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Argent Strategic Intelligence, from Nyedis, is one checkpoint between your AI agents and everything they touch. It shows you every agent by name, signs a record of every decision, and stops anything you did not approve before customer data or money leaves.

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A denied request with zero provider calls and zero dollars spent.

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20+ Years Enterprise Security Experience

Enterprise AI That Delivers

From IAM architects to AI pioneers. We bring two decades of enterprise security expertise to agent development, governance, and integration.

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  • 20+ YearsIdentity & Access
  • 5+ YearsAI Development
  • Enterprise GradeCloud Security

What We Do

Enterprise AI Services Built on Security Expertise

AI Agent Development

Custom enterprise AI agents built with security-first architecture. From MCP integrations to autonomous workflows.

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AI Security & Governance

IAM-grade security for AI systems. Access controls, audit logging, and compliance frameworks for agent deployments.

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Enterprise Integration

Connect AI to your existing stack. BigQuery, Kubernetes, cloud platforms—unified through secure, standardized protocols.

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AI Strategy & Advisory

Roadmaps that deliver ROI. We help enterprises navigate the AI landscape with proven frameworks and hands-on expertise.

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Our Foundation

Two Decades of Enterprise Trust

Nyedis started as pioneers in Identity & Access Management, protecting enterprises from the inside out. When AI emerged as the next frontier, we brought that same security-first mindset to agent development.

We don't just build AI—we build AI that enterprises can trust. Every agent we deploy carries 20 years of lessons learned from securing the world's most demanding organizations.

  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Cloud Security Architecture
  • Zero Trust Implementation
  • AI Agent Development
  • MCP Protocol Integration
  • Enterprise Governance
  • 20+Years in Enterprise Security
  • 5+Years in AI Development
  • 500+Enterprise Deployments
  • 100%Security-First Approach

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Argent Strategic Intelligence

Argent Strategic Intelligence: Master Control System, by Nyedis

A denied request with zero provider calls and zero dollars spent.

A contractor quits. His five AI agents keep working. Watch what Argent does next.

It is the control point that sits between every AI agent and the AI it talks to, so a company can see every agent, prove every decision with signed evidence, and stop anything it did not approve.

Four things go wrong when AI agents run loose. Customer data leaves through an agent. A regulator asks which agent did what, and nobody can say. An agent keeps running after its owner has left. A bill climbs every hour, and nobody owns it. Argent closes all four.

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In plain words

AI agent
Software that acts on its own using an AI model.
Coding agent
The same, inside a developer's tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor).
Machine identity
The account an agent runs as.
MCP
The standard way agents call tools.
RAG
An agent searching company documents.
A2A
Agents messaging each other.

Six areas of control

Six areas. Argent covers all six.

Mark the areas your company already handles today. Whatever is left becomes your shortlist for the demo.

Know who acted

What goes wrongA contractor quits, his agents keep running, and nobody can say which agent did what.

What Argent doesEvery agent has a named human owner pulled from your login system. When that person leaves or is switched off, the agent’s very next request is blocked. All your agents show on one screen, by name, with a dollar tag.

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Protect company data

What goes wrongCustomer files, secrets and source code get sent to an AI nobody approved.

What Argent doesArgent reads every outgoing message and replaces Social Security numbers, card numbers, API keys, source code and your own secret formulas with placeholders before the AI sees them. The answer coming back is scanned too.

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Limit access

What goes wrongAn agent reaches a tool, a document or another agent it was never meant to touch.

What Argent doesAgents call only the tools you approved: reading a file yes, deleting your code never. Document search returns only what the person behind the agent may read. Messages between agents follow the same rules, and the default answer is no.

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Protect credentials

What goes wrongA real provider key sits in an agent’s settings, leaks, and runs up charges nobody can trace.

What Argent doesPeople and agents never hold real provider keys. They sign in to Argent, which adds the real key from your own vault. Argent holds a path to the secret, never the secret itself.

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Control the bill

What goes wrongAgents nobody owns spend a little more every hour.

What Argent doesEvery company, department, person and agent gets a dollar limit. Argent holds the money up front, settles the real cost after, forecasts when a team will run out, and stops a runaway loop at the cap: $25, not $25,000.

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Check the evidence

What goes wrongA regulator, board or court asks which agent did what, on whose authority, and when.

What Argent doesEvery allow, deny, redact and quarantine is a signed, chained record in a write-once archive. A separate program verifies the whole chain offline, and builds an evidence bundle for your SOC 2 auditor in under 30 seconds.

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Argent covers all six, and signs every decision.

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How one request flows

26 checks. 33 steps. One request.

  1. An agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, a document-search pipeline, another agent) sends a request with its Argent key.
  2. The request reaches the checkpoint. If the checking chain is down, the request is refused.
  3. Who is this agent, and which human owns it?
  4. Is it quarantined, capped or over budget?
  5. Does your policy allow it, and is the tool or model approved?
  6. May the human behind it see these documents?
  7. The real key is added from your vault, and private data is masked.
  8. Does the prompt look like an attack? The decision is signed into the ledger.
  9. Only a request that survives every check reaches the AI provider. A denial returns immediately and the provider is never called.
  10. On the way back the answer is scanned for private data, checked for harmful commands, fenced if it carries untrusted content, and recorded. Token usage is captured for cost.
  • < 100 msPolicy decides on every request, in the line of traffic.
  • 26Distinct checks on every request, in 33 steps.
  • 30 sTo build a SOC 2 evidence bundle for an auditor.
  • 0Phone-home. No internet and no API keys needed at runtime; runs fully air-gapped, even on your own models.
A support ticket with sensitive values replaced by placeholders.

Interactive walkthrough

Walk through Argent

A narrated walkthrough of Argent in three parts: the product, one request through all 51 checks, and where it runs on Kubernetes or Docker Compose. About 13 minutes, and it plays right in your browser on desktop or phone.

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Every control, explained

Everything Argent controls

The checkpoint
Every agent request passes through one enforcement point. If the checker is down, traffic is refused, never waved through.
A human owner for every agent
Every agent resolves to a living, named human owner pulled from your login system. When that person leaves or is switched off, the agent's very next request is blocked. An agent nobody owns never gets in.
Your policies, on every request
Your own rules decide allow or deny on every request in under 100 milliseconds. Built-in Open Policy Agent, or bring your own decision engine. Fails closed.
Document access that follows the person
When an agent searches company documents it only gets what the human behind it may read. An error returns nothing, never the whole library.
Real keys stay in your vault
People and agents never hold real provider keys. They sign in to Argent, which adds the real key from your own vault.
Approved tools only
Agents may call only the tools you approved: reading a file yes, deleting your code never. Default deny.
Agent-to-agent rules
Messages between agents are governed the same way: every capability needs a scope, default deny.
Private data never leaves
Argent reads every outgoing message. Social Security numbers, card numbers, API keys, source code and your own secret formulas become placeholders before the AI sees them, and the AI's answer is scanned too. If the scanner is unreachable the request is denied.
Trick and jailbreak defense
Scores prompts and replies for jailbreaks and 'ignore all previous instructions' tricks.
Evidence that shows tampering
Every allow, deny, redact and quarantine is a signed, hash-chained record, written to a write-once archive (7 years by default). Even an admin reading saved prompts is logged and security is alerted.
Auditors verify on their own
A separate program re-verifies the whole chain without trusting the gateway that wrote it, even on an air-gapped machine. Auditors get their own view and one-click reports.
A dollar limit for everyone
Every company, organization, department, person and agent gets a dollar limit. Argent holds the money up front and settles the real cost after. An emergency cap stops a runaway loop: twenty-five dollars, not twenty-five thousand. It forecasts when a team runs out, lets a manager approve more with an audit trail, and swaps requests to approved cheaper models so work does not stop.
Hidden instructions cannot take over
Text fetched from outside (web pages, files, tool results) is wrapped in markers tied to a one-time code so instructions hidden inside it cannot take over the agent.
One screen for all of it
Every agent, live, by name, with a dollar tag. Open one request and see every check it passed. Quarantine blocks an agent until released, cap limits spend, kill cuts access.

Works with your stack

Works with your stack

Twenty-three AI tools proven live, dozens more supported.

AI tools and coding agents

  • Claude Code
  • OpenAI Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Kiro
  • Cline
  • OpenCode
  • Zed
  • Warp
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • OpenAI Agents SDK
  • Microsoft Agent Framework
  • n8n
  • LiteLLM
  • Open WebUI
  • Ollama
  • LM Studio
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Devin
  • Claude Agent SDK

Plus any tool that speaks the OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or Bedrock wire format or honors a proxy setting, and any MCP server or A2A agent. Native SDKs for Python, Node and Go.

AI model providers

  • Anthropic
  • OpenAI
  • Google Gemini
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Mistral
  • OpenRouter
  • Ollama
  • vLLM
  • LM Studio
  • NVIDIA NIM
  • Hugging Face TGI
  • LiteLLM
  • Portkey
  • Kong AI Gateway
  • Cloudflare AI Gateway

Plus any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with thousands of priced models.

Logins and identity

  • Okta
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Auth0
  • Keycloak
  • Ping Identity
  • SailPoint
  • Saviynt
  • Active Directory
  • LDAP

Plus any identity system that speaks SCIM or LDAP. Operators sign in with passkeys.

Key vaults

  • HashiCorp Vault
  • OpenBao
  • CyberArk Conjur
  • Infisical
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Google Secret Manager
  • Akeyless
  • Doppler
  • Bitwarden
  • 1Password
  • BeyondTrust
  • Delinea
  • IBM Secrets Manager
  • Keeper
  • Oracle Cloud Vault

Bring your own vault. Argent holds a path to the secret, never the secret itself. 23 vault connector types in all.

Policy engines

  • Open Policy Agent (built in)
  • Cerbos
  • SpiceDB
  • Topaz
  • OpenFGA
  • OpenID AuthZEN

Or bring your own Open Policy Agent bundles.

Data protection and guardrails

  • Microsoft Presidio
  • ShieldGemma
  • AWS Bedrock Guardrails
  • LLM Guard
  • ProtectAI prompt-injection classifier

Plus a bridge for your own guardrail.

Logs, alerts and archive

  • Splunk
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Loki
  • Tempo
  • Alertmanager
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Amazon S3 Object Lock
  • MinIO
  • Azure Blob
  • Google Cloud Storage

Audit events leave as signed webhooks to any HTTPS endpoint (Slack included).

Where it runs

  • Docker Compose
  • Kubernetes (one Helm chart: EKS, AKS, GKE, k3s, RKE2)
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • On premises
  • Air-gapped signed bundle

Four sizing tiers, small to extra large.

Deploy

Deploy where you work

01

Local in 2 minutes

Run the full stack on a local machine in 2 minutes, with one command.

02

Your cloud in about 20

Deploy to your own cloud in about 20 minutes: Docker Compose, one Helm chart for Kubernetes, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud profiles, or your own data center.

03

Air-gapped on your own models

No internet and no API keys are needed at runtime, and nothing phones home. Run fully air-gapped, even on your own models.

Open source core under Apache-2.0: the gateway, filter chain, MCP proxy, agent-to-agent governance, offline verifier and signed audit chain.

Who built it

Built by Nyedis

Built by a team of enterprise identity and access security experts. Over twenty years inside major financial institutions. Government agencies. Healthcare and higher education.

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Our Services

Enterprise AI Services

From strategy to deployment, we bring 20 years of enterprise security expertise to every AI engagement. Security isn't an afterthought—it's our foundation.

Custom Enterprise Agents Built for Scale

AI Agent Development

We design and build AI agents that integrate seamlessly with your enterprise stack. From MCP-compliant tool integrations to autonomous workflow orchestration—built with security-first architecture.

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What's Included

  • Custom agent architecture and development
  • MCP protocol integration for tool access
  • Multi-cloud agent orchestration
  • RAG implementation and fine-tuning
  • Production deployment and scaling

IAM-Grade Security for AI Systems

AI Security & Governance

Two decades of identity management expertise applied to AI. We implement access controls, audit logging, and compliance frameworks that bring enterprise-grade security to your agent deployments.

Discuss Your Project

What's Included

  • Agent identity and access management
  • Least-privilege tool permission design
  • Audit logging and SIEM integration
  • Prompt injection defense strategies
  • Compliance framework implementation

Connect AI to Your Existing Stack

Enterprise Integration

Unify AI agents with your enterprise infrastructure. We handle BigQuery, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, SaaS tools, and legacy systems—all through secure, standardized protocols.

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What's Included

  • Cloud platform integration (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • Database and data warehouse connectivity
  • SaaS tool integration (Salesforce, ServiceNow, etc.)
  • Legacy system API development
  • Real-time data pipeline architecture

Roadmaps That Deliver ROI

AI Strategy & Advisory

Navigate the AI landscape with confidence. We help enterprises define strategy, prioritize use cases, build teams, and establish governance—grounded in hands-on implementation experience.

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What's Included

  • AI readiness assessment
  • Use case prioritization and ROI modeling
  • Team structure and hiring strategy
  • Vendor evaluation and selection
  • Governance framework design

// IDENTITY & CLOUD · 2026

Identity & Cloud Engineering

Two decades deep in Identity & Access Management, cloud architecture, and Web3. We don't body-shop and we don't dabble — we master a stack before we adopt the next one. Built for impossible timeframes and budgets.

"Why are you still planning and implementing identity using legacy methods?"

// Areas of Expertise

  • Identity Governance
  • Access Management
  • PAM
  • Identity Orchestration
  • Decentralized Identity
  • PBAC
  • Web3
Assess

Current State Assessment

Diagnostic deep-dive on existing identity, access, and cloud security posture. Map controls, gaps, and risk exposure against your operating reality.

Design

Future State Design

Target architecture and roadmap across IAM, IGA, PAM, and cloud security — sequenced for capability uplift, not vendor checklists.

Select

Vendor Selection

Independent evaluation and selection of identity, PAM, and cloud security platforms — scored against your environment, not analyst quadrants.

Validate

Health & Quality Checks

Audit of in-flight or live deployments to validate configuration, integration patterns, and operational health before they become incidents.

Build

Implementation & Integration

End-to-end build and integration of IGA, AM, PAM, and orchestration platforms — including connectors, workflows, and policy fabric.

Operate

Run & Operate

Outsourced and managed operations for identity platforms — day-2 lifecycle, support, tuning, and continuous improvement.

Web3

Web3 Development

Decentralized identity and blockchain engineering for clients building forward-leaning identity primitives.

// How We Engage

Engagement Models

  • Project
  • Staff Aug
  • Advisory
  • Managed Service
  • Support Blocks
  • Fixed-Bid / T&M / Milestone

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Let's discuss your enterprise AI goals and how we can help you achieve them—securely.

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AI Sentinel Protocol

Enterprise AI Security Intelligence

From awareness to autonomy. A progressive security framework that evolves with your AI maturity—protecting agents, data, and decisions at every stage.

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  • SOC2 Compliant
  • ISO 27001
  • GDPR Ready
AI Sentinel

The Sentinel Protocol

Four Stages of AI Security Maturity

Progress through each stage as your AI capabilities grow. Start with awareness, evolve to autonomy.

01Aware

Aware

Know What's Coming

Weekly AI threat intelligence and industry briefings. Understand the landscape before it impacts your organization.

  • Weekly AI security digest
  • Threat landscape analysis
  • Industry-specific insights
  • Executive briefing format
02Active

Active

Monitor & Detect

Real-time monitoring of your AI deployments. Detect anomalies, policy violations, and security incidents as they happen.

  • Real-time agent monitoring
  • Anomaly detection alerts
  • Policy violation tracking
  • Incident response playbooks
03Aligned

Aligned

Govern & Control

Full governance framework for AI operations. Ensure every agent action aligns with your security policies and compliance requirements.

  • Centralized policy management
  • Compliance automation
  • Audit trail & reporting
  • Role-based access controls
04Autonomous

Autonomous

Self-Defending AI

AI that protects AI. Autonomous threat response, self-healing systems, and predictive security that evolves with the threat landscape.

  • Autonomous threat response
  • Self-healing infrastructure
  • Predictive threat modeling
  • Continuous security evolution

Why AI Sentinel?

Built by security veterans, for the AI era. Protection that understands both threats and technology.

Enterprise-Grade Security

20 years of IAM expertise applied to AI agent governance and protection.

AI-Native Intelligence

Purpose-built for the unique challenges of AI systems, not retrofitted legacy tools.

Full Stack Coverage

From model inputs to agent actions—complete visibility across your AI infrastructure.

Real-Time Response

Millisecond threat detection and response. Stop attacks before they cause damage.

Evolving Protection

Our systems learn from global threat patterns. Your security improves automatically.

Compliance Ready

Built-in frameworks for SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and emerging AI regulations.

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Begin with AI Sentinel Aware—weekly intelligence briefings delivered to your inbox. No credit card required.

Ready for more? Contact us to discuss Active, Aligned, and Autonomous tiers.

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Unfiltered takes on AI, identity, cloud, and the operators actually shipping the work. No sugarcoating, no vendor talking points — just the signal you don't get from the analyst circuit.

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Can AI Revolutionize LDAP?

Brainstorming how AI can be integrated with LDAP to modernize one of identity's oldest workhorses.

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How to Hack Genmoji

Bypassing Genmoji's content filters on iPhone — a hands-on demo of getting around censored prompts.

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Insights & Analysis

Enterprise AI Intelligence

Deep analysis, actionable frameworks, and security insights for enterprises navigating the AI landscape.

About Nyedis

We Are Leaders In AI

Born from the Empire State

Two of the IAM industry's most experienced implementation pioneers created the model for enterprise identity strategies—and now bring that same rigor to the AI frontier.

As the crow flies

"Two of the IAM industry's most experienced implementation pioneers have teamed up to bring Identity Services cutting-edge technologies—taking the enterprise security ecosystem to new heights never seen in this space."

Our Foundation

"Nyedis has devoted its team to in-depth product research, training, and development of groundbreaking technologies redefining Identity and Access Management v3.0. We provide future solutions for clients stuck with legacy problems."

Our Mission

Leadership

The Architects

Ted BalfourTed BalfourCEO / Co-FounderAdam CallenAdam CallenCIO / Co-Founder

The Extended Team

Engineers, advisors, and specialists driving enterprise security forward.

  • Kurt BitnerSr IAM and AI Engineer
  • Sifer AsephIdentity Management Engineer
  • Sam NgIAM / AI Engineer
  • Matt CoxHead of Sales
  • Charles FeeAI / IAM Engineer
  • April ValotHuman Resources

Our Journey

20+ Years of Enterprise Security

  1. 2004

    Founded as IAM Specialists

    Two industry pioneers created the model for enterprise identity implementation.

  2. 2010

    Cloud Security Expansion

    Pioneered cloud security architecture as enterprises migrated to AWS and Azure.

  3. 2018

    Zero Trust Leadership

    Led zero trust transformations for financial services and healthcare sectors.

  4. 2021

    AI Research Begins

    Started R&D on AI agent security, recognizing agents as a new identity class.

  5. 2024

    Nyedis AI Launched

    Formalized our AI practice with security-first agent development frameworks.

  6. 2026

    Enterprise AI Authority

    Leading enterprises into the agentic AI era with battle-tested governance.

What Drives Us

Security First

Every AI solution carries 20 years of security lessons. We don't bolt on security—we build it in from day one.

Deep Expertise

We're practitioners, not just advisors. Our team has built and deployed AI systems at enterprise scale.

No Compromise

We don't cut corners on governance, compliance, or best practices. Enterprise AI demands enterprise rigor.

Partnership Model

We work alongside your teams, transferring knowledge and building capabilities that outlast our engagement.

Ready to Work Together?

Let's discuss how our two decades of security expertise can accelerate your AI initiatives.

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CEO / Co-Founder

Ted Balfour

Ted Balfour leads Nyedis as CEO and Co-Founder, bringing two-plus decades at the intersection of cybersecurity, identity, and technology leadership. As a recognized voice in Identity and Access Management, Ted has shaped how enterprises protect digital assets and govern user access — translating fluently between the technical depth security demands and the business outcomes the C-suite needs. His leadership style fuses architectural rigor with pragmatic execution, which is why he's a trusted advisor to organizations modernizing their identity and AI security posture.

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PHONE
+1.973.713.9399
EMAIL
ted@nyedis.com
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Ted Balfour

CEO / CO-FOUNDER, NYEDIS

Adam Callen

Principal AI & Security Engineer / Architect of Argent Strategic Intelligence

Adam Callen speaks and advises at the intersection of AI and national-scale cybersecurity. He has engineered the identity systems governments depend on — and now builds the control technology that makes autonomous AI safe for serious institutions. Author of The Last Human Job. Member, Forbes Technology Council.

// Direct Contact

EMAIL
adam@nyedis.ai
AVAILABLE
Available for keynotes, executive briefings & advisory engagements
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Adam Callen

Member, Forbes Technology Council

Speaking & advisory topics

What he speaks on

Securing Agentic AI

AI agents as a new identity class: authority, evidence, kill-switches.

AI Readiness for Government & Enterprise

Governance, risk classification, and operating models leaders can trust.

Identity at National Scale

Lessons from Healthcare.gov, NYC Cyber Command, and 14M-identity environments.

The AI Threat Landscape

Deepfakes, prompt injection, synthetic fraud, and cognitive defense.

Track record

Measured outcomes, named engagements

Scale and uptime

99.999%Healthcare.gov

Identity Management Architect and Operations Lead. Re-architected and stabilized the identity services behind registration and login. Coordinated 80+ engineers, developers and project staff; reported to Todd Park, then Chief Technology Officer of the United States.

7 AGENCIESNYC Cyber Command

Led privileged-access deployment across seven city agencies. Built automation that removed months of engineering effort from deployment.

250,000+CUNY

Identity infrastructure across 22 campuses and more than 250,000 identities.

14M+Beachbody

Managed identity infrastructure serving more than 14 million active users.

Cost and speed

$200K TO $25KPHEAA

Redesigned a production identity environment: monthly operating cost from more than $200,000 to less than $25,000. Also identified more than $75,000 per month in AWS savings.

2 WKS TO 8 HRSPHEAA

Reworked the migration of four million users, cutting a process that had taken two weeks to eight hours.

3-6 MONTHSGap

Assessed an identity environment of 100,000+ workforce identities and built a modernization roadmap for a three-to-six-month transformation instead of more than a year.

66%University of Louisville

Reduced projected hardware costs by 66%. At Priority Health, discovery and project analysis cut scope and duration by more than 30%.

Building

MULTIMILLIONNyedis

Helped build a multimillion-dollar enterprise-services business from the ground up: startup capital, brand, recruiting and training, and winning client engagements.

60 USE CASESArgent

Architect of Argent Strategic Intelligence: Master Control System. Translated 60 enterprise use cases into repeatable conformance tests and release gates.

4% OF COINBASEDeepGreenAI

Co-founded DeepGreenAI. Its trading systems, built on neural networks, transformer models and generative adversarial networks, moved more than 4% of Coinbase monthly BTC/USD trading volume at their peak.

18,000 ROLESAuthorization system

Developed a token-based authorization system that recorded nearly 18,000 roles and more than 200,000 role interactions in its first three months.

More about Adam

Executive, product builder, author

More than 25 years in technology, including over two decades securing enterprise identities and critical infrastructure, together with firsthand experience developing AI systems and turning complex technical capabilities into business solutions.

Building Nyedis

As CEO, Adam leads company strategy, product direction, enterprise relationships, and the team and operating discipline required to execute. His thesis: AI security cannot be treated solely as a question of what a model says. It must also address who or what is acting, whose authority it is using, which systems it can reach, what information it can access, and whether an organization can intervene before an action becomes a business incident.

Turning the vision into a product

Adam is driving the development of Argent as a central control layer for enterprise AI, governing interactions among models, agents, tools, credentials and enterprise data. Under his product direction it covers agent identity and lifecycle management, permission-aware data retrieval, credential brokering, defenses against malicious instructions, data-loss prevention, spending controls, audit evidence, and emergency shutdown.

Where the stakes are real

At Oracle he supported identity infrastructure across federal and Department of Defense environments, including security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and disaster-recovery arrangements involving AWS GovCloud. At Cincinnati Children's Hospital he was responsible for an identity-modernization project and its team from initial delivery planning through final sign-off.

An advisor from boardroom to build team

At Johnson & Johnson he delivered AI capability and security seminars and working sessions for technical teams and members of the Worldwide AI Council. For UniFirst he helped establish AI infrastructure and secure development workflows; for Las Vegas Sands he facilitated planning around worst-case AI-enabled cyberattacks. At Discover he led a privileged-access assessment spanning seven vendors, and at JPMorgan Chase he led a team through a cloud API-gateway migration to production.

A builder across technology shifts

His AI experience predates his work on enterprise AI governance, and his product work spans cloud-native applications, serverless media-processing systems and digital identity products. More recently he has developed tools for persistent agent sessions, remote approvals, task coordination, human review and validation, plus agent workflows for research, onboarding and business-process automation.

Author, educator, and industry voice

He hosts the Nyedis Anarchy Series, is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, and has joined industry conversations with KuppingerCole on digital identity. Under the IDM Rockstar name he published free identity-management tutorials, and earlier gave lectures on wireless security and hardening for universities and corporations. His roots reach back to early-1990s bulletin-board culture and The Crypt. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking and Japanese Linguistics from Eastern Michigan University.

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The book

The Last Human Job

AI's Dark Side, and the Last Human Defense

By Adam Callen

5.0on Amazon5 ratings

The first continuous history of the AI security war, told one true story at a time, from each breakthrough to the breach that followed it.

The deepfaked video call that walked roughly $25 million out of a global firm while every "executive" on the screen was a forgery. The nation-states already inside the wire. The attack that, by 2027, needs no human hand at all. Every defense you rely on can be handed to a machine. Except one.

  • One continuous narrative, from a 2012 experiment to autonomous attacks in 2027. History, not guesswork.
  • Every threat is a true story, then a defense: concrete, vendor-neutral, and honest about what it will and won't stop.
  • You learn how AI really works, and what is happening behind the walls of the frontier labs, the nation-states, and the enterprises racing each other.
  • A bound-in field manual, The Enterprise AI Defense Reference, to keep on the desk.

Written for the CISO and the CIO, and clear enough for anyone who depends on them.

Format
Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback
Paperback
446 pages
Published
June 9, 2026
ISBN-13
979-8996545001
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Selected environments

Principal-level engagements

Government / public sector

  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Oracle Federal / FedRAMP / DoD
  • Healthcare.gov
  • NYC Cyber Command
  • World Bank
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  • State of Tennessee
  • Maryland Dept. of Education
  • PHEAA / Pennsylvania student aid
  • State and municipal programs

Financial / regulated

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  • Bank of America
  • HSBC
  • UBS
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  • Capital One
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  • Fannie Mae
  • Freddie Mac
  • Discover
  • Standard & Poor's

Enterprise / healthcare / tech

  • Johnson & Johnson
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  • McAfee
  • Allstate
  • Becton Dickinson
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  • Gap
  • Creative Artists Agency
  • Centene
  • Cincinnati Children's

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Real results from organizations that deployed secure, scalable AI solutions with Nyedis.

Financial Services

Fortune 100 Financial Institution

Challenge

Needed to deploy AI agents across 50,000+ employees while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Result

85% reduction in manual document processing with zero security incidents.

Healthcare

Global Healthcare Provider

Challenge

Required HIPAA-compliant AI integration for patient data analysis.

Result

Deployed AI Sentinel across 12 hospitals with full audit compliance.

Technology

Enterprise SaaS Platform

Challenge

Scaling AI-powered customer support without compromising data privacy.

Result

3x faster resolution times with enterprise-grade security controls.

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Master Claude Code For Enterprise

Stop experimenting. Start deploying Claude Code with enterprise-grade security, governance, and scale. One intensive workshop that transforms how your organization builds with AI.

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March 2026 // Virtual Live // Led by Adam Callen, CIO @ Nyedis

claude-code — enterprise-init

$claude --enterprise init

✓MCP server connections established (3/3)

✓Security policy loaded: enterprise-strict

✓Governance hooks configured

✓Audit logging enabled → s3://sentinel-logs

✓Token budget: 500K/session | Cost controls: active

⚡Enterprise Claude Code ready.

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Who Is This For

Built for Enterprise Decision Makers

This workshop delivers immediate, actionable value for leaders who need to move fast—without moving recklessly.

CIOs & CTOs

CIOs & CTOs

Align AI deployment with business strategy. Understand total cost of ownership, security posture, and governance frameworks before scaling.

Engineering Leadership

Engineering Leadership

Go beyond toy demos. Learn production patterns for MCP servers, custom tool chains, and enterprise-grade agent architectures that your teams can maintain.

Operations & Security Teams

Operations & Security Teams

Deploy AI without compromising your security posture. Master audit logging, policy enforcement, and compliance-ready configurations from day one.

Curriculum

What You'll Learn

Enterprise Security Patterns

Configure Claude Code with least-privilege access, audit trails, and policy enforcement that satisfies your security team.

MCP Server Architecture

Build custom Model Context Protocol servers that connect Claude to your internal APIs, databases, and tools—securely.

Governance & Compliance

Implement token budgets, cost controls, and approval workflows that give leadership visibility without slowing teams down.

Production Deployment

Move from prototype to production with patterns for CI/CD integration, monitoring, error handling, and team onboarding.

How The Day Works

  1. 01

    Foundation

    Enterprise security model, MCP architecture overview, and environment setup with your own Claude Code instance.

  2. 02

    Build

    Hands-on: create a production MCP server, configure governance hooks, and connect to simulated enterprise systems.

  3. 03

    Deploy

    CI/CD pipeline setup, monitoring dashboards, cost controls, and audit logging configuration.

  4. 04

    Scale

    Team rollout playbook, change management strategy, and ongoing governance framework for autonomous AI operations.

Outcomes You Can Expect

Deploy with Confidence

Leave with a production-ready Claude Code configuration tailored to your enterprise's security requirements.

Scale Across Teams

A proven rollout playbook for onboarding engineering teams without creating shadow AI or compliance gaps.

Govern Without Friction

Governance frameworks that protect the organization while keeping developers productive and autonomous.

Measure Real ROI

Cost tracking, usage analytics, and outcome measurement frameworks to prove value to leadership.

What's Included

Everything You Need to Deploy with Confidence

Live Workshop Access

4-hour intensive session with hands-on exercises, live Q&A, and real-time troubleshooting.

Enterprise Config Templates

Pre-built security policies, governance hooks, and MCP server templates ready for your environment.

Complete Code Repository

Full access to all workshop code, examples, and reference architectures on GitHub.

Team License (Up to 5)

Bring your core team. One registration covers up to 5 participants from the same organization.

Security Playbook

Step-by-step enterprise security checklist covering audit, compliance, and incident response.

30-Day Post-Workshop Support

Direct Slack access to the instructor for implementation questions after the workshop.

March 2026 // 10AM–2PM ET // Virtual Live

$2,497per team

Up to 5 seats per registration

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Limited to 25 seats for hands-on engagement

Adam Callen, CIO @ Nyedis

Adam Callen

CIO @ Nyedis

"I've spent 20 years deploying enterprise technology—from IAM platforms to cloud migrations. Claude Code is the most transformative tool I've seen since Kubernetes, but only if you deploy it right. Most teams are using it like a fancy autocomplete. This workshop shows you how to turn it into an enterprise-grade development platform with the security, governance, and scale your organization demands."

20+ years enterprise IT • Former CTO • AI security specialist

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