Independent cybersecurity research and advisory
TKOResearch is an independent cybersecurity research and advisory firm focused on the security of AI systems, autonomous agents, and high-stakes technical decisions.
AI security advisory
AI is moving into the enterprise faster than it can be secured, and the people qualified to secure it are scarce. Boards, counsel, and security leaders need a defensible answer before production launch, enterprise review, board oversight, or litigation-driven scrutiny. The deliverable is practical judgment: what matters, what is exposed, what must change, and what can proceed.
Engagements
Five ways to work together, from a single board briefing to an ongoing advisory relationship.
Clear technical context for oversight, risk appetite, and go-forward decisions.
An independent advisory path for boards and executive teams that need recurring technical context—not only a one-time briefing—on AI systems, security posture, vendor claims, launch readiness, and material changes.
Briefing from $7,500; advisory scoped
Discuss board advisoryAdversarial testing for AI agents and LLM-based systems.
Prompt-injection testing, memory-poisoning analysis, adversarial path modeling, and toolchain-manipulation research for systems moving toward production access.
Scoped per engagement
Discuss an assessmentSenior technical judgment without a full-time executive hire.
A recurring advisory relationship for startups and growing teams that need a Principal Engineer in the room for product security, AI-system decisions, customer review, and roadmap tradeoffs.
Monthly retainer, scoped
Discuss fractional advisoryIndependent technical review when it has to hold up.
Independent technical review, high-assurance attestation, and litigation support for matters where the analysis must withstand scrutiny.
Scoped per engagement
Make an inquiryA day of deep expertise for your team.
Hands-on upskilling on AI-security threats and defenses for security teams and leadership, tuned to your stack and operating context.
From $5,000 / day
Book a workshopWho we work with
Boards and executives who need a credible read on AI-security risk.
AI-native and AI-adopting companies deploying agents and LLM-based systems.
General counsel and litigation teams needing expert review or testimony.
Regulated and federal-adjacent organizations that need senior AI-security capacity without a full-time hire.
MSPs and MSSPs that need senior security judgment for customer-facing AI security, identity risk, incident defensibility, and difficult security conversations.
MSP partnershipsWhy buyers call
National-security and frontier-research experience applied to AI systems, autonomous agents, and high-assurance security decisions.
Each engagement ends in a concrete deliverable that leadership, counsel, and engineering can act on.
Centered on AI and autonomous-agent systems: prompt injection, memory poisoning, tool use, RAG boundaries, and production access.
Insights
Analysis of AI-security threats, autonomous-agent risk, and the techniques attackers actually use.
Read the latestSecurity Diligence / Last reviewed August 4, 2026
A practical enterprise framework for deciding whether an AI agent should proceed, enter a limited pilot, or remain out of production.
MCP Security / Last reviewed August 4, 2026
How enterprise teams can let AI agents use real tools without letting the model authorize, approve, or execute high-impact actions unchecked.
Agent-Readable Web / Last reviewed July 16, 2026
A practical decision guide to 17 web discovery, access, authentication, tool, and commerce mechanisms for AI agents.
Start a conversation
Most engagements begin with a short scoping call: we establish the problem, define a concrete deliverable, and send a fixed-fee proposal.
Alexandria, VA / Washington, DC metro. Working with clients nationwide.
