Zakti Security Labs - Chicago Cybersecurity Consulting, Ethical Hacking, and Fraud Risk Assessment -

We apply gray matter to solve your gray areas.

Protect yourself from the costly actions of hackers and fraudsters. Be proactive with your digital security measures.

Work with us and we’ll safely navigate you through the murky waters of the digital ocean.

Work with us and we’ll safely navigate you through the murky waters of the digital ocean.

Our Advantages

Traditional Firms	Zakti Security Labs
Inexperienced professionals right out of college.	Highly experienced and educated professionals with relevant domain experience.
Inexperienced professionals increase the risk of project failure.	Highly experienced and educated professionals, with relevant domain experience, increase the probability of project success.
Unjustifiably higher rates that cover high overhead costs and feed commission structures at large firms. Clients pay more to get less.	Highly competitive rates that cover services rendered. Clients pay fair-market rates for outstanding work.
Follow an "in the box" approach. Effective for training armies of consultants, but ineffective in assessing risks and in providing value.	Experience, education, and maturity enable effective navigation and assessment of complex risks. We follow an "out of the box" approach.
Most of the time, staff is paid by clients to learn.	Staff is paid for providing value.
Business model encourages high headcount on projects. High headcount and more hours means more revenue. This does not always translate to client value.	We only hire the optimum amount of professionals for a given unit of work.
Have a strong incentive to create an annuity revenue stream with their client's budget. There is no incentive to make their client's operations more efficient.	We will find ways for you to save money going forward by leaving you with a sustainable advantage. Our goal is to make our client's operations more efficient and nimble.

How we differ from traditional cybersecurity firms.

Us	Highly experienced and educated professionals with relevant domain experience.
Them	Inexperienced professionals right out of college.

Us	Highly experienced and educated professionals, with relevant domain experience, increase the probability of project success.
Them	Inexperienced professionals increase the risk of project failure.

Us	Highly competitive rates that cover services rendered. Clients pay fair-market rates for outstanding work.
Them	Unjustifiably higher rates that cover high overhead costs and feed commission structures at large firms. Clients pay more to get less.

Us	Experience, education, and maturity enable effective navigation and assessment of complex risks. We follow an "out of the box" approach.
Them	Follow an "in the box" approach. Effective for training armies of consultants, but ineffective in assessing risks and in providing value.

Us	Staff is paid for providing value.
Them	Most of the time, staff is paid by clients to learn.

Us	We only hire the optimum amount of professionals for a given unit of work.
Them	Business model encourages high headcount on projects. High headcount and more hours means more revenue. This does not always translate to client value.

Us	We will find ways for you to save money going forward by leaving you with a sustainable advantage. Our goal is to make our client's operations more efficient and nimble.
Them	Have a strong incentive to create an annuity revenue stream with their client's budget. There is no incentive to make their client's operations more efficient.

Our Services

Cybersecurity and Penetration Testing

Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing
IT Audit
IT General Controls Assessment
IT Application Control Assessment
SOC (service organization control) Readiness Assessments
Policy Evaluation and Development
Entity-Level Controls Assessment

IT Governance Assessment and Review
Entity Level Control Assessment and Analysis
Phishing Tests
Security Awareness Training and Development
Engineering Security into the Development Process
Cloud Security Assessment
Incident Response Program Development

Network Security Assessment
Vendor Risk Assessment and Reviews
HIPAA Risk Assessment and Analysis
PCI (Payment Card Industry) Readiness Assessment and Remediation
Healthcare Security/Privacy Reviews
Medical Device Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
Meaningful Use and Risk Analysis

Fraud Analysis

Fraud Risk Assessment
Forensic Accounting
Fraud Analysis Using Data Analytics
Analysis and Detection of P-Card Fraud, Expense Fraud, and Accounts Payable Fraud
Healthcare Fraud Analysis and Detection

Learn how we assess information risk so that it can be managed in the most cost-effective way possible. We will work with you to secure your data and give you peace of mind.