Capability Statement

For more information on our capabilities, or to speak with an expert, contact us today.

Why A-kar Security Services, LLC (AKAR) Group?

A-kar Group helps identify and defend against threats, close security gaps, manage risk—transforming your cybersecurity posture in the process.

About A-kar Group

A-kar Group, a Tyto Athene Company, is a trusted security consulting firm with a history of outstanding service delivery. We stay true to our founding partners’ original mission: becoming the trusted cybersecurity partner and advisor to each of our customers by consistently exceeding their expectations.

Our Team

Headquartered in McLean, VA, we are over 390 expert-level cybersecurity professionals. From the beginning, we have placed a premium on our employees. Our consistent ability to retain and enable our team to excel personally and professionally is key to our capability. We have a TS facility clearance and 90% of our customer-facing employees are cleared.

Service Areas

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Cybersecurity Operations

Proactive Security Services

Governance, Risk, & Compliance

Architecture & Engineering

Contract Vehicles

GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

DOJ CPM BPA

NASA SEWP V

DoED and FSA CPSS BPA

Capabilities that Deliver Results

Result: Savings of $4.5M over 5 years.

Result: Decreased deployment times and increased resiliency.

Result: Delivered a fully cloud-based cyber operations capability.

Result: Reduced time-to-detection, increased detection capability.

Result: Delivery of the first available US Government SOCaaS offerings.

Result: Consistently validated secure applications.

Core Values

We focus on one and only one thing: IT security. We built our company around core values that enable us to deliver the best services available:

– A respectful workforce is crucial for any business, we respect these differences and always address one another in a respectful manner.

– Everyone at MindPoint Group is accountable for his or her actions, including to our teams, customers, partners, and actions.

– Our only focus is cybersecurity.

Select Federal Customers

Our customers represent some of the most secure organizations in the world. We can help, you, too.

Select Commercial Customers

Our commercial customers cover many sectors and have a diverse set of cybersecurity challenges. We have helped them to secure their offerings and provided support for their engagements. We can help, you, too.

All A-KAR Services

We are an end-to-end provider of world-class cybersecurity solutions.

ATO Automation

Automate the ATO documentation process to save time and reduce risk.

Baseline Modernization

More closely involve security teams in the development, deployment, and management of IT systems and applications.

Custom Framework and Policy Assessments

Assess where your organization’s cyber security posture is today, and get a roadmap to a better cybersecurity future.

Cyber Hygiene Health Check

Assess where your organization’s cyber security posture is today, and get a roadmap to a better cybersecurity future.

Cyber Threat Hunting

Actively search for undetected attackers that are present in a network or environment.

Document Generation Services

Explore our DocGen services to ensure your policies and procedures are expertly crafted, fully compliant, and seamlessly aligned with your business objectives.

FedRAMP and 3PAO

FedRAMP certification is required to sell cloud services to the US Federal and many state and local governments.

GRC Advisory Services

The collective strategy and process for defining and managing an organization’s governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Incident Response Planning

The plan that a teams follows in response to a cyber attack or loss event.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Secure your endpoints with our A-KAR SOC MDR services. 24/7 detection and response for all your endpoints.

Managed SIEM

Understand more from your logs with our A-KAR SOC’s Managed SIEM services. See more when our team of experts is monitoring 24/7.

Penetration Testing

Simulated attacks against your applications, network, and infrastructure that find previously unknown vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers.

Phishing and Social Engineering

Design and execute mock phishing attacks to gauge how employees respond and where to focus additional training.

Red Teaming

Advanced threat emulation identifies real-world defensive gaps by simulating targeted attacked on your network, application, systems, or IT environment, helping to strengthen overall security.

Risk Assessments

Identify the information systems and resources that could be affected by a cybersecurity attack so they can be effectively protected.

SOC Optimization

Evaluate your existing Security Operations Center (SOC) architecture and practices against best-in-class examples.

SOC-as-a-Service

By choosing A-KAR Group’s 24/7 managed security operations center, your organization accesses round the clock expertise, tools, and security experience that fits your organization’s unique regulatory needs..

Security Architecture and Engineering

The tools, systems, and processes that you have in place to carry out effective cybersecurity capabilities.

Security Automation

Identify events and potential risks in real-time, and automatically execute a prescribed set of tasks.

Third-Party Risk Management

The steps that your company makes to minimize the risk that occurs from use of external vendors.

Vulnerability Management

Scan IT environments for known software and hardware vulnerabilities.

Zero Trust

Prepare your organization for a better security posture with tools, systems, and processes to carry out effective organization wide cybersecurity.