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    Good intentions are not enough

    Your complex security problems need practical, sustainable, and empathetic solutions.

  • WHAT WE DO

    At Keel Paradox, we understand that startups and nonprofits face unique cybersecurity, compliance, and organization challenges, often with limited budgets and resources. That's why we offer tailored solutions designed to help these organizations establish and maintain a strong security posture in a practical, sustainable, and empathetic way aligned with business risk. Our team of experts provide a range of services, including risk assessments, policy development, incident response planning, and compliance assessments. In addition, we provide organizational facilitation and advisory services which include vision and mission statement generation workshops and strategic planning and goal setting workshops. With our help, you can gain peace of mind and focus on what you do best – growing your business and making a positive impact in the world.

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    Security Program Development Services

    With Keel Paradox's security program development service, our experts work directly with your team to determine the assets and risks of your business and tailors a security program for your needs. This service can include us conducting risk assessments, developing information security policies, providing security awareness training, and running incident response scenarios.

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    Compliance Assessment and Advisory Services

    Our cybersecurity framework compliance assessment service evaluates an organization's adherence to a specific cybersecurity framework, such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53, and other special publications, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls. The service involves a comprehensive review of the organization's policies, procedures, and technical controls to determine if they align with the requirements of the chosen framework. We explain the "what" and the "why" of compliance requirements and empower your teams to address the "how".

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    Organizational Facilitation and Advisory Services

    Our organizational facilitation and advisory services include facilitating vision and mission statement generation workshops; strategic planning and goal setting workshops; diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice (DEIBJ) action plans; and assessments of People Operations, Customer Success, IT operations workflows. We leverage human-centered design principles and trauma-informed approaches while conducting our organizational workshops.

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    Executive and Management Coaching Services

    Our executive and management coaching consulting services aim to help individuals in leadership positions, such as executives, managers, and entrepreneurs, to enhance their performance, leadership skills, and personal development. The coaching process involves one-on-one sessions between our coaches and a client, where the coach provides guidance and support to the client to identify their strengths, weaknesses, and areas of improvement. The ultimate goal of our executive and management coaching consulting services is to empower individuals in leadership positions to become more effective, successful, and fulfilled in their roles.

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    Mental Health First Aid Training

    We provide Mental Health First Aid training from the National Council of Mental Wellbeing with our certified instructors. Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help. The goal of Mental Health First Aid training is to increase mental health literacy and reduce stigma, and ultimately to empower people to support themselves and others in maintaining good mental health.

  • WHO WE ARE

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    Jamie Tomasello

    Founder

    Meet Jamie Tomasello, the founder of Keel Paradox, whose unyielding passion for cybersecurity, compliance, and mental health has ignited a revolution for startups and non-profits. With over 20 years of cybersecurity and compliance experience, Jamie focuses on the intersection of people, process, and technology, leveraging human-centered design principles to ensure security solutions operate with empathy, integrity, and simplicity.

     

    Jamie has built and evolved trust and safety, security operations, and compliance teams from the ground up at companies such as Time Warner Cable, Cloudflare, and Duo Security. As a thought leader, speaker, and mentor, Jamie has shared her wisdom at numerous security and technical conferences, bridging the gap between technical expertise and real-world applications. In addition, Jamie is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US and CIPT) and a Mental Health First Aid instructor.

     

    Driven by a mission to empower organizations to navigate the treacherous waters of cyber threats and regulatory challenges, Jamie Tomasello stands at the helm of Keel Paradox, guiding clients towards new horizons of resilience.

  • WHY Keel Paradox?

     

    The keel of a boat serves as the foundation and stability point for the vessel, helping to keep it upright and on course through changing currents and weather conditions. Similarly, a security program serves as the foundation and stability point for a company's overall security posture, helping to protect it from evolving threats and risks. Both require careful planning, design, and implementation to ensure they are effective and reliable, and both need ongoing maintenance and monitoring to stay effective over time. Just as a boat's keel needs to be strong, flexible, and responsive to changing conditions, a security program needs to be adaptable and resilient, with the ability to adjust and respond to new threats as they emerge.

     

    Cybersecurity is full of paradoxes, some of the most common being the trade-off between security and convenience, the need for openness and collaboration versus the need for privacy and secrecy, and the balance between protecting sensitive data and maintaining accessibility. Another paradox is the tension between innovation and security, where emerging technologies and approaches may introduce new vulnerabilities and risks that security programs struggle to address effectively. Additionally, there is a paradox around the role of humans in cybersecurity - on one hand, they can be a company's greatest asset in identifying and preventing threats, but on the other hand, they can also be perceived as its weakest link if they fall prey to social engineering attacks or fail to follow security protocols. These paradoxes demonstrate the complexity and challenges of cybersecurity, highlighting the need for careful planning, ongoing evaluation, and a balanced approach that considers both security and practicality.

     

    Keel Paradox understands the conflicting complexities faced by its clients and provides tailored services that address their specific needs while also considering the broader impact of their solutions.solutions.