Compliance and risk consulting services

AI-aware threat modeling and red teaming service for LLM applications

AI Engineer — AI Security Engineer Foundations + Certificate — Micah Silverman, Snyk

Offer a proactive security practice that threat models AI systems before code is written and then attacks them the way a real adversary would, adapting classic STRIDE-style threat modeling to AI-specific assets and trust boundaries.

Problem: Traditional reactive security finds vulnerabilities only after deployment (patch-and-repeat cycles like Log4Shell), and traditional threat modeling falls short for AI because behavior is non-deterministic and new assets like prompt templates, context windows, memory stores, model weights, RAG pipelines and MCP servers create new attack surfaces.

For: Teams building LLM applications, chatbots and agents — from MVP-stage projects to production deployments — plus security teams that already know classic appsec but not AI.

Examples

• An ATLAS threat-matrix study of OpenClaw generated 37 total threats including direct prompt injection and skills-based persistence

Agent-driven CVE remediation evidence service for AI vendors selling into regulated industries

AI Engineer — Shipping AI Into 5 Major Banks Without a 12-Month Compliance Wait — Al Chen, Cisco

Instead of just bumping package versions and hoping scanner tools accept it, run agents inside a harness that write exploits against the old package version and tests to verify the exploit is actually gone from the application code, then package that evidence into a report for the customer's security team.

Problem: Scanning tools (Sysdig, Wiz, Prisma) only check that a package version was bumped — they say nothing about whether the exploit still exists in application code. Security teams demand evidence, and unremediable transient dependencies in open-source projects need explained, not just flagged.

For: AI and SaaS platform vendors deploying on-prem into banks and other heavily regulated customers with strict CVE SLAs

Septic tank inspection and certification

John's Vault — 13 BUSINESSES That Are Still Wide Open

Inspect and certify septic systems for real-estate transactions, then build referral relationships with local realtors before potentially adding pumping.

Problem: Properties with septic systems require professional inspection before closing, creating a legally mandated need for inspection and certification.

For: Home buyers and sellers, realtors, and property owners with septic systems involved in a real-estate closing.

Examples

• Solo septic inspectors: the transcript claims annual earnings of $75,000 to $150,000.

Production-readiness scoring and compliance-velocity consulting for AI vendors entering banking

AI Engineer — Shipping AI Into 5 Major Banks Without a 12-Month Compliance Wait — Al Chen, Cisco

A service that audits an AI vendor's deployment against the pillars banks actually check — build pipeline, data resiliency, leakage — and identifies the organizational signals (image-registry approval process, GPU procurement, security reviews, custom LM gateway) that stretch time-to-production from weeks to months, then fixes them with engineering, workflow and organizational work streams.

Problem: Vendors claim weeks-to-production but never checked that timeline against the customer's infrastructure, security posture and cluster nuances; the real delays are human and organizational, not technical.

For: AI observability and other SaaS vendors trying to get production deployments (not prototypes) into major banks