Wulver Cyber looks for signs of attackers already inside your network before they turn into an incident, and responds fast when one happens. It is built for small defense contractors and Utah businesses, with CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 readiness alongside.
Recent critical vulnerabilities have been exploited within hours or days of disclosure, and patch and response plans built around 30-day cycles no longer hold up. Looking for intruders on purpose, and having a response partner on call before the next disclosure, closes that gap.
Attackers move faster than patch cycles. By the time a fix ships, an exposed system may already have been probed or entered.
Incidents have a clock. For defense contractors, DFARS 252.204-7012 requires cyber incidents to be reported within 72 hours, with evidence preserved.
Response is part of risk management. NIST SP 800-61 Rev 3 treats incident response as part of everyday cybersecurity risk management, not a binder on a shelf.
Services
What Wulver Cyber does
Hunting and response come first. Exposure and compliance work support them, so what a hunt finds feeds straight into a plan you have already rehearsed.
Lead
Threat hunting
Proactive hunts for signs of attacker activity in your logs and on your endpoints, instead of waiting for an alert to fire.
Hunts across the log and endpoint data you already collect
Priorities set by your internet exposure and the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Anything found moves straight into incident response
Lead
Incident response retainer
A response partner on call before the next disclosure, sized for small businesses and contractors.
IR plans and tabletop exercises
Containment and emergency patch / mitigation sprints
DFARS 7012 72-hour reporting support via DIBNet
Readiness or prepaid-hours retainer options
Lead
Triage forensics
Careful evidence handling when something goes wrong, so you know what happened and how to stop it happening again.
Evidence preservation for DFARS 7012 (images kept at least 90 days)
Chain of custody
Root-cause reports
Supporting
Exposure check
Find what attackers can see before they do, and point the hunts at it.
Asset inventory and internet-exposure review
Exposure monitoring keyed to the CISA KEV catalog
Supporting
CMMC & NIST SP 800-171 readiness
For defense suppliers, the documentation and self-assessments primes and contracting officers ask for.
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 gap assessments
SSP and POA&M writing
SPRS score and CMMC Level 1–2 self-assessment support
Supporting
Hardening & integration
Engineering help to close what the hunts and assessments turn up.
Identity and MFA, logging
Vulnerability management and patch-velocity programs
CUI enclave design; RMF / ATO support as a subcontractor
Approach
Prepare. Hunt. Respond. Harden.
A straightforward cycle built on NIST SP 800-61 Rev 3, DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171.
Prepare
An IR plan and tabletop exercise, plus an inventory of what is exposed to the internet.
Hunt
Proactive hunts through your logs and endpoints, aimed at the exposures and vulnerabilities attackers are using now.
Fix root causes, then keep your SSP, POA&M and SPRS score in step with reality.
Engineer-led
Built on an electrical and computer engineering background and DoD and intelligence-community systems experience.
Works with your MSP
Independent hunting and incident response without asking you to replace the IT provider you already have.
Clear lines
Implementation and assessment are kept separate, with a documented separation log, so independence is never in question.
About the founder
James Murdock
Wulver Cyber was founded by James Murdock, an electrical and computer engineer with systems experience across the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. He is a service-disabled veteran.
He started Wulver Cyber to give small businesses and defense suppliers an engineer's approach to security: go looking for trouble before it finds you, and have a response plan that works under pressure.
Electrical & computer engineer
DoD & IC systems
Veteran-owned
Contact
Launching 2027
Wulver Cyber opens to clients in 2027. If you'd like to hear when we launch or start an early conversation, send a note.