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FEDERAL SECURITY VALIDATION FRAMEWORK

Required ≠ Deployed.
Deployed ≠ Effective.

Government cybersecurity mandates define what organizations must implement. Keystone maps those requirements to capabilities you already have (or may need) and safely simulates real-world attacks aligned to that mandate.

The result: measurable proof that your implementation achieves what the mandate requires.

Map the Mandate. Simulate the Threat. Prove the Defense.

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Mandate
Start with the requirement
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Capability
Evaluate current posture
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Threat
Identify adversarial behavior
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Test
Exercise the defenses
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Evidence
Measurable, defensible results
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Action
Close the gaps

Introducing Keystone

From Mandate to Measurable Evidence

The Keystone security validation framework designed to translate cybersecurity requirements into measurable, defensible evidence of how security controls perform against relevant adversarial behavior.

Keystone does not begin with a product recommendation.

It begins with the requirement, evaluates the organization’s current posture, identifies relevant adversarial behavior, and determines what happens when applicable defenses are tested.

Mandates We Map To
M-26-14
Logging & network visibility
EO 14409
AI innovation & security
BOD 26-04
Risk-based remediation
M-26-15
Post-quantum cryptography
Zero Trust
M-22-09 / CISA ZTMM

Each mandate is mapped to the capabilities it requires, then tested against the adversarial behavior it is meant to stop.

The Keystone Model

Map the Mandate.

Start with the requirement and evaluate the organization's current posture against it.

The Keystone Model

Simulate the Threat.

Identify relevant adversarial behavior and test the applicable defenses.

The Keystone Model

Prove the Defense.

Produce measurable, defensible evidence of how security controls actually perform.

THE PROOF GAP

Your controls may be deployed.
But can you prove they work?

A security program may have the required policy. The technology may have been purchased. The control may be configured and deployed.

But implementation does not necessarily demonstrate effectiveness.

Cybersecurity failures can occur when controls are incomplete, improperly configured, inconsistently deployed, poorly integrated, or unable to generate the telemetry and response expected of them.

  • Incomplete controls The requirement is only partly covered.
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  • Improperly configured controls Deployed, but not set up the way it needs to be.
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  • Inconsistently deployed controls Present in some environments, missing in others.
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  • Poorly integrated controls Tools that don't talk to each other or the wider defense.
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  • Controls unable to generate the telemetry and response expected of them No signal, no alert, no action when it matters.
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Who It's For

Built for Public Sector Cybersecurity

Keystone is designed for organizations navigating complex cybersecurity requirements and highly interconnected defensive environments.

Federal Agencies

Validate whether security investments are producing expected defensive outcomes.

State Government

Assess capabilities across enterprise environments and shared services.

Higher Education

Evaluate complex, distributed environments against applicable cybersecurity requirements.

Resources

The Keystone White Paper

Federal Security Validation Framework

An overview of the Keystone model and how it moves organizations from compliance status to greater security confidence.

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