Services

What we actually help you with.

Security jargon is everywhere. Plain answers are harder to find. Below, each service starts with the real-world problem it solves — in language that doesn't require a cybersecurity degree to understand. The technical detail is there for teams who need it, but it's not the first thing you'll read.

01
Controlling Who Has Admin Access
PAM JIT Session Governance Vault

The real-world problem: Some accounts in your organization have the ability to access everything — delete data, change settings, view sensitive records. If those accounts are always active, anyone who steals those credentials has the keys to everything. We build systems where that level of access is temporary, requires approval, and leaves a full record of what was done.

Most PAM failures aren't tool failures — they're design failures. A privileged access program built around how a vendor's documentation says an organization should operate will be bypassed the moment there's pressure. The architecture has to fit the actual environment, including how engineers escalate during incidents, how service accounts accumulate over time, and where standing credentials hide in containerized workloads.

Environment assessment and full privileged account inventory before a single configuration change
Just-in-Time elevation workflows integrated with existing change management (ServiceNow, Jira)
Session recording, session governance, and behavioral analytics for privileged operations
Service account lifecycle governance and credential vault integration
Workload identity federation for containerized and cloud-native environments
MITRE ATT&CK mapped validation — controls tested against real adversary techniques, not compliance checklists
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02
Zero Trust — Verify Everyone, Every Time
NIST 800-207 Conditional Access PIM Multi-Cloud

The real-world problem: Traditional security assumes that if you're already inside the company network, you can be trusted. That assumption is why breaches spread so far once an attacker gets in. Zero Trust means every login and every access request gets verified — no matter where it comes from. We build that verification layer so threats can't move freely even when they're already inside.

Zero Trust is a posture, not a product. Buying a next-generation firewall or a CASB and calling it Zero Trust leaves the underlying perimeter model intact — the gap between stated posture and enforced reality is where breach opportunity lives.

NIST 800-207 aligned framework design across hybrid multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Conditional access policies built on behavioral signals — impossible travel, MFA fatigue, token anomalies
PIM restructuring to replace standing admin assignments with time-bound, scoped activations
Directory schema normalization to eliminate the identity data quality issues that produce incorrect access decisions
SIEM-integrated automated enforcement so policy response doesn't depend on analyst availability
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03
Secure Logins for Your Customers & Partners
CIAM OAuth2 OIDC FedRAMP

The real-world problem: If your customers, patients, clients, or partners log into a system you run, that login process needs to be secure, smooth, and meet whatever regulatory standards apply to your industry. A broken or insecure login isn't just a technical problem — it's a trust problem with the people your business depends on.

External-facing identity is a different problem than workforce identity. In regulated environments, authentication failures aren't user experience problems — they're audit findings.

CIAM platform design using Auth0, Okta, Microsoft Entra External ID, or ForgeRock based on environment requirements
Federation standardization across OAuth2, OIDC, SAML 2.0, and WS-Federation
Automated certificate lifecycle — rotation, monitoring, and metadata refresh built in from day one
Identity assurance level design aligned to NIST 800-63 for regulated and federal contexts
FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 control implementation with continuous evidence generation
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04
Managing Access as Your Team Changes
IGA Lifecycle Access Cert SOD

The real-world problem: When employees join, change roles, or leave — their access should update automatically. In practice it often doesn't. Former employees retain access for months. People accumulate permissions from every role they've ever had. Nobody has a clean picture of who can actually access what. We build the automated systems that keep access current and auditable.

Privilege accumulates through ordinary operations — every onboarding shortcut, every missed offboarding, every role change that left access behind. The goal is governance that eliminates the problem at the source.

Joiner/mover/leaver workflow design across HR, Active Directory, and downstream application provisioning
Role engineering and RBAC model design that reflects how the organization actually grants access
Access certification automation with behavioral analytics to identify dormant access and SOD violations
SailPoint, Saviynt, and ActiveIDM implementation and governance framework design
Continuous audit evidence generation aligned to SOX, HIPAA, and NIST 800-53 requirements
05
Preventing Authentication Outages
PKI SAML Federation Automation

The real-world problem: Your login systems run on digital certificates that expire. When they expire and nobody notices in time, login breaks — for everyone, all at once. We automate the entire renewal process so this becomes a routine calendar event instead of a 2am emergency.

In a federated environment, a single expired signing certificate breaks authentication for every application in the trust chain simultaneously — every user, every region, all at once.

Full certificate and federation trust chain inventory — documenting what exists before automating what should
Tiered expiration monitoring with renewal automation across Entra ID, ADFS, and on-premises PKI
SAML metadata refresh automation and OIDC well-known endpoint continuous validation
Key rollover coordination across relying parties with advance notice rather than immediate cutover
NIST 800-53 SC-17 and IA-5 aligned documentation for federal audit requirements
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06
Seeing What's Actually Happening in Your Environment
Splunk Terraform CSPM FISMA

The real-world problem: Most security tools generate so much data that real threats get buried in noise, and your security team spends their time chasing false alarms instead of real ones. We configure your monitoring systems to show you what actually matters — in a format both your technical team and your leadership can read.

Security tools generate noise by default. The goal is an environment that reports its own truth in real time.

Splunk and Azure Sentinel tuning based on environment-specific behavioral baselines, not vendor defaults
Dashboard design for dual audiences — executive risk posture and analyst operational triage from the same telemetry
Terraform and CloudFormation governance baked into CI/CD pipelines to catch misconfiguration before deployment
CSPM implementation for continuous multi-cloud compliance monitoring across AWS, Azure, and GCP
FISMA continuous monitoring architecture with built-in evidence generation for federal assessments
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"Your security program should be built around how your organization actually works — not around how a vendor's template assumes you work. We build it to fit your reality."

Every organization runs differently. Your industry, your team size, your mix of cloud and on-premises systems, your compliance requirements — these all shape what the right security approach actually looks like. We start by understanding your situation on its own terms, then build a plan that fits it. Not a plan we'd build for any other client.

Engagement Model
Phase 01
Step 1: We learn your situation

We start by understanding what you actually have — not what policy says you have. Who has access to what, where the gaps are, and what's already working well. No recommendations before we understand the environment.

Phase 02
Step 2: We build a plan with quick wins

We define what to fix first — the changes that reduce risk immediately and build confidence — alongside a longer-term roadmap that moves toward lasting security rather than just passing the next audit.

Phase 03
Step 3: We build it and prove it works

We implement the controls and test them against real attack scenarios — not just check compliance boxes. You get documented proof that your security does what it's designed to do.

Phase 04
Step 4: Audit-ready documentation

If you're in a regulated industry, we make sure the documentation and evidence are generated automatically as part of normal operations — so when an audit comes, you're pulling reports, not scrambling to recreate records.

Phase 05
Step 5: Ongoing partnership

Your organization keeps changing. New tools, new people, new threats, new regulations. Ongoing advisory means you have someone to call when something changes — before it becomes a problem, not after.

On Demand
Need an expert on your team?

Some organizations need senior identity security expertise without the cost and commitment of a full-time hire. We can serve as your embedded identity security expert — attending meetings, responding to incidents, and guiding decisions as a trusted extension of your team.

Investment

Engagements are scoped to your situation. Not priced off a menu.

Every engagement starts with a discovery conversation — understanding your environment, your goals, and the scope of what needs to be addressed. Pricing is determined from there, not before it.

Cloudcentria works with organizations that are serious about getting identity security right. If budget is the primary driver rather than outcome, we're probably not the right fit — and we'll tell you that directly in the first conversation.

Assessment & Advisory
Environment review, gap analysis, and strategic roadmap
Typically delivered as a fixed-scope engagement
Implementation
PAM, Zero Trust, CIAM, IGA, or PKI buildout
Project-based or phased milestone delivery
Ongoing Advisory / Staff Augmentation
Principal-level expertise embedded in your team
Monthly retainer — minimum 3-month commitment

Not sure where to start? That's fine — most clients aren't.

The first consultation is a real conversation. Tell us what's going on in your organization — we'll tell you honestly whether and how we can help.