Work With Us

Three scopes of work. Each fixed in scope, fixed in fee, and built around one principle: the output has to survive contact with the board, the regulator, the engineering team, and the vendor. Every layer of the organization that will touch the work.

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ENTRY DIAGNOSTIC

Quantum Risk and Cryptographic Exposure Baseline

An organization with board reporting obligations on quantum risk, a regulatory environment that is beginning to ask questions, or an upcoming audit that will touch cryptographic posture needs one thing first: an accurate picture of where the exposure actually is.

This engagement produces that picture in a bounded, time-fixed scope. The deliverable is a board-ready risk baseline: a documented view of cryptographic exposure, HNDL and Non-HNDL risk profile, and a clear assessment of where gaps require immediate governance attention and where active migration planning is warranted. Written for the board and defensible to the regulator. This is the document that allows leadership to understand the exposure and commission the transition work that follows.

STRUCTURE

Fixed scope · Fixed fee

DURATION

2–3 weeks

FEE

Scoped to organizational complexity

WHAT THIS ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES

  • Quantum risk framing calibrated to data longevity profile and operational environment
  • Cryptographic presence map covering PKI, TLS termination, code signing, identity infrastructure, and third-party dependencies
  • HNDL and Non-HNDL risk classification for in-scope systems, with Evidence Confidence documented per finding
  • Vendor dependency snapshot covering cryptographic surfaces outside direct control and current vendor roadmap posture
  • Board-ready risk and investment memorandum: a document the board, legal team, and regulator can review, with risk framed in business impact language

WHO THIS IS FOR · CISOs and CTOs with board reporting obligations on quantum risk, organizations entering a regulatory environment beginning to require documented PQC readiness posture, and leadership teams that need a defensible starting point before committing to a full transition program.

Addie LaMarr leads every Baseline engagement personally.

A redacted sample Board-Ready Risk & Investment Memorandum is available to read in full.

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FLAGSHIP ENGAGEMENT

Quantum-Ready Cryptography Transition Blueprint

The Blueprint takes an organization from no visibility to a board-approved, engineering-executable, procurement-usable transition plan. The entire QRMF runs across this engagement — full Pre-CBOM and CBOM inventory, HNDL and Non-HNDL risk registers, vendor dependency and leverage assessment, scored risk model, action-required generation with ownership routing, and phased roadmap development.

STRUCTURE

Fixed scope · Fixed fee

DURATION

6–10 weeks

FEE

Scoped to organizational complexity

DELIVERABLES AT STAGE 10

  • Cryptographic Inventory Strategy

    A complete, evidence-classified map of where cryptography exists across systems, data flows, and vendor dependencies. Every entry has an Evidence Confidence level. Every unknown is labeled.

  • Prioritized Risk Model

    HNDL and Non-HNDL risk registers in executive language, scored by business impact, data longevity, and migration complexity. Mosca's Theorem applied to the actual environment.

  • Board-Ready Roadmap

    A phased, dependency-aware transition plan with wave sequencing, decision gates, vendor escalation requirements, and investment narrative.

  • Governance Operating Model

    Decision rights, escalation paths, quarterly review cadence, and vendor accountability structure for the multi-year horizon PQC migration requires.

Addie LaMarr leads the governance design, executive alignment, and board deliverable review on every Blueprint engagement.

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ONGOING ASSURANCE

Quantum Risk Governance Retainer

The QRMF produces a roadmap. The roadmap is a point-in-time document. As NIST standards evolve, as vendor roadmaps shift, and as organizational priorities change, the governance structure that keeps the transition on track requires ongoing maintenance.

The Governance Retainer provides quarterly board memo refresh, vendor posture reviews for the critical dependencies identified in the initial engagement, and monthly decision support — capped at defined hours, with defined response windows and explicit exclusions.

This is an access retainer: structured around capped hours, defined response windows, and explicit scope boundaries. Offered selectively to organizations that have completed an initial engagement and have an established transition governance structure.

STRUCTURE

Monthly retainer

TERM

6–12 month basis

FEE

Scoped to governance requirements

WHAT THIS COVERS

  • Quarterly board memo refresh
  • Vendor posture reviews for critical dependencies
  • Monthly decision support within capped hours and defined response windows
  • Direct access to Addie LaMarr. Every conversation is with the founder.

WHAT LAMARR LABS DOES NOT DO

This is not a list of limitations. It is a design choice that preserves the thing that makes the advisory valuable: independence.

  • Does not design, sell, or implement cryptographic tools
  • Does not take hourly engagements or open-ended retainers outside a scoped structure
  • Does not run standing meetings, manage internal project tooling, or perform staff augmentation
  • Does not perform general cybersecurity assessments or compliance checkbox exercises

How an Engagement Begins

The briefing request initiates a 30-minute alignment conversation. We determine whether there is fit. If there is, a structured proposal follows with defined scope, fixed fee, and specific deliverables. If there isn't, we say that and recommend what the right next step is.

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