What We Do

Cybersecurity, Training, Performance, and Resilience Solutions

Edwards helps government and commercial organizations solve complex cybersecurity and compliance challenges. We also support the people responsible for carrying the work forward.

Every engagement starts with the issue in front of you. From there, we shape the support around your organization and stay close to the work until the path forward is clear.

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Serving Clients Since 1997 Women Owned Small Business Maryland MBE
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Cybersecurity & Compliance See the full environment before deciding what comes next

Cybersecurity & Compliance

Cybersecurity and compliance work should start with how your organization operates

Edwards helps organizations understand where sensitive information lives and how it moves. That view makes it easier to define scope, evaluate current safeguards, and decide which issues need attention first.

The resulting plan reflects your systems and the people responsible for them. It is built for the environment you have rather than a checklist written for someone else.

CMMC readiness begins with an accurate scope. Edwards then helps your team understand the gaps and prepare the evidence needed for an assessment.
CMMC consulting and readiness Understand your scope and prepare for assessment
Edwards is an authorized C3PAO. Our assessment teams evaluate CMMC practices against the evidence available in your environment.
Authorized CMMC assessments Independent assessment by an authorized C3PAO
NIST SP 800-171 applies to organizations that handle Controlled Unclassified Information in nonfederal systems.
NIST 800-171 compliance Apply security requirements to real systems and workflows
Security testing shows where an attacker may find a way into your environment. The results give your team a clearer place to begin remediation.
Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning Find technical weaknesses before they become incidents
Good governance makes it clear who owns each risk. It also gives leadership useful information when decisions need to be made.
Cybersecurity risk and governance Make risk ownership and reporting easier to manage
A fractional CISO gives your organization experienced security leadership without adding a full-time executive position.
Fractional CISO services Add experienced cybersecurity leadership when you need it
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Training & Development

Custom training and professional development built for real work

Edwards creates learning programs around the work your people already do. Each course is shaped by the skills the organization needs and the way employees will use them on the job.

Programs may focus on project management or business process improvement. We also develop training for cybersecurity, CMMC, systems engineering, and leadership development.

Some clients need a course designed for one team. Others need a larger learning program that can grow across the organization.

Custom Curriculum Instructor-Led Learning Virtual Training Certification Preparation
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Instructional design informed by real industry experience Learning that connects directly to the work waiting outside the classroom.

Connected Expertise

Most challenges cross more than one team

Edwards connects cybersecurity consulting, CMMC and NIST 800-171 compliance, professional training, project management consulting, and business continuity planning when the work overlaps.

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Built on Project Management Project management has shaped the Edwards Approach since the beginning

Performance Management

Project management consulting that improves delivery and performance

Edwards has helped organizations manage complex projects since 1997. That experience still guides how we approach performance management today.

The work may begin with a troubled project or an overloaded portfolio. Sometimes the problem is a process that no longer fits the organization. Edwards helps clients create enough structure to see what is happening and make better decisions about what comes next.

A Project Management Office gives teams a shared way to plan and report project work.
Earned Value Management compares the plan with actual performance so teams can forecast likely outcomes.
Capital Planning and Investment Control connects technology spending with budget decisions and ongoing oversight.
The Edwards ECHO framework supports executive planning while giving teams a consistent way to report progress.

Project and Program Management

Give complex work a clearer plan and stronger day-to-day direction.

PMO Development

Build a practical operating model for project oversight and reporting.

Scheduling and Earned Value Management

Understand whether the work is on track before problems become harder to correct.

Process Improvement and Change Support

Improve the way work moves and help employees adjust to a better approach.

Support can begin with one project and grow as the need changes

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Organizational Resilience

Business continuity planning for the operations you cannot afford to lose

Edwards helps organizations prepare for disruption with continuity plans built around the way work actually happens.

We begin by identifying the operations that must continue. From there, we build a response your team can follow when normal conditions no longer apply.

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Practical experience behind the work

Edwards was founded in 1997 around project and program management. Today, our consultants, assessors, instructors, and project professionals help organizations strengthen cybersecurity, build capable teams, improve performance, and manage complex work.

Since 1997 Women-Owned Small Business Maryland MBE

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