Secure Data Solutions / Founded 2007

Senior judgment.
Hands on the work.

SDS is a specialist cybersecurity architecture and engineering firm. We connect the security question to the networks, identities, applications, and operating constraints behind it.

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Our foundation

Security is a
systems problem.

A firewall change affects an application. A segmentation decision touches identity and access. A detection depends on the quality of the evidence underneath it.

SDS was founded in 2007 and grew from enterprise systems and network engineering into security architecture, exposure validation, and human-directed security operations. That foundation helps us find the dependencies a narrow assessment can miss.

We work directly with organizations and alongside MSPs, integrators, and internal teams. The work stays close to the people who will implement, operate, and maintain the result.

How delivery works

The people

Expertise chosen
for the engagement.

A principal-led practice, supported by senior independent consultants with complementary specialties.

Security engineered for real operations.

Eddie Espino

Founder & Principal Cybersecurity Solutions Architect

Eddie helps organizations understand security risks, resolve difficult infrastructure problems, and turn technical findings into practical improvements.

With 25 years of experience across critical infrastructure, financial services, and enterprise environments, he combines architectural leadership with hands-on engineering. He assesses unfamiliar systems, untangles complex failures, and stays involved through implementation and troubleshooting. His recommendations reflect how systems operate and what teams need to maintain them.

His work spans network resilience, cybersecurity assessments, and secure AI workflows. He combines human-led penetration testing with private AI tools that help connect evidence across security findings. When designing systems that use AI agents, he defines their permissions, establishes clear identities, and builds in audit trails so their activity can be reviewed.

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Security engineering & project delivery

Peter Cook

Certifications

ISC2 CISSP
Cisco CCNP Enterprise
Fortinet NSE 7
Project Management Institute PMP
CompTIA Security+

Peter brings two decades of hands-on network and security engineering to complex infrastructure projects. His CISSP, CCNP Enterprise, Fortinet NSE 7, and Security+ credentials span security practice and network engineering, complemented by PMP certification in project management.

He helps teams define scope, coordinate stakeholders, and manage complex network changes with security and operational continuity in view. His hands-on work spans Cisco routing and switching, BGP, OSPF, and infrastructure refreshes.

Technology strategy & infrastructure architecture

Nick Phelps

Senior Technology & Security Architecture Consultant

Nick helps organizations connect business requirements to practical decisions about networks, security, and infrastructure. His work spans cloud computing, virtualization, software-defined networking, and segmentation, with a focus on modernization.

He brings experience from engineering through director-level roles across technology manufacturers, biotechnology companies, service providers, MSPs, and value-added resellers. That breadth helps him explain architectural options and tradeoffs to both engineering teams and business leaders.

Areas of expertise

Network & security architecture
Cloud & virtualization
Software-defined networking & segmentation
Technology strategy & modernization

Working alongside SDS since 2012.

Selected experience

Depth across
consequential environments.

Florida Power and Light / NextEra Energy

Critical infrastructure network redesign, firewall policy, and validation.

Energy & utilities

FDOT / SunPass

Payment infrastructure architecture, firewall clusters, segmentation, and build documentation.

Transportation & payments

Miami International Airport

Design and implementation of the initial internal and public wireless environment.

Enterprise connectivity

Gibraltar Private Bank

Vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and a final report for technical review.

Financial services

Morehouse College

Campus network and security implementation, including firewall design, remote access, LDAP connectivity, and onsite engineering support.

United Road / Team DriveAway

Firewall and external exposure review, remediation coordination, follow-up scan verification, and support for endpoint protection and multifactor authentication.

NCSA — Government of Qatar

Corelight sensor and fleet management work, Suricata rule tuning, and threat-intelligence integration as part of the Corelight engineering team.

Organization names describe project history, not endorsements or current relationships.

A good place to start

Bring us the difficult one.

The uncertain exposure. The noisy investigation. The change your team needs to get right.

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