SYMOSIS
Mission: Engineering Absolute Resilience
Silicon Valley Roots. Global Enterprise Impact. Proven Since 2007.
Symosis Security was founded on a singular conviction: organizations deserve advisors who can architect, engineer, and defend with equal precision. Since 2007, we have served as the technical vanguard for Fortune 100 firms and critical government agencies, proving that the most effective security strategy is one that is built to be operational.
We are a collective of practitioners, not paper-focused consultants. Our senior leaders have held the reigns of security at major global institutions—responding to breaches, addressing boards, and hardening architectures in real-time. This deep operational experience ensures that every Symosis engagement delivers more than just findings; it delivers a hardened, production-ready defense.
2007
Founded in Silicon Valley
17+
Years Defending Enterprises
200+
Combined Operational Years
99%
Long-Term Client Success
What Makes Symosis Different
Four Things That Have Been True Since 2007
Engineering-First DNA
We go beyond strategy and reports. Symosis designs and builds secure cloud, identity, and detection architectures; automated security pipelines; AI-powered workflows; and custom integrations across SaaS, cloud, and identity platforms. Every recommendation comes with a technically feasible implementation path — because we're the ones building it.
AI + Automation at the Core
We help organizations safely adopt AI while applying AI to automate cybersecurity, risk, and compliance workflows. ARC and Enterprise SSPM are the products of this capability — proprietary AI tools built by our practitioners to solve the problems they kept solving manually for clients.
Senior-Led, Outcome-Focused Delivery
Engagements are led by senior practitioners with real-world experience across public-sector governance, enterprise security programs, and large-scale cloud environments. CISSP, CISA, CISM, and C|CISO-certified principals lead every engagement — not junior analysts with senior supervision.
Framework-Aligned, Tool-Agnostic
Our work aligns with NIST CSF 2.0, NIST AI RMF, ISO 27001/42001, SOC 2, CIS Controls, and global privacy standards — without forcing proprietary tools or platforms. We work with what you have and make it more secure.
Thought Leadership
Published Authors
Conference Speakers
Regular keynote and panel speakers at RSA Conference, Black Hat, ISACA, and AWS re:Inforce.
ISACA Leadership
Active chapter leaders and global board contributors shaping cybersecurity certification and governance standards worldwide.
Advisory Roles in AI Governance
Appointed advisors to federal agencies and enterprise AI ethics boards navigating emerging regulatory frameworks.
Meet Our Team
Kartik Trivedi
Partner — Co-Founder
Kartik has over 20 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience helping global enterprises build resilient security programs. He specializes in enterprise security strategy and aligning security with business outcomes.
Clinton Mugge
Partner — Co-Founder
Clinton leads security operations and incident response programs for complex organizations. He focuses on building detection, response, and recovery capabilities that stand up to real-world threats.
Erik Tomasi
Director — Penetration Testing & Red Team
Erik designs and leads penetration tests and red team exercises that mirror real adversaries. He helps clients identify critical gaps before attackers do.
Jeff Brock
Director — Compliance, Risk & Security Engineering
Jeff combines deep compliance and risk expertise with practical security engineering. He works with enterprises to operationalize frameworks and reduce risk in measurable ways.
Vatsal Sonecha
Director — Strategy & Business Development
Vatsal focuses on securing modern applications and cloud environments at scale. He partners with engineering teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle and cloud infrastructure.
A Security Firm Built by Practitioners, For Practitioners
Symosis was founded by practitioners who had held CISO, VP of Security, and Security Engineering leadership roles at the companies they now advise. Every partner and senior consultant at Symosis has operated inside the organizations they serve — running security programs, building engineering teams, managing regulatory examinations, and responding to real incidents. We do not send junior consultants. We do not subcontract technical work. When you engage Symosis, you get the people whose names are on the proposal.
Our Values
Engineering First
We build production-grade security solutions, not PowerPoint decks.
Silicon Valley Talent
Our architects come from the most demanding technology environments in the world.
Client Outcomes
We measure success by real improvements in your security posture and risk profile.
17 Years of Security Engineering — Ready to Work on Your Program
Whether you need a fractional CISO, a penetration test, an AI security assessment, or a full program build — Symosis brings practitioner-grade expertise to every engagement.