Secure Data Solutions — Engineering Answers

Continuous threat exposureDefensive engineeringAgentic security operations

Security has entered the AI era. We were ready for it.

Secure Data Solutions (SDS) is a firewall and network security engineering firm in West Palm Beach, Florida. MSPs and enterprise IT teams call us for the heavy problems. Our continuous threat exposure, defensive engineering, and agentic security operations systems work toward one result: validated resilience.

We're building that engineering into agentic security operations that MSPs can run across every client they protect.

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Past work includes NERC CIP utility networks, SunPass payment data centers, and Miami International Airport wireless.

Vendor-independent · Enterprise and public-sector experience
Check Point · Fortinet · Palo Alto Networks · Cisco · Juniper · Aruba

01 — What we take on

We take the tough projects no one wants to take.

Security, AI, and infrastructure depend on each other. We work across all three, so a change in one does not break another.

  1. The firewall migration with critical dependencies.

    We plan the change around required traffic, cutover tests, and rollback.

  2. The AI initiative that must stay under your control.

    You get useful AI with defined data access, human approval, and an operating plan.

  3. The infrastructure that has outgrown its design.

    A core, a data center, or a multi-site network needs to move without losing what works.

We find out what is actually happening and what matters most. Then we engineer the right path forward and stay accountable through delivery and into operation.

02 — What we do

Cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure, engineered together.

AI depends on infrastructure, access controls, reliable integrations, and monitoring. Security changes depend on understanding how the underlying systems operate. Experienced engineers lead every engagement and carry it through to systems your team can run.

Practice · Cybersecurity engineering

Continuous threat exposure and defensive engineering.

Firewall and network security engineering is the core of our work. We handle firewall migration, configuration, and troubleshooting, plus network segmentation and VPN setup. We also run penetration testing, build network detection, and validate controls, with retesting built in.

Check Point · Palo Alto · Fortinet · Cisco · Zeek · Suricata

Cybersecurity engineering

Subcontract & white-label engineering for MSPs and integrators

03 — Where to start

Three defined starting points.

Each starting point has a defined scope and a concrete result. We agree the details with you before work begins.

  1. Cybersecurity

    Firewall migration readiness review

    When: a firewall migration is approaching, but dependencies or rollback plans are unclear.

    You receive: dependency findings, migration risks, a cutover and rollback plan, and acceptance tests.

  2. AI & automation

    Private AI workflow pilot

    When: a team has a useful task, but its data, infrastructure, or approval needs are unclear.

    You receive: a defined deployment boundary, one scoped workflow, evaluation results, and an operating plan.

  3. IT infrastructure

    Infrastructure modernization assessment

    When: a core, data center, or multi-site network needs to change, and the path is unclear.

    You receive: a current-state map, a target design, a phased migration sequence, and test points.

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04 — Selected work

Work on regulated, critical, and high-volume systems.

These examples describe the situation, the work, and why it mattered.

  1. 01

    Critical infrastructure

    Multi-site security overhaul for a regulated utility.

    Redesigned power-plant networks from the physical layer up, based on observed traffic and NERC CIP requirements. Replaced systems during planned outages and tested each cutover.

    17
    Power plants in the program
    NERC CIP
    Requirements → design
    Offline
    Planned-outage cutovers
  2. 02

    Payment infrastructure

    PCI security for toll-payment data centers.

    Designed PCI segmentation for two FDOT/SunPass data centers, each with two firewall clusters. Installed the firewalls and built the policies.

    2
    Data centers
    2
    Firewall clusters per data center
    PCI DSS
    Requirements → design
  3. 03

    Ransomware response

    Ransomware contained in under 24 hours.

    Responded to a holiday-period attack on a new client's outdated data center. Rebuilt and hardened the environment after containment.

    <24 h
    Containment
    8 yr
    Hardware age
    Months
    Rebuild & hardening
  4. 04

    Enterprise wireless

    Wireless for a major international airport.

    Designed and implemented Miami International Airport's first internal and public wireless network, with more than 1,500 Aruba access points.

    1,500+
    Access points
    Initial
    Airport wireless environment
    ≈60,000
    Network nodes, excluding wireless clients

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05 — Organizations

Experience in high-consequence environments.

Our work spans critical infrastructure, payments, transportation, government, and enterprise.

  • NextEra Energy / FPL
  • FDOT / SunPass
  • Miami International Airport
  • Miami-Dade County Police Department
  • BankUnited
  • Office Depot
  • Telefónica
  • Sony Music Latin
  • Partners Federal Credit Union
  • NCSA Government of Qatar

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06 — Our process

Four steps from first look to handoff.

We stay close to the work through every phase. We turn findings into decisions and decisions into tested architecture. Your team gets a system it can run.

  1. Assess the environment

    We map the environment, threat exposure, constraints, and daily operations.

  2. Design the answer

    Defensive engineering turns findings into a clear architecture and a plan your team can execute.

  3. Build it carefully

    We make the change with careful engineering, automation, and change control.

  4. Validate the result

    We test the result, document the decisions, and prepare your team to run it. The goal is validated resilience.

07 — Try it

A practice network you can test.

Explore a fictional network. Follow a connection to critical data, choose defenses, and retest. The exercise does not connect to or scan your systems.

08 — The firm

Careful, accountable engineering for consequential systems.

Secure Data Solutions (SDS) is the specialist MSPs, integrators, and IT teams bring in for enterprise-size firewall, network, and security projects. We work directly with your team, or behind your customer relationship as a white-label partner.

About Secure Data Solutions

09 — Questions

Common questions about SDS.

Who does firewall migrations in South Florida?

Secure Data Solutions (SDS) plans and carries out firewall migrations across South Florida. SDS is a firewall and network security engineering firm in West Palm Beach, Florida. Each migration includes a cutover plan, rollback steps, and acceptance tests.

Does Secure Data Solutions work with MSPs as a subcontractor?

Yes, Secure Data Solutions works with MSPs and integrators as a subcontractor or white-label engineering partner. We follow the customer relationship, change authority, and communication model you set.

Does SDS work remotely?

Yes, Secure Data Solutions works remotely as well as on-site in South Florida. We travel when a project needs it.

Which firewall vendors does SDS support?

Secure Data Solutions works on Check Point, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and Juniper firewalls. SDS is vendor-independent, and we also work with Aruba wireless.

Is Secure Data Solutions the same as Secure Data Recovery?

No, Secure Data Solutions (SDS) is a separate company from Secure Data Recovery. SDS does firewall, network, and security engineering. We do not offer data recovery services.

Bring us the project your team doesn't staff for.

Secure Data Solutions works on-site in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties and up through Polk County. That includes Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. We also work remotely and travel when needed.

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