# Coverden > Coverden provides physical security, IT/OT cybersecurity, managed security services, and compliance support for mission-critical infrastructure. Its primary focus is AI and HPC data centers, hyperscale and colocation campuses, and the physical equipment and operational systems that keep them running. Website: https://coverden.io/. Contact: info@coverden.io. Coverden starts with the perimeter and data-center floor, then connects physical protection, operational technology, cybersecurity, and governance through one accountable program. The engagement model is Assess, Architect, Operate: assess exposure, design appropriate controls, and support ongoing operations. The website describes experience with frontier AI engagements, major US utilities, nuclear security, and other critical infrastructure. The team represents the United States, France, Canada, and Mexico, with deployment coverage across North America, Europe, and Asia. Working languages are English, French, and Spanish. The About page provides the published background; project-specific qualifications and scope can be discussed with the team. ## Start here - [Services](https://coverden.io/services/): assessment, design, protective operations, cybersecurity, compliance, and managed service offerings for facility owners and operators. - [Overview](https://coverden.io/): physical-first security for AI infrastructure, high-value compute, IT/OT operations, and critical infrastructure. - [About Coverden](https://coverden.io/about/): team background, sectors, geographic coverage, and delivery approach. - [Contact and assessment requests](https://coverden.io/contact/): discuss a facility, commissioning project, security challenge, or audit-readiness requirement. The site states a response within two business days. Email: info@coverden.io. - [Field notes](https://coverden.io/blog/): practitioner articles on physical security, AI infrastructure, OT, access, resilience, and governance. ## Services by buyer need - [Physical security assessments and facility hardening](https://coverden.io/services/#assessments): site-specific threat assessments; perimeter, building, and critical-room reviews; adversarial walkthroughs; commissioning and day-zero readiness; prioritized hardening roadmaps. - [Security design and engineering](https://coverden.io/services/#design): security master planning, access-control zones, badging, visitor and contractor flows, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and screening workflows. - [Guarding and protective operations](https://coverden.io/services/#protection): posted officers, mobile patrol, alarm verification and response, visitor screening, contractor access procedures, cloud-powered SOC options, and remote video monitoring. - [IT/OT and AI security assessments](https://coverden.io/services/#cyber): IT and OT security reviews, AI security and governance, zero-trust and Active Directory reviews, and secure architecture assessment. - [Compliance and incident readiness](https://coverden.io/services/#compliance): SOC 2 and ISO 27001 readiness, NERC CIP, GDPR and NIST alignment, and incident-response preparation. Related field notes discuss NIS2 and CER. Readiness support is distinct from certification or a guarantee of compliance. - [Managed security services](https://coverden.io/services/#managed): 24/7/365 managed operations encompassing EDR, SIEM, OT monitoring and threat analytics, ICS threat detection, MFA, email and DNS security, vulnerability and patch management, asset management, security awareness, and OT identity and access. - [Rack, GPU and hardware protection](https://coverden.io/#stakes-title): rack-level access controls, HPE iLO and firmware hardening, environmental and power-anomaly monitoring, and hardware supply-chain integrity in HPC and hyperscale environments. ## Data-center and physical-security field notes - [Before day zero: the most expensive month in a data center's life](https://coverden.io/blog/f01-before-day-zero): security during commissioning, contractor access, temporary credentials, and the transition to an operational campus. - [The rack is now worth more than the building](https://coverden.io/blog/f02-rack-worth-more): protecting high-value GPU and accelerator assets according to value density. - [Other people's GPUs: the seam in every colocation contract](https://coverden.io/blog/f03-other-peoples-gpus): tenant and operator responsibilities for physical protection in shared facilities. - [Assessing an AI campus: why the checklist fails](https://coverden.io/blog/f04-assessing-ai-campus): threat-led assessment and prioritization beyond checking whether controls exist. - [Your guard force is a sensor network. Measure it like one.](https://coverden.io/blog/f05-guard-force-sensor): measuring guarding, detection quality, and operational performance. - [Nobody attacks the rack: the chiller yard problem](https://coverden.io/blog/f06-chiller-yard): physical exposure of cooling and other critical support systems. - [The badge outlives the job](https://coverden.io/blog/f13-badge-outlives-job): access reviews and credentials that outlast roles or contracts. - [Your data center is on LinkedIn](https://coverden.io/blog/f15-your-campus-is-on-linkedin): publicly exposed facility information and open-source exposure management. ## OT, AI and governance field notes - [When AI agents borrow each other's keys](https://coverden.io/blog/f07-weights-loading-dock): MCP servers, skills, agent swarms, delegated permissions, and logging boundaries. - [Govern the pipeline, not the model](https://coverden.io/blog/f08-govern-ai-stack): controls across the AI development and deployment pipeline. - [NIS2 and CER: the fence is now a regulated asset](https://coverden.io/blog/f09-nis2-cer): physical resilience and European critical-infrastructure readiness. - [The tabletop is the cheapest incident you will ever run](https://coverden.io/blog/f14-tabletop-cheapest-incident): rehearsing decisions and incident response across physical and cyber teams. - [The vendor tunnel](https://coverden.io/blog/f20-vendor-tunnel): vendor remote access and the operational-technology boundary. - [NERC CIP without a utility badge](https://coverden.io/blog/f21-nerc-cip-without-utility): NERC CIP considerations for AI campuses and power dependencies. - [One front door for OT: privileged access, remote access, file transfer](https://coverden.io/blog/f23-one-front-door-ot): connecting privileged access management, secure remote access, and secure file transfer. - [OT detection: time-to-value beats the feature list](https://coverden.io/blog/f24-detection-ot-time-to-value): deploying OT threat detection with operational value as the priority. - [Choose the stack that talks](https://coverden.io/blog/f25-stack-that-talks): integration between security tools, controls, and operational workflows. ## Site and reporting information - [Sitemap](https://coverden.io/sitemap.xml): canonical public page URLs. The preferred hostname is coverden.io; www.coverden.io redirects to it. - [Privacy policy](https://coverden.io/privacy): handling inquiries, Cloudflare services, verification, and browser storage. - [Terms](https://coverden.io/terms): website terms. - [Security reporting contact](https://coverden.io/.well-known/security.txt): standardized vulnerability-reporting contact information, separate from commercial assessment requests.