BTA · Driving AI in Security

Reduce the risk, cost, and complexity of securing your business. Now driving AI in security.

BTA architects, deploys, and trains your team to operate the outcome end to end. Security, networking, automation, and AI infrastructure under one delivery model. Audit exposure goes down. Compliance sign-off speeds up. Your team owns Day-2.

70%
Improved compliance posture
250+
Organizations secured
1,000+
Projects shipped
BTA · Architecture Stackv1.0
01

Protect

Zero Trust · Microsegmentation

02

Detect

XDR · Vuln. Assessment

03

Optimize

Policy Automation · SASE

04

Observe

Real-time monitoring · Compliance

4 / 4 pillars activeready

Technology partners we deploy and operate

  • CiscoMINT PartnerAI Solutions · Security · Networking · Data Center
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Red Hat
  • AWS
  • VMware
  • Microsoft
  • Nutanix
  • NetApp
  • Gluware
  • F5

BTA is vendor-agnostic. We design and deploy environments running multiple platforms side-by-side.

AI in security

Now driving AI in security.

BTA bridges the 42% gap between AI pilot and production. A 4-phase engagement model with fixed prices, fixed exit gates, and a mentored handoff to your team.

  1. Phase 01
    Assess
    3 weeks · fixed
  2. Phase 02
    Tune
    3 weeks · fixed
  3. Phase 03
    Prove
    4 weeks · fixed
  4. Phase 04
    Deploy
    Mentored install

Phase 2 runs in the BTA AI POD · Cisco UCS X + NVIDIA L40S

Why BTA · Why now

Three structural shifts. BTA at the center of all three.

BTA sits at the center of where enterprise IT is moving. Each shift maps to a BTA delivery model and a platform that ships to production.

  • Shift 01

    AI is moving on-premise.

    Regulated industries cannot send sensitive data to the cloud, but most on-prem AI takes 90 days to stand up. BTA's QuickStrike turns existing hardware into a validated, secure AI environment in days. Zero cloud egress. Built-in compliance.

    Powered byQuickStrike
  • Shift 02

    Zero Trust is no longer optional.

    Boards demand microsegmentation. Auditors demand evidence. Engineering teams cannot translate firewall flows to business intent fast enough. PAE compresses an audit week to an audit hour and an approval month to an approval day.

    Powered byPAE
  • Shift 03

    Multi-vendor sprawl needs a control plane.

    Every enterprise runs Cisco, Palo Alto, AWS, and three more in parallel. Architect Explorer™ replaces five-tab pivots with a single operational view shared across SOC, ops, and compliance. Vendor-agnostic by design.

    Powered byArchitect Explorer™
How it connectsAI Infrastructure sits on top of three disciplines that feed every pillar.
1 + 3 + 4 = end-to-end outcomes
CAPABILITYFOUNDATIONPILLARS
AI Infrastructure
Security
Networking
Automation
ProtectSECURITY
DetectSECURITY
OptimizeAUTOMATION
ObserveNETWORKING
Primary discipline Secondary discipline
“BTA has knocked it out of the park. The team we’re working with delivers, end to end.”
SKSteve Kitzinger·Senior Director, CGB Enterprises
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What makes us different

We're architects who execute.

Three principles every BTA engagement runs on. Visible in the work itself.

  • We architect, deploy, and stay through Day-2.

    Every engagement is end-to-end. We design the target environment, deploy it in stages, and remain on hand through the operational handoff.

  • We train your team to own the outcome.

    Training is part of every engagement. By the close of an engagement, your operators can run, maintain, and defend the system to an auditor.

  • We measure success when your team runs it alone.

    An engagement closes when your team is operating the solution without us in the room. SIMPLE methodology enforces this exit criterion on every project.

SIMPLE Methodology
See how SIMPLE works
Engagement models

We meet you where you are.

Some teams want the full BTA delivery from architecture to handoff. Others bring us in for a single advisory window or a fully managed operations contract. Pick the model that fits and adjust as the business changes.

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Case studies

Customer outcomes from real engagements.

Selected engagements that show how BTA architects, deploys, and hands off real environments.

Featured case studyCGB Enterprises

Application policy review cut from 8 weeks to 4 days.

CGB consolidated firewall policy across critical apps using PAE, with Cisco Secure Workload providing the enforcement plane. BTA architected the rollout, deployed in stages, and trained CGB engineers to own ongoing audits.

“BTA has knocked it out of the park. The team we’re working with delivers, end to end.”
SKSteve KitzingerSenior Director, CGB Enterprises
  • 8 → 4
    weeks → days
  • 100%
    policy coverage
  • 0
    production incidents
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FAQ

Questions buyers ask before they hire us.

Direct answers to what most prospective clients want to know on a first call.

  • What does BTA do?

    BTA architects, deploys, and trains your team to run security, networking, and automation solutions end to end. Three foundational disciplines (Security, Networking, Automation) power four delivery pillars (Protect, Detect, Optimize, Observe). Every engagement includes design, deployment, project management, and post-deployment training.
  • What is BTA's foundation framework?

    BTA delivers through three foundational disciplines: Security, Networking, and Automation. Together they power the four pillars (Protect, Detect, Optimize, Observe). The foundation is the toolkit. The pillars are the outcomes your team buys.
  • How is BTA different from a typical IT consulting firm?

    BTA architects, deploys, and trains your team to operate the outcome. A project is complete when your team can run, maintain, and explain the system without calling us. We call this approach Architects Who Execute.
  • What is the SIMPLE methodology?

    SIMPLE is BTA's six-stage delivery framework: Start, Immerse, Map, Prove, Launch, Evolve. It is the structure we use on every engagement to control scope, reduce surprises, and keep timelines on track. It has run on more than 1,000 projects.
  • Is BTA Cisco-only?

    No. BTA is vendor-agnostic. We design and operate environments running multiple platforms side by side, including Cisco, Palo Alto, Red Hat, AWS, VMware, Microsoft, Nutanix, NetApp, F5, and others. We are also a Cisco MINT-certified partner for engagements that require deep Cisco expertise.
  • What industries does BTA serve?

    Financial services, healthcare, defense and government, manufacturing, insurance, telecom, and utilities and energy. Mid-market and enterprise organizations.
  • How long does a typical engagement take?

    It depends on scope. A scoping call is 30 minutes. Quickstart enablement programs run a few weeks. Full architectural deployments range from a few weeks to several months. Timeline and cost are confirmed during scoping, before work begins.
  • Do you train our internal team?

    Yes. Training is built into every engagement and runs in parallel with deployment. By the end of a BTA project, your team can run, maintain, and defend the system to an auditor.
  • What happens after the engagement closes? Can we keep BTA engaged?

    Yes. The Full Service Lifecycle ends with your operating team running the system on Day-2. From there, you can keep BTA engaged through Consulting & Advisory for periodic architecture reviews and change consulting, or move to Managed Services where BTA operates the system day to day under your governance with monitoring, change management, and SLAs. The model can vary by region, business unit, or application group.
  • What does a first conversation look like?

    A 30-minute scoping call. Bring your hardest architecture problem. We will tell you what we would do, what it costs, and how long it takes.
30 minutes

Schedule a call. We’ll scope it in 30 minutes.

Bring your hardest architecture problem. We’ll tell you what we’d do, what it costs, and how long it takes.

  • 30-minute scoping call
  • 1,000+ projects shipped
  • Training in every engagement

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