Chokmah LLC – Technical Consulting, Cybersecurity & AI Solutions

Industrial Cybersecurity. Functional Safety. AI-Driven Engineering.

Sovereign Grade Competence. Delivered by a US Fed Court-recognized SME with prior DoD R&D leadership, academic and F500 fintech experience.

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Services Include

Industrial & Critical Infrastructure

🚀 AI CISO Training

Spec-Driven Security Architecture

Precise Specifications Made Easy. This 16-hour program revolutionizes security specification writing. Generate precise, compliant specs from natural language by leveraging AI tools.

Duration: 16 Hours
Focus: Spec Writing
Tools: Claude Code

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☁️ Cloud Security Intro

Secure Serverless Apps (AWS/Azure)

Build it Securely. Build a secure serverless task API. Generate production-ready specs, threat models, and Python infrastructure tests using AI assistance.

Duration: 3 Hours
Labs: 6 Hands-On
Output: Production Specs

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🏗️ Featured Deployment: NERC-CIP to OSCAL Toolkit

Delivered Jan 2026

Automated Regulatory Transformation for Critical Infrastructure

The Capability: An automated engine that converts unstructured NERC-CIP cybersecurity requirements into machine-readable OSCAL v1.1.2 component definitions with intelligent NIST SP 800-53 mapping.

Target System
NERC-CIP / Grid Ops
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Core Engine
AI Semantic Mapping
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Integration
JAMA Req. Manager
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Validation
27 Automated Tests

"Reduces compliance documentation effort from weeks to hours while ensuring defensible audit trails for federal regulators."

Core Service Offerings

Sovereign-Grade AI & Security Services

Threat Modeling & Risk Profiling

We adapt industry-standard methodologies (STRIDE, PASTA, attack trees) specifically for Agentic AI workflows. Our quantitative risk profiling moves security from "red/green" checklists to measurable financial exposure. Proven track record in secure SDLC automation. So what? Reduces vulnerability exposure by up to 60% in complex AI systems.

AI-Driven Cybersecurity & AI Ops

Design and implementation of practical AI-enhanced security operations: anomaly detection, automated triage, context-aware alerting, and secure integration of large language models into defensive workflows. So what? Improves incident response time by 40-70% with minimal false positives.

Context Engineering & Token-Efficient AI Coding

Context Engineering is the architectural minimization of context-window waste. We structure retrieval paths before the prompt layer, reducing LLM API costs by 40-60% while eliminating hallucination risks common in standard RAG deployments. So what? Delivers reliable AI at fraction of the cost, with built-in security.

Professional Training & Development

Tailored workshops and trainings in:

Drawing from tenure-track teaching experience and NSA CAE-R program development So what? Equips teams with hands-on skills for immediate application.

Federal Court Recognized Expert Services

Subject Matter Expert (SME) in U.S. Federal Courts for:

Available for expert witness testimony, independent reports, and court-preparatory consulting. So what? Provides defensible, evidence-based support in high-stakes legal contexts.

Industrial Safety Service Offerings

OT/ICS Strategic Defense

We design and deploy defense-in-depth strategies for SCADA, DCS, and PLC environments, moving beyond perimeter security to protocol-aware, internal control-loop hardening. We leverage IEC 62443 standards to implement micro-segmentation in legacy environments without disrupting operational uptime. So what? Prevents lateral threat movement within critical segments, reducing the risk of kinetic impact from cyber-physical attacks.

Regulatory Engineering: Automated NERC-CIP to OSCAL Transformation

Utilizing our proprietary toolkit (delivered Jan 2026), we convert unstructured regulatory requirements into machine-readable OSCAL v1.1.2 component definitions. This includes intelligent mapping to NIST SP 800-53 controls for streamlined grid-op compliance and JAMA integration. So what? Compresses federal audit preparation from weeks to hours, creating a transparent, machine-verifiable evidentiary trail for regulators.

Industrial AI Safety & Functional Safety (FuSA) Oversight

We provide hazard analysis and logic-level verification for AI-integrated Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS). By applying spec-driven methodologies to safety checks, we ensure that "AI-assisted" operations cannot override hardware-level safety constraints in high-hazard zones (BESS, Chemical, Power). So what? Ensures Functional Safety remains intact during digital transformation, preventing logic-level catastrophic failures in high-consequence systems.

Deep Dive: 📄 Formal Verification for Safety-Critical Configs (CUE) »

Defining "Sovereign Grade" Competence

We do not sell generic best practices. Chokmah engineers Sovereign Grade systems where every technical artifact is computationally true, legally defensible, and strategically unassailable.

1. Math-as-Truth (Spec-Driven Computation)

We move security and project management away from opaque "red/green" checklists toward mathematical defensibility. By enforcing Spec-Driven Developmentthat is, architecting formal specifications (CUE, YAML, Markdown) before code generation; we ensure system logic is defined by rigorous constraints, not chatbot probability. We deliver "Impossibility Proofs" backed by dependency manifests and Monte Carlo simulations, quantifying risk abatement in dollars and weeks, not adjectives.

2. Radical Traceability ("Audit-First")

Competence is only Sovereign Grade if it survives a high-stakes federal audit. We treat configuration management as a safety-critical path, mandating linear history and cryptographic signing to satisfy IEC 61508, UL 1998, and UL 5500. Hardened by NIST SP 800-series alignment, we transform daily logs into a Strategic Audit Trail that pre-answers the scrutiny of federal court experts.

3. Context Engineering

We practice the architectural minimization of information waste. By structuring retrieval paths before the prompt layer, we trade "hallucination" for maximum clarity. We "buff" messy engineering signals into high-resolution executive narratives that leadership can act upon immediately without interpretation.

4. SME Force Multiplier

We act as the "invisible architect" who makes leadership appear high-velocity and proactive. We frame technical implementation as Roadmap Protection and Cross-Functional Enablement, providing the sovereign technical foundation that allows leadership to focus on high-level stakeholder alignment and strategic execution.

5. Supply Chain Autonomy ("Black-Box-Elimination")

We maintain a relentless bias toward provable transparency. We identify "binary blobs" or proprietary backdoors as disqualifying risks, pivoting to auditable, open-source solutions to eliminate vendor-managed opacity. Sovereign competence means maintaining full Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) transparency; your security posture should never rely on unverified vendor claims.

About the Principal

Dr. Daniyel Yaacov Bilar brings over 20 years of sovereign-grade operational, research, and academic experience to every engagement:

Why Chokmah?

Ready to strengthen your security posture or AI capabilities?

Email: info@chokmah.me
Github: README