We bring case officer tradecraft, counterintelligence discipline, and special operations tempo to the problems that matter most. From vendor assurance to mission readiness, Xiphos converts ambiguity into decision-grade outputs.
Xiphos LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business founded on the principle that the hardest problems in national security, defense acquisition, and corporate risk require operators, not consultants.
We design engagements the way we designed operations: with clear end states, defined authorities, measurable outcomes, and the discipline to execute under pressure. Our team brings decades of DoD and Intelligence Community experience to every mission.
San Diego, CA
SDVOSB Certified
DoD / IC / Private Sector
Every engagement starts with the end state. We work backward from what success looks like in theater.
Every claim is sourced. Every edge in the graph has a citation. Defensible decisions require auditable evidence.
We deliver at capture speed, not enterprise speed. First-pass dossiers in hours, not weeks.
Small teams, high trust, minimal overhead. Built for SLA, not for slides.
From sensitive problem sets to supply chain transparency, we operate where ambiguity is highest and the margin for error is lowest.
Low-signature CONOPS, crisis action playbooks, partner vetting, integrity screening, red-flag sweeps, and cross-border mobility planning. We build the plans that survive contact with reality.
Mission task analysis, tradecraft-based courseware, scenario reps for low-signature ops, OPSEC, and deconfliction. Practical evaluations with readiness gates and mission metrics that matter.
Insider risk awareness and culture building, interviewing and ethical elicitation for HR and leaders, investigation fundamentals, documentation standards, and executive OPSEC programs.
Every engagement follows a battle-tested four-phase cycle designed for speed, precision, and measurable impact.
Define the end state, authorities, constraints, and operational environment. Understand the problem before prescribing the solution.
Develop COAs, CONOPS, deliverables, and training architectures. Every design decision maps to a measurable outcome.
Execute with facilitation, direct support, and rapid iteration. We stay in the fight until the deliverable is battle-tested.
Readiness gates, performance metrics, and sustainment plans. If it cannot be measured, it cannot be improved.
Intelligence-grade vendor assurance that converts messy public data into decision-grade outputs with a complete audit trail. Purpose-built for defense acquisition and program protection.
The platform integrates OSINT ingestion, entity resolution, graph-based ownership mapping, sanctions screening, and continuous monitoring into a single analyst workspace. Every finding is sourced, scored, and defensible.
First-pass dossiers in hours, not weeks. Sourced evidence for capture teams.
Explicit OFAC rules, ownership thresholds, and FAR-aligned reporting.
Ownership changes, sanctions updates, and adverse events tracked in real time.
Relationships are the product. Every edge cited, every claim traceable.
From red team wargaming to tradecraft for analysts, our programs are built for operators by operators.
Wargaming and assumption testing to harden strategy, plans, and crisis response.
Practical habits for travel risk, comms discipline, and minimizing unnecessary exposure.
OSINT to insight. Structured thinking, collection plans, and concise briefings.
Ethical techniques to surface truth, reduce friction, and improve hiring and investigations.
Speed, proposal-ready narratives, competitor proofing, and mitigation language when due diligence is rushed and fragmented.
Continuous monitoring, alerting, and repeatable evidence to drive mitigations after award when assumptions shift.
Portfolio reports, supplier risk briefs, and early warning alerts that change capture strategy and protect bid decisions.
Sanctions adjacency analysis aligned to OFAC guidance, including indirect ownership exposure aggregation.
Ownership chain clarity, adverse media screening, foreign influence mapping, and supplier dependency assessment.
Operational training, tradecraft curriculum, and readiness programs built by operators who have walked the ground.
Engagements range from rapid workshops to full curriculum builds and train-the-trainer packages. Whether you need a vendor dossier in 24 hours or a 90-day program build, we are here.
San Diego, California