facing app or wearable. We document the Washington RCW 19.255 breach notification runbook so the AG, affected residents, and consumer reporting agencies get notice on the required 30-day timeline.

It depends on existing investment. For Microsoft 365 E5 customers (most Seattle enterprises), Microsoft Defender XDR + Sentinel is the default because cost basis is paid and integration with Entra ID, Intune, and Purview is native. For AWS-native SaaS (most South Lake Union startups), AWS GuardDuty + Inspector + Macie + Security Hub + Detective + WAF + Shield is the default because findings flow into the same console operators already live in. Most Seattle clients run both — Microsoft 365 for productivity and AWS for production workloads — and we engineer Sentinel as the unified SIEM ingesting GuardDuty, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs alongside Defender signals. Recommendations sit in writing with quantified gap reduction against MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and ATT&CK for Containers.

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (Renton + Everett), Aerojet Rocketdyne (Redmond), and the broader Pacific Northwest aerospace and defense supplier base flow down DFARS 252.204-7012 and CMMC 2.0 requirements to thousands of Washington manufacturers and engineering firms. Our CMMC 2.0 readiness covers NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 (110 controls) self-assessment, gap remediation across 14 control families, Microsoft 365 GCC High or AWS GovCloud migration for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), System Security Plan (SSP), Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM), and 72-hour DIBNet incident reporting procedures. ITAR and EAR export-controlled data stays inside US-person-controlled boundaries with documented Technology Control Plans (TCPs). We coordinate with CMMC C3PAOs (Coalfire, A-LIGN, Redspin) for the formal Level 2 assessment.

Tanium (Kirkland HQ) is an endpoint management and security platform that runs at hyperscale — it queries hundreds of thousands of endpoints in seconds via a linear-chain peer-to-peer architecture. It is the default at Seattle enterprises with very large endpoint estates (Costco, Starbucks, Boeing, Microsoft itself uses Tanium internally), where Defender or CrowdStrike's traditional cloud-aggregation model creates latency or cost issues. Tanium handles patch management, software inventory, threat hunting, incident response, and compliance reporting in a single console. We deploy Tanium Cloud or on-premise, write Sensors and Packages for custom queries and actions, and integrate Tanium findings into Sentinel or Splunk for unified SIEM. For mid-market clients under 5,000 endpoints, Defender or CrowdStrike Falcon is usually the right choice — Tanium ROI shows up at scale.

Microsoft Supplier Security and Privacy Assurance (SSPA) and AWS Vendor Security and Compliance Assessment (VSCA) are required for any vendor selling into Microsoft or Amazon — and both procurement orgs increasingly require SOC 2 Type II report alongside a completed questionnaire. From kickoff to SOC 2 Type II runs nine to fourteen months because the audit requires a minimum three-month observation window (most CPAs prefer six months). Type I (point-in-time) can be done in three to five months for an interim SSPA or VSCA approval. Our SOC 2 program covers the five trust services criteria, evidence collection automation with Drata, Vanta, or Secureframe, AICPA TSC 2017 + 2022 points of focus, and pre-audit walkthroughs with the CPA firm. We have worked with Moss Adams (Seattle HQ), Schellman, BPM, and A-LIGN for Pacific Northwest clients.