Critical Infrastructure Security Architecture
Critical infrastructure security runs on hard regulatory stakes. NERC/FERC-CIP violations carry civil penalties and mandatory remediation timelines. Vulnerability backlogs get prioritized by risk, documented by framework, and managed through auditor-scrutinized workflows.
Security programs in NERC/FERC-regulated environments carry hard accountability. Vulnerability decisions are documented by risk and tracked to closure. Control gaps carry audit exposure. Documentation quality determines authorization outcomes. FEDLIN delivers security architecture in this context: controls that satisfy dual compliance regimes, documentation built to assessor-review fidelity, and AI risk management mapped to the frameworks regulators are adopting.
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The Convergence
On April 7, 2026, NIST released a concept note launching the AI RMF Profile for Trustworthy AI in Critical Infrastructure. For the first time, AI risk management and critical infrastructure security are converging on a shared federal framework.
This creates an immediate gap: critical infrastructure operators are being asked to assess AI systems (LLMs, agentic pipelines, ML-based monitoring) against NIST AI RMF requirements, while simultaneously maintaining CIP compliance. AI risk management and CIP security are usually separate skill sets; FEDLIN works across both.
FEDLIN operates at this intersection. NIST AI RMF implementation for agentic and LLM systems is a current capability, deployed in production environments, mapped to SOC 2 and NIST 800-53 control requirements. Combined with NERC/FERC-CIP vulnerability management experience, this is a rare profile for prime subcontracting and teaming arrangements.
Capabilities
What FEDLIN Delivers in Critical Infrastructure Environments
Vulnerability Management Authority
Principal-level triage and risk acceptance authority. Intake-to-closure workflows with defined SLA tiers. Archer GRC-tracked backlog management. Risk acceptance documentation, compensating controls, and annual review cycles. Executive risk register reporting.
NIST 800-53 Control Implementation
Infrastructure-layer control implementation across cloud and on-premise environments. CI/CD security gates, IAM enforcement, secrets management, SIEM integration, and continuous evidence instrumentation. Evidence mapped to CIP requirements and NIST 800-53 control families.
SSP Development
System boundary documentation, control narratives, and pre-assessment validation supporting NIST 800-53 authorization efforts. Background in environments where control documentation must satisfy both CIP standards and agency authorization requirements simultaneously.
NIST AI RMF for Critical Infrastructure
AI risk assessment for systems entering NERC/FERC-regulated environments: LLM integrations, ML-based anomaly detection, agentic monitoring pipelines. Context boundary definition, access scoping, and audit logging mapped to the NIST AI RMF Critical Infrastructure Profile and existing CIP control requirements.
Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness
Hybrid ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) key establishment implemented in production, on a documented migration path to the CNSA 2.0 suite (ML-KEM-1024 / ML-DSA-87), with SLH-DSA (FIPS 205 / SPHINCS+) signing for long-lived integrity. Cryptographic inventory assessment and PQC migration roadmap for critical infrastructure operators responding to NSA CNSA 2.0 and federal agency PQC timelines.
Teaming
Prime Subcontracting & Teaming
FEDLIN is structured for prime subcontracting and teaming arrangements on critical infrastructure security engagements.
Business Status
- C2C via FEDLIN LLC | Available Immediately
- U.S. Citizen | Eligible for Public Trust / DoD Clearance
NAICS Codes
- 541512: Computer Systems Design Services
- 541519: Other Computer Related Services
- 541690: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting
Relevant Experience: NERC/FERC-Regulated Environment
NERC/FERC-regulated energy environment: critical-infrastructure vulnerability management across BES Cyber Assets, EACMS, and physically-distributed OT and edge infrastructure. Risk-tiered remediation, risk acceptance with compensating controls where no viable fix exists, Archer GRC-tracked backlogs, and executive risk-register reporting, including crypto remediation on legacy, hard-to-patch field assets to clear CIP deadlines.
Framework Coverage
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