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INDEPENDENT CRYPTOGRAPHIC ASSURANCE

Critical cryptography deserves independent verification.

GC Solutions helps leaders turn difficult cryptographic questions into bounded, evidence-led decisions—before architecture, remediation or investment is committed.

ADVISORY PORTFOLIO

Focused engagements for consequential trust decisions.

Each service is scoped around a decision, the evidence available to support it, and the accountable owners who need to act on the result.

01INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE

Enterprise Cryptographic Assurance Sprint

An independent, evidence-led review of defined cryptographic infrastructure. Understand material gaps before committing to a change, review or investment.

  • Environment and evidence inventory
  • HSM and key-management controls review
  • Configuration findings and operational risks
  • Prioritized recommendations and executive briefing
From $18,000Starting estimate / scope-dependentExplore
02CONTROL & CUSTODY

HSM Security & Key Management Assessment

Evaluate configuration assurance, key lifecycle governance and the operating practices that protect your trust infrastructure.

  • Logical access and role separation
  • Dual control and split knowledge
  • Key ceremonies and operating evidence
  • Backup, recovery and retirement review
From $12,500Starting estimate / scope-dependentExplore
03PRIORITIZED MODERNIZATION

Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness

Identify quantum-vulnerable public-key dependencies, test readiness assumptions, and build a migration plan anchored in business consequence.

  • Cryptographic inventory and dependency review
  • Crypto-agility and vendor-capability assessment
  • Migration prioritization and evidence gaps
  • Executive roadmap and decision support
$20,000–$35,000Starting estimate / scope-dependentExplore
04PAYMENT TRUST BOUNDARIES

Payment Security Architecture & Tokenization Advisory

Independent architecture review and cryptographic tokenization implementation consulting for complex payment ecosystems.

  • Vault / vaultless model and risk evaluation
  • Cryptographic boundary and traceability review
  • Access, integration and key-management decisions
  • PCI DSS readiness and evidence recommendations
Scoped to your environmentStarting estimate / scope-dependentExplore
05CONTINUING DECISION SUPPORT

Fractional Cryptographic Security Advisor

A defined advisory capacity for leadership teams navigating architecture, vendor choices, governance and migration decisions.

  • Architecture and vendor evaluation
  • Governance and security decision support
  • Migration planning and technical risk review
  • Agreed availability and executive communication
From $5,000/monthStarting estimate / scope-dependentExplore

Starting estimates, subject to scope, capacity and a written agreement. These are not binding online offers. No payment is collected on this site.

INDEPENDENT METHOD

Evidence before assumptions. Confidence before change.

We begin by defining the business question and the engagement boundary. We then examine approved records, architecture and operational evidence without converting an undocumented assertion into a conclusion.

Findings distinguish what is verified, what remains unknown and what requires an owner decision. The result is a defensible next move rather than a generic maturity score.

  1. 01 · Frame the decisionAgree objectives, boundaries, stakeholders and the evidence needed to answer your business question.
  2. 02 · Examine the evidenceReview approved inventories, control records and architecture. Preserve unknowns rather than treating gaps as a pass.
  3. 03 · Prioritize the exposureConnect configuration and operational findings to impact, dependencies, confidence and accountable owners.
  4. 04 · Brief the next moveDeliver defensible findings, remediation recommendations and an executive decision path—not unsupported certainty.
INDEPENDENT REVIEW / NOT A LIVE DATA FEED
EvidenceFindingsJudgmentDecision
Provenance retainedUnknowns explicitHuman accountability

WHERE WE FOCUS

Specialty knowledge, applied to your environment.

Trust infrastructure

HSM custody, key lifecycle governance, PKI dependencies and the operating evidence that keeps critical controls meaningful.

Payment boundaries

Tokenization architecture, key protection, controlled detokenization and the integration decisions that protect payment-data flows.

Modernization decisions

Cryptographic inventory, crypto-agility and risk-ranked migration planning for changing algorithms, platforms and dependencies.

PRACTICAL CONTEXT

Vendor-aware, not vendor-directed.

The founder's experience includes Futurex, Thales, Utimaco/Atalla and IBM cryptographic platforms. That context helps frame useful questions about a specific environment.

It does not imply vendor authorization, a vendor partnership, native integration support or a conclusion about any product without reviewing the agreed evidence, model and version.

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ENGAGEMENT BOUNDARIES

Independent advisory is distinct from formal assurance issuance.

Work is tailored to defined systems, objectives and available evidence. A written scope establishes the decision, deliverables, access approach and working cadence before technical review begins.

GC Solutions does not provide certification, a full enterprise audit, PCI attestation, Qualified Security Assessor services, cryptographic-module validation or vendor authorization.

Starting estimates, subject to scope, capacity and a written agreement. These are not binding online offers. No payment is collected on this site.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Let’s define the decision before the engagement.

Start with a high-level business conversation. Evidence handling, scope and operating boundaries come next.

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