ABOUT HOD CONSULTING LLC
Built on Experience. Delivered with Precision.
HOD Consulting LLC was founded on a simple premise: federal contractors deserve cybersecurity and technology consulting from professionals who have actually done the work - not just studied it.
25+
Years Combined Federal Experience
CISM | CRISC | CCNP | AWS Cloud | Ph.D. Cybersecurity
Our Story
We understand the pressure defense contractors face today.
Who We Are
HOD Consulting LLC is a federal cybersecurity and IT consulting firm serving defense contractors, government agencies, and organizations operating in high-stakes federal environments.
Our team brings deep, hands-on implementation experience gained from working inside some of the most demanding federal technology programs in the country - not theoretical knowledge, but real-world execution.
Why We Exist
Compliance timelines are tightening. Threat landscapes are evolving rapidly. And the gap between large primes with dedicated compliance teams and smaller contractors trying to navigate these requirements alone continues to widen.
That gap is exactly where HOD Consulting operates. We help organizations that need expert guidance but do not have the internal bandwidth to handle complex federal security requirements on their own.
Our Expertise
Certifications and capabilities that matter in federal environments.
Cybersecurity Credentials
CISM - Certified Information Security Manager
CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional
Cloud & Academic Credentials
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Ph.D. - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Adjunct Faculty - Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing
Federal Domain Expertise
CMMC 2.0 and NIST SP 800-171 compliance preparation
Zero Trust Architecture design and implementation
FedRAMP cloud security and DoD compliance frameworks
Our Values
Integrity
We give honest assessments, not comfortable ones. Our clients get clarity about where they stand - even when the news is difficult.
Precision
Federal environments demand exactness. We deliver work that holds up under the scrutiny of contracting officers and third-party assessors.
Results
We measure success by outcomes - contracts protected, assessments passed, systems secured, and organizations positioned to compete and win.
Ready to Work with a Team That Has Been There?
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HOD Consulting LLC | Silver Spring, Maryland | hodconsult.com | Serving Federal Contractors Nationwide
About HOD Consult
Governance at the Edge. Clarity at the Node.
25+ Years of Federal Edge Security Expertise
HOD Consult is founded by a cybersecurity practitioner with 25+ years of hands-on federal IT and cybersecurity experience. This isn't theoretical knowledge—it's real-world understanding of the constraints, challenges, and opportunities in federal environments.
As both an active consultant and graduate-level instructor in fog and edge computing, I bring continuous feedback between real consulting engagements and curriculum development. This ensures every framework, assessment, and recommendation is stress-tested against actual federal requirements and emerging threats.
Teaching & Thought Leadership
Graduate-Level Instruction
Teaching fog and edge computing to graduate students, ensuring the next generation of federal practitioners understands distributed security architecture beyond data center models.
Field-Tested Curriculum
Every lesson learned from active consulting engagements feeds back into curriculum development. Theory meets practice in every course module.
Practitioner-Educator Loop
The continuous feedback between consulting and teaching ensures frameworks remain relevant, actionable, and aligned with real federal requirements.
Core Expertise Areas
Edge Security
Securing distributed edge nodes, IoT devices, and OT systems in federal environments with real-world constraints.
AI Governance
Governance frameworks for AI inference models on federal edge devices, aligned with NIST AI RMF and Executive Order 13960.
Zero Trust Architecture
Implementing Zero Trust principles (NIST SP 800-207) at the node level for distributed federal deployments.
CMMC Compliance
Expert advisory on CMMC Level 2 & 3 compliance for defense contractors with edge-connected systems.
OT/IT Convergence
Bridging operational technology and information technology security in federal critical infrastructure.
Fog & Edge Computing
Infrastructure design and security for fog and edge computing deployments in federal environments.
Governance Honesty, Not Optimism
Most security assessments apply data center security models to edge environments. This doesn't work. Federal edge deployments have unique constraints: limited bandwidth, intermittent connectivity, resource-constrained devices, and operational requirements that don't fit textbook frameworks.
HOD Consult specializes in honest risk assessment. We identify real vulnerabilities in your edge deployment, not theoretical ones. We recommend solutions that work within federal constraints, not against them.
Our approach: assess your actual operational environment, identify real risks, and build governance that works in practice, not just on paper.
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