Data Protection, Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisory - On Earth and in Space

EDSI helps organizations protect critical data, reduce cyber risk, and meet regulatory obligations through pragmatic, enterprise-grade solutions. We specialize in resilient data protection architectures, cybersecurity risk mitigation, and compliance alignment for organizations operating in high-consequence environments.

What We Do

Data Protection & Cyber ResilienceWe design, implement, and optimize resilient data protection and recovery architectures that ensure availability, integrity, and recoverability under real-world threat conditions. Our work spans enterprise backup and recovery, immutability strategies, ransomware mitigation, and disaster recovery planning and testing.Services include:

  • Enterprise backup and recovery architecture

  • Ransomware resilience and recovery strategy

  • Disaster recovery design, testing, and validation

  • Data lifecycle management and retention strategy

  • Commvault architecture, deployment, and optimization

Cybersecurity & Risk ManagementEDSI helps organizations identify, prioritize, and reduce cybersecurity risk through architecture-driven security controls and practical implementation. We focus on defensible security programs that align technical safeguards with business objectives and regulatory expectations.Services include:

  • Cybersecurity risk assessments and gap analysis

  • Security architecture and control design

  • Ransomware threat modeling and response planning

  • Security policy and standards development

  • Executive and technical advisory services

Compliance & Framework AlignmentWe support organizations in aligning security and data-handling practices with recognized regulatory and assurance frameworks. Our approach focuses on evidence-ready controls, traceability, and sustainable operations — not checkbox compliance.Example frameworks supported include NIST SP 800-171, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 (Type I & Type II readiness), CMMC, FedRamp, and more.Services include:

  • Control mapping and gap assessments

  • Policy, procedure, and evidence development

  • Architecture and control implementation guidance

  • Pre-audit readiness and remediation planning

  • Ongoing advisory support for compliance maintenance

Architecture & Strategic IT AdvisoryEDSI provides hands-on architecture and advisory services for organizations navigating complex technical environments, new platforms, or emerging operational models. We translate requirements into architectures that are secure, resilient, and scalable.Services include:

  • Infrastructure and platform architecture

  • Cloud and hybrid-environment strategy

  • Vendor evaluation and solution selection

  • Technical due diligence and risk assessment

  • Executive-level technical advisory

Specialized Expertise: Space & High-Consequence Data EnvironmentsEDSI brings unique experience from supporting next-generation data infrastructure initiatives, including work related to space-based and highly distributed data environments. This experience informs our approach to terrestrial architectures where failure is not an option.Our expertise includes:

  • Designing data protection strategies for extreme, constrained, and high-latency environments

  • Secure data handling and replication across non-traditional infrastructure

  • Encryption, key management, and trust models for distributed systems

  • Resilience planning where physical access, recovery windows, and failure modes differ from conventional datacenters

While most organizations operate on Earth, the challenges of space-based data systems — limited access, delayed recovery, immutable storage, and high assurance requirements — directly inform stronger, more resilient terrestrial architectures.

Why EDSI

Senior-Level Expertise, Directly Engaged
EDSI is a boutique consultancy. You work directly with experienced practitioners — not layered account teams or junior resources.

Designed for Real-World Risk
We build solutions that account for operational reality, adversarial threats, and recovery under pressure — not idealized diagrams.

Compliance Without the Theater
Our compliance work focuses on meaningful controls, defensible evidence, and long-term sustainability.

Technology-Agnostic, Outcome-Driven
We help you select and implement solutions that fit your environment, not a vendor quota.

Contact Us

Let’s Talk
If you’re evaluating your data protection posture, cybersecurity risk, space communications, space data center plans, or compliance readiness, we’d be glad to discuss how EDSI can help.

whawkins [at] edsi.info