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Hard work deserves a clear picture.
KeyCaliber was founded on a hard truth its founder saw again and again: security teams were working harder than ever and still losing ground. The effort was real. The hours were real. But without a clear view of what they were actually protecting, all that work couldn't move the program forward. We exist to fix that — to turn relentless effort into real progress.
Our origin story, in a nutshell.
KeyCaliber was founded by a former security leader from the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Homeland Security, who saw the same pattern across organization after organization: security teams were working harder than ever, but security outcomes did not improve. They added more tools and put in more hours — and stayed exposed, because their fundamentals weren't solid. Critical assets were overlooked. Controls were applied inconsistently. Gaps stayed hidden — not from a lack of effort or investment, but from a lack of visibility into what was actually protected.
No amount of effort can mature, scale, or strengthen a security program if the foundation is shaky. That's the problem KeyCaliber was built to solve.
Make every security dollar count.
Our mission is to give organizations a foundation strong enough that everything built on top of it works better. When a security leader can see what's truly protected — and prove how it connects to what the business depends on — spending gets sharper, controls get consistent, and the whole program gets more resilient and more proactive. Security stops being a cost the business tolerates and becomes a capability the business can see working for it.
Built like the teams we build for.
With roots in national security, we have a bias toward solving real problems. We've been in our customers' shoes and we know what they're going through. They need working solutions to turn thorny problems into achievable actions. We move fast and stay pragmatic so our customers can keep up with the demands of our intense and fast-paced industry.
The leadership team behind the picture.
Roselle is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur on her second adventure. The first startup she founded, Uplevel Security, was acquired by McAfee. Both of her startups have been based heavily on her previous experience as a cybersecurity practitioner and leader. She led cybersecurity operations at the Executive Office of the President during the Obama Administration, directing tactical measures and strategic initiatives for protecting and defending the White House's network. Prior she managed the computer forensics and malware analysis teams at the Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT (now CISA).
Bryan Bickford started in offensive cyber while in college where he co-founded the cybersecurity club and won numerous capture the flag competitions. He then worked on data science projects for the defense industrial base where he built algorithms that modeled offensive and defensive scenarios for cyber assets. Later he was the principal data scientist at Visitrend, an early-stage cybersecurity startup that was acquired by Carbon Black. He has nearly two decades of experience building complex analytical software.
Turn relentless effort into real progress.
That's the foundation KeyCaliber was built to give security teams. If it's the problem you've been living, we'd like to hear from you.
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