Security isn’t just a feature; it’s an imperative. Our allegiance to the highest standards is evident in our GCC High and DoD environment deployments, ensuring compliance with stringent regulations like the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Our dedication to data and cloud security is underscored by the Certification (CMMC) Model 2.0 Level 2 Assessment that our internal environment at SteelToad has successfully attained. This achievement also designates us as a CMMC Third Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO). Further validating our expertise, the DCMA DIBCAC, under the guidance of the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO), has acknowledged our strict adherence to the CMMC Model 2.0 Level 2 practices. This recognition shines a light on our profound expertise in cybersecurity and our commitment to secure data management.
Our expertise is deeply rooted in understanding and implementing critical cybersecurity frameworks like NIST 800-53, A&A, RMA, HVA, CRR, EDM, CMMC, and CMMI. We believe in a proactive approach, integrating security considerations for application development, migration of systems, data protection and governance, cloud strategy and weaving them through every facet of cloud migration and development.
[ verb. the function of utilizing administrative checks, preventative strategies, monitoring controls, processes and management to secure all database and applications within the organization’s information infrastructure ]
Your data isn’t just information; it’s the backbone of your organization’s functionality. At SteelToad, we understand the nuanced intricacies of safeguarding this valuable asset. We deploy advanced strategies, adopting industry-leading practices to ensure the complete integrity and security of your data and applications.
Harnessing the perfect blend of organizational, technological, physical, and people-centric controls, our focus remains laser-sharp: securing your data from external and internal threats. Be it in the cloud, on mobile platforms, web environments, or data storage, our preventive strategies are an unyielding fortress against vulnerabilities. Not only are we capable of honing in on the security of applications, databases and data, our development teams understand the focus required in BUILDING security into software development and applications from the moment of an idea to delivery and maintenance.
Our approach isn’t just about protection; it’s about aligning your data governance with top-tier security standards. We meticulously craft data classification rules, ensuring they seamlessly sync with privacy treatments, data loss prevention, encryption, and risk analysis. For SteelToad, every aspect of your business, from storage management to vendor operations, is crucial in the complete data management spectrum.
Our seasoned team has spearheaded data migrations for esteemed government agencies, seamlessly transitioning data to elite cloud environments like Azure and AWS. This expertise amplifies our commitment to ensuring the sanctity of your organization’s database applications through cyber hunt initiatives, high-value asset risk assessments, or rigorous cyber data resiliency reviews.
We’re not just consultants but your partners in ensuring your databases remain accurate and secure. Our dedicated team oversees all facets, from production control to data backup. Our meticulous documentation ensures that every process is transparent, easily accessible, and consistently updated. Our proficiency extends to:
Securing Tomorrow, Today with SteelToad.
[ verb. the process of designing, building and implementing software applications using a specific methodology ]
The art of application development goes beyond coding; it requires a combination of precision, passion, and proficiency. At SteelToad, our application developers embody these traits, approaching each project with unwavering dedication. By leveraging agile methodologies, we ensure that our developmental journey aligns perfectly with the requirements of our clients.
It starts with an eye and focus on how we build strong security into the development of an application – predicting, anticipating and using the experience our team has in assessing information systems environments, to plan for a digital environment stressed with cyber attacks on infrastructure. Working with a base of cybersecurity teams at SteelToad, implementing Cyber Red Team and Cyber Blue Team functions, we have learned how to see our development in a whole different light. This helps our clients by building in the defense – proactive instead of reactive – leading to an efficiency which is side by side in our development process.
The digital revolution beckons. As businesses race to embrace the future, modernization and cloud-based solutions are not just preferred—they are imperative. Recognizing this pressing need, SteelToad stands at the forefront, ready to assist enterprises in transitioning towards a more streamlined, cloud-centric paradigm.
While traditional application development remains our stronghold, our expertise doesn’t stop there. With the rapid surge in mobile technology and its pervasive influence, we’ve sharpened our skills to craft impressive mobile applications, ensuring your business remains connected, contemporary, and competitive.
What differentiates SteelToad from the vast sea of developers? It’s our unwavering commitment to quality and client satisfaction. We start looking by through a lens of process driven cybersecurity posture. How will we build this to be secure from the outset. How do we meet the requirements for the agency or organization, and how do we develop efficiently and securely. It is the focus of our development teams. Every line of code we write, every interface we design, and every application we deploy is a testament to our expertise, efficiency, and accountability. And while our portfolio highlights our past achievements, our vision is firmly set on the future, ever eager to adopt, adapt, and advance.
We invite you to examine the diverse capabilities of our seasoned team. Whether you have a specific project in mind or are simply exploring potential partnerships, we welcome the opportunity for a consultative discussion. Let us demonstrate how SteelToad’s wealth of experience can seamlessly align with and elevate your application development aspirations.
[ verb. a data management process that implements data sharing between subsystems and does so securely]
Imperative of Integration. Even more so, SteelToad understands that to integrate securely and successfully, we must understand the current infrastructure and the ultimate goal. What do we bring to the team – an expertise in finding gaps and understanding how an assessment of two or more systems involved in an integration, and perhaps and augmentation, will define areas of weakness and strength. Using this data, we will help the team ensure that security measures are first and foremost, without losing efficiency, effectiveness, quality and speed.
In a world of diverse systems and platforms, the art of system integration is not just a luxury but a necessity. With businesses navigating through a mix of contemporary applications and legacy systems, the challenge of creating harmony among them becomes paramount. At SteelToad, we understand the complexities of such environments and are dedicated to ensuring smooth, efficient integration for our clients.
Bridging the Old and the New and doing it securely. This is the reason SteelToad is able to help our clients move forward in a landscape of systematic attacks on infrastructure.
Modernization is the buzzword, but legacy systems remain central to many business operations. SteelToad’s expertise lies in seamlessly connecting these legacy systems with newer, modernized applications, ensuring data fluidity and operational cohesiveness. The goal is simple yet profound: a unified ecosystem where data and processes coexist harmoniously.
Expertise at Every Step. Our core team has worked in mission-critical cleared arenas moving legacy systems to the cloud and integrating security in every step. It is never an easy process, but the SteelToad is keenly aware of how communication with stakeholders and integrative processes create environments of success. Making sure our team enhances the secure posture for the business, as our development and integration teams move systems to the cloud, integrating and improving functionality and process, without sacrificing security.
System integration is a multi-faceted endeavor. Every stage demands precise attention to detail, from governance and requirements analysis to intricate software infrastructure planning. SteelToad prides itself on its comprehensive approach, addressing potential bottleneck issues with a proactive mindset, ensuring that the final integrated system is robust and resilient.
When system integration is executed flawlessly, the advantages are diverse: heightened communication efficiency, streamlined operations, and significant cost savings. Clients benefit from superior productivity levels, rigorous adherence to industry best practices, and enhanced data quality. At SteelToad, we don’t just promise these outcomes; we deliver them.
Our commitment to system integration remains steadfast, fortified by extensive experience and a profound grasp of industry nuances. At SteelToad, it’s not about merging systems; it’s about creating synergies, ensuring that the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts.
[ verb. the process of transferring data from one storage system or computing infrastructure to another ]
The Modern-day Imperative: Seamless Data Transitions. The digital transformation era has organizations constantly evolving, requiring intricate migrations of their pivotal assets: their data and systems. In this dynamic landscape, a flawless migration isn’t just an expectation—it’s an absolute. With SteelToad, clients experience a streamlined transition marked by precision, minimal disruption, and unwavering data integrity.
Shifting information system infrastructures, including applications and databases, to the cloud demands a precise strategy. This isn’t just a transfer; it’s a transformation, ensuring data retains its value and amplifies its utility in its new environment.
No journey lacks challenges, especially as intricate as data migration. The differentiation lies in anticipation and preparation. Leveraging our vast experience, we preempt potential pitfalls, ensuring a smooth and stable migration. Infusing principles of data governance, SteelToad crafts a migration plan that’s both robust and resilient.
Our expertise isn’t just rooted in theory; our successes validate it. We’ve spearheaded transformative migrations, ushering systems from dated infrastructures to cutting-edge cloud environments. It’s a transition marked by benefits: enhanced operational efficiency, scalability, and innovation, to name a few. But these benefits can only be realized with a partner that ensures migration perfection. That’s SteelToad’s commitment.
Our data migration methodology encompasses more than just the move. We prioritize data security, ensuring your data is safeguarded at all phases. We ensure the migration process is comprehensive and cohesive by addressing crucial facets like resource consolidation, data validation, conversion intricacies, minimal downtime, and efficient storage and backup protocols.
Security for SteelToad is the focus not an afterthought; it’s an integral component of our strategy. We use best practices and frameworks, such as CMMI Data Management Levels 2 and 3, to guide our data migration processes and to ensure consistency. We meticulously test and document each scenario by incorporating verification and validation activities throughout the migration process. Automation, alignment with cybersecurity standards, and rigorous checks for data completeness and integrity ensure that our migration efforts are precise and robust.
Data migration isn’t just about relocating data; it’s about ensuring its newfound potency in its new home. With SteelToad as your trusted guide, the journey is marked by excellence at every step. Our clients vouch for it.
In the digital realm, data quality isn’t just a preference; it’s a mandate. The moment data is generated, its quality determines the trajectory of decisions, operations, and outcomes. Every touchpoint, every transaction, and every decision hinges on the reliability of this data.
It’s a stark reality: subpar data quality can have cascading effects. Beyond the immediate implications of inaccuracies, the ripple effects manifest as operational inefficiencies, plummeting productivity, and escalating costs. The aftermath of navigating bad data is not just time-consuming but also a drain on resources and morale.
Data isn’t just numbers and characters; it reflects a company’s reputation. Quality data represents an organization’s commitment to excellence, driving accurate decision-making and underpinning strategic initiatives. With SteelToad at the helm, we ensure your data mirrors your company’s dedication to precision and excellence.
In an era where data drives decisions, its quality becomes synonymous with trust. Whether internal stakeholders rely on data for operations or customers entrust their information, the caliber of data solidifies an organization’s reputation. SteelToad recognizes this intrinsic link, ensuring data quality translates to unwavering trust.
At SteelToad, our pursuit of data perfection is relentless. We harness strategic systems and methodologies, emphasizing enhancing data quality at every juncture. As data traverses your organization, we ensure its integrity remains uncompromised, reflecting accuracy and precision at each touchpoint.
Transitioning from where you stand today to your desired data landscape might seem daunting. But with SteelToad as your trusted partner, this journey becomes seamless. We don’t just improve your data; we elevate it, fortifying your organization’s data-driven endeavors.
PACK IT UP. MOVE IT OVER. SECURELY.
[ verb. an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its lifecycle ]
In software and application development, evolution is critical. The landscape of technology is ever-changing, and the demands of businesses are perpetually on the move. SteelToad champions the philosophy of iterative project management, an approach that accepts change and thrives on it.
As our Cyber Red Teams, Cyber Blue Teams, CMMC assessors, and CMMI appraisers can demonstrate to our clients, the ability to evolve is critical as attacks on digital infrastructure increase, and information systems environments must alter and adapt to address vulnerabilities. We use agile and interactive processes and methods both internally and with our clients. It enables continual growth and, in the context of cybersecurity, a process to adapt to closing voids and weaknesses in security posture.
Our dedication to continuous improvement isn’t merely a nod to current industry trends—it embodies our core values. We firmly believe that every project, no matter its scale or domain, benefits from a commitment to refinement and enhancement at every stage. It is this belief that positions us uniquely in the market, delivering value to our clients time and again.
Agile management isn’t just about adaptability; it’s about unity. At SteelToad, we don’t see our clients as ordinary stakeholders; they’re our collaborators. By fostering an environment of open dialogue and receptivity, we ensure that every project milestone aligns with our client’s vision. This commitment to collaboration paves the way for tailor-made, relevant, and impactful solutions.
Possessing a solid methodology is essential, but its practical application is where the real magic happens. Our team comprises certified SCRUM Masters, individuals who are adept at spearheading large development projects using agile methodologies. When you engage with SteelToad, you aren’t just opting for a service provider; you’re choosing a partner dedicated to excellence, accountability, and results.
Your Vision, Our Expertise. Allow SteelToad to steward your projects, combining your vision with our proven agile management methods. We’re here to ensure that every phase, every iteration, and every sprint culminates in a product that epitomizes quality and innovation.