Security research & engineering
We build TAREOps for laboratory records and samples. Our engineering services help teams assess, build and harden AI systems that use sensitive data, tools and production workflows.
Tell us about the system and the decision. We’ll help agree the scope and the written outputs.
Our flagship product
TARE stands for Technical Analysis & Research Engine. TAREOps connects laboratory records, samples and materials, with design partner access for defined workflows.
Documentation assistance remains active R&D. Review the product maturity page for current capabilities and limits before planning a pilot.
Engineering services
Choose a starting point based on the system and the decision in front of you.
Build a useful workflow with controls from the start. We work on bounded AI workflows, model and tool integration, retrieval, access controls, evaluation, and the practices needed to run them.
Typical outputs
Agreed implementation, documented controls, evaluation results and handover.
Explore implementationUnderstand the risks before expanding access or relying on the output. We review agents, MCP integrations, retrieval systems and AI-assisted coding workflows, then explain the issues, their impact and the changes needed.
Typical outputs
Scoped findings, technical context and a prioritized remediation plan.
Compare assessment optionsClose the gap between a finding and a working fix. We make scoped changes to code, permissions, data boundaries, secrets handling, evaluation and operations, starting from our assessment or an existing report.
Typical outputs
Agreed changes, verification results, remaining issues and handover notes.
Explore remediationWe describe checks on our own implementation or remediation as verification or retesting. Independent assessment requires a separate scope and a conflict review.
Device & firmware security
Our OASIS lab supports device teardowns, component checks, firmware analysis and material comparisons. Stereo microscopy, electrical measurements, thermal imaging and FTIR help us answer a defined technical question. We agree the methods and handling before a device is sent.
Explore device assessmentsSelected architecture, product-security and technical-risk questions also fit our technical review work.
How engagements work
Agree on the system, access, constraints, decision and outputs before work starts.
Build, assess or remediate within the agreed scope, documenting material changes and limits.
Hand over the work, verification results, known limitations and next steps.
Before you engage
The sample package uses a fictional system to show how scope, methods, findings and limitations are presented. Actual deliverables are agreed for your engagement.
About TKOResearch
TKOResearch is led by Kevin O’Connor. The work combines hands-on security engineering, applied research and software development, with written findings and clear limits on what was tested.
Meet KevinInsights
Start with guides to agent deployment, tool permissions and company document access.
Browse all articlesAI Agent Security / Last reviewed September 9, 2026
A client review method for connecting an AI agent assessment to the permissions and release decision it actually covers.
RAG Security / Last reviewed September 9, 2026
A practical review package for agent memory write authority, provenance, tenant isolation, deletion and pilot release decisions.
Agentic AI / Last reviewed September 9, 2026
An action-centered audit trail for agent proposals, approval, dispatch, downstream effects, denials and missing telemetry.
Discuss a project
Tell us about the system, the decision and the constraints. We’ll use an initial discussion to establish whether there is a useful scope of work.
