FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A cybersecurity company based in Marion County is looking to expand operations within the Mountain State and across the country with the launch of new cloud-based infrastructure technology.
Agile5 Technologies has announced the release of their new Automated Compliance Engine (ACE), a cloud-based infrastructure system designed to tailor organizational needs to meet federal information systems standards and prevent outside intrusions. Agile5 Technologies Chief Growth Officer Pete Fritsch calls the system a unique software system that analyzes cloud-based security programs and determines what needs to be adjusted in enough time to avoid hackers getting into government systems.
“ACE provides that first level of defense where you say, ‘Do I have everything configured correctly?'” said Fritsch. “So that it makes it that much harder to find a vulnerability.”
The ACE infrastructure engine looks at a single company or organization’s cloud storage configuration and follows tracks to make sure no vulnerabilities are shown when sending data that might allow for the theft of personal information. In a quick response time, the pre-populated security rule set established in the system then presents results on cloud infrastructure with customizable, user-friendly dashboard views. This will allow any business, government entity, or cyber-based program to be able to quickly determine if adjustments need to be made based on the actionable intelligence ACE provides.
“When you deploy something to the cloud, all the configurations that you put in place are secure and encrypted correctly, management is done correctly, and we devised a tool to help you to do that,” said Agile5 Technologies Chief Information Security Officer Jacob Brozenick. “It goes into your system, it looks at everything that you have, and it tells you what you’re missing.”
According to Fritsch, the ACE engine has already been launched as part of Agile5 Technologies’ contracts with federal government agencies, with more planned in the near future. This includes contracts involving partners with a previous history with the company in the government sector, including the General Services Administration, the United States Department of Justice, and the Federal Aviation Administration. More work is expected in the near future as a result of employees who live in the Mountain State working day and night.
“We deployed this for several of our customers, in fact, we just had a big migration from an on-premise data center to a fully cloud-based deployment,” said Fritsch on WAJR’s Talk of the Town. “Jake was up until all hours of the night doing a late cutover, and it was very successful, and ACE was a big part of that.”
The hope for Fritsch and other executives with Agile5 Technologies is that systems like ACE will be able to support cybersecurity-based employment opportunities in West Virginia. Not only does the company plan to continue to work with potential partners to implement the ACE system, but Agile5 also plans to continue to work in software development for Human-Centered Design (HCD) programs as well as services related to security operations, cloud infrastructure, and biometric scanning. With plans to expand in the near future, the company plans to continue to develop in the Mountain State while servicing a product not seen anywhere else in the country.
“You see the writing on the wall, you see where things are going, and you know that you can do it, just because it’s in Silicon Valley doesn’t mean you can’t develop and design stuff here,” said Brozenick. “So you foster those relationships with the talent and the people that you know are local, you rally around a product and an idea, and you build it.”