Who We Are

KappaTech is composed of prior U.S. military, U.S. government, and University Research Engineers and Developers.  We have a passion for developing technology to inform, secure, and defend our customers.  If there's a need for smart professionals to provide technical solutions then KappaTech can help

​KappaTech approaches every new problem with a unique blend of systems engineering fundamentals, Silicon Valley best practices, and research experience to build solutions that surpass expectations.  Our staff has experience across a wide swath of engineering approaches including Systems Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, DevSecOps, Scrum Agile, Extreme Programming, and Configuration Management.  We have experience with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations, Intelligence Community Directives, and the latest approaches used in Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach.  KappaTech always finds a pathway to deliver success
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​Capability Statement

Company Overview
KappaTech® is a premier technology company specializing in software development, cybersecurity, test automation, and radiofrequency engineering. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we understand Department of Defense (DoD) missions and the unique challenges faced by the U.S. government. With over 25 years of experience, KappaTech’s engineers excel in solving complex problems by delivering advanced, field-ready solutions to surpass customer expectations.

Core Capabilities

1. Software Development and Engineering
   • System and Application Development: Solutions for applications, systems, networks, and blockchains.  Experienced with Linux, Solaris, and Unix servers and clients, Windows, mobile, RTOS and minimal environments. Develop standalone, decentralized, and distributed solutions for web browser front ends, middleware, backends, databases, mobile apps, and native programs for x86_64, ARMHF, ARM64, i386, PowerPC, microcontrollers, and other architectures.
   • System Integration and Modernization: Delivery for greenfield projects, existing and legacy systems, and fast deployment using new or existing DevSecOps pipelines to deliver dependable solutions for applications, clients, and networks.
   • Comprehensive Development Skills: Experienced with a large variety of tools including C/C++, Python, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Rust, assembly, and command line for Project Management, System Engineering, Agile Scrum, Agile Kanban, Extreme Programming approaches.  We adapt to the needs of any environment.
2. Cybersecurity Solutions
   • Compliance with Standards: Comply with standards such as SOC 2, GDPR, CPAA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GPDR, NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0, NIST STIGS, and other government and industry rules and best practices to adhere to all applicable regulations and protect important data.
   • Zero Trust Architectures: Create Zero Trust solutions using security approaches proven for satellites, ground stations, remote sensors, aircraft fleets, military weapon systems, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications networks, and critical commercial systems.
   • Defensive and Offensive Cyber Capabilities: Identify network and system cyber vulnerabilities, train machine learning models to recognize future iterations, and automate responses to defend, test, and remediate.
   • Cybersecurity Assessments and Operations: Security based on experience leading and conducting Title-10 and Title-50 cyber operations, cybersecurity assessments, and remediations.  We help identify, evaluate, and defend against everything from simple misconfigurations to Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) from nation state cyber actors.
3. Test Automation and DevSecOps
   • Test Approach Variety: Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavioral-Driven Development (BDD), Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Defense Acquisitions testing, and other methodologies combined with automation to analyze and measure systems against developmental, functional, performance, security, and operational system requirements.
   • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Update or add new CI/CD pipelines and tools including GitLab, Jenkins, and others with orchestration using Ansible, Salt Stack, and custom tools for automating code verification, integration, linting, testing, security and documentation checks, and deployments.
   • DevSecOps Practices: Ensure consistent results with containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift; and virtualization using VMWare, VirtualBox, KVM, OpenStack, AWS solutions, digital twins; or hardware-in-the-loop testing. 
4. Identity and Access Management Solutions
   • Secure Authentication Systems: Build and update authentication and authorization systems with Two-Factor Authentication (2FA); Time-Based One-Time Passwords (TOTP); Single Sign-On (SSO) with SAML 2.0, Open ID Connect (OIDC), and OAuth2; salted password hashing; Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for blockchains and servers; and secure persistence with tokens, cookies, and custom-built solutions.
   • Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI): Add Decentralized Identity (DID) and W3C-compliant Verified Credentials (VC) for access control and integration with blockchain and traditional systems to achieve groundbreaking identification and information management goals.
   • Integration with Federated Systems: Connect authentication mechanisms with a variety of federated and custom-designed applications including Keycloak, Active Directory, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Pivotal Cloud Foundry, VMWare Tanzu, and others.
5. Prototype Development and Evaluation
   • Innovative Prototypes: First-of-kind prototypes built from different technical disciplines for cybersecurity, business, web applications, communications, sensors, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other hard requirements.
   • Radiofrequency (RF) Solutions: Develop and test RF solutions for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa, cellular, GHz+, and sub-GHz using commercial development boards, software-defined radios, and hardware-based solutions.

Select Past Performance

• Embedded RF System Development: Led the development of a passive/active embedded RF system using C++, libtins, libpcap, and Python. System identified network connections of interest with byte-level customizable search criteria, provided options for analyzing data for cyber vulnerabilities, and interacted with systems using tailored responses
• Advanced Authentication Integration: Engineered a unique combination of technology stacks to meet stringent customer security requirements using existing corporate systems. Delivered SAML 2.0 SSO login systems with PKI, Keycloak, Node.js, and front-end JavaScript. Improved persistence with Java Web Tokens and session cookies and secured legacy username/password systems with salted hashes.  Exceeded expectations, successfully implemented new system for emerging government open-system requirements, and enabled customer entry into a new multi-million-dollar market.
• Communications Automation System Porting: Utilized Python and Bash to migrate an XML-based communications automation system from intranet to internet. Resolved issues in Tox, Pytest, Pylint, and core routines. Implemented a GitLab CI pipeline to automate integrated builds, linting, testing, and documentation checks. Enhanced security by replacing insecure libraries, adopted AsyncIO for asynchronous tasks, improved Python library components for seamless C/C++ integration, increased test coverage to over 95%.  Work resulted in a fully operational application within a larger system of systems.
• Cybersecurity Assessments: Assessed cyber security of national systems including satellites, ground-stations, aircraft fleets, nuclear command and control networks, and other DoD systems to identify exploitable vulnerabilities in U.S. critical infrastructure.  Provided tailored remediation plans and delivered important findings to decision makers, including a report to Congress that contributed to the decision to require new government security standards and requirements for Defense Industrial Base systems.
• DevSecOps Modernization: Built security pipelines to automatically scan software prior to entering production.  Created 22 scanners to automatically detect vulnerabilities in 29 programming languages, 14 software library frameworks, git secrets, and docker images.  Built search and scan pipeline for finding target mime-types in test systems and running tailored commands for each.  Led to new policies to purge old docker images and established framework for using and customizing  security scanners. 
• Aerospace RF Deconfliction System Revamp: Revamped a malfunctioning aerospace RF deconfliction system using extreme programming, DevSecOps, and lean product approaches. Deployed working code weekly with React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Cypress, Selenium, Sikulix, Spring Boot (Java, Kotlin), and MySQL. Fielded an operationally-accepted system in just 152 days from kick-off after utilizing only $2 million of a $320 million budget.

Federal Certifications

• Small Business Administration (SBA): Small Business Certified
• Department of Veteran Affairs (VA): Veteran-Owned Small Business
• VA: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

Personnel Security Clearances and Certifications

• Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)

General Company Information

• Registered Name: KappaTech, LLC
• Doing Business As (DBA): KappaTech
• Year Founded: 2007
• State of Incorporation: Colorado
• Type: Limited Liability Company
• Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): YN76RGGAGQL7
• Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code: 8XYE6

​North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes

• 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
• 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services
• 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services
• 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
• 518210 - Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

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Successes

Cyber Capability Development

User & testing automation and integrated AI software for the Internet of Things, enterprise, web, databases, applications, networks, platforms, and more

Test & Evaluation

Unit, integration, system, developmental, operational, acceptance test strategies, plans, collection, analysis, reporting, automation, and management.

Radio Frequency Engineering

Wireless communications systems meeting customized requirements, such as faster-than commercial round-trip technology ​

KappaTech Solutions

Test and Ops Automation
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DevSecOps Engineering

Platform Engineering
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Contract Officer Representation

Systems Engineering
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Low-Level Development

Radiofrequency TX/RX
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Computer Network Ops 

The above list is only a sample of products and solutions offered by KappaTech.  We specialize in providing unique solutions to challenging Defense, Security, and Intelligence problems.