Capabilities
CogniAccess LLC provides identity architecture and engineering, FISMA Audit & Controls, authorization support, Microsoft platform services, and security operations support for federal subcontracting and direct commercial engagements.
Company snapshot
CogniAccess is a Virginia identity and access management consulting firm serving federal programs through prime contractors and commercial organizations directly. The practice joins platform implementation with the control design, evidence, and operating documentation those platforms require.
| Legal name | CogniAccess LLC |
|---|---|
| Entity | Limited liability company, Commonwealth of Virginia |
| Virginia SCC Entity ID | 12098820 |
| Operations | Manassas, Northern Virginia |
| Service delivery | On site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area; remote across the United States |
| NAICS | 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services (primary) 541519 — Other Computer Related Services 541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services |
| EIN | Issued — provided during contracting |
| SAM.gov / UEI | Registration in progress |
| Contact | info@cogniaccess.com |
Core competencies
CogniAccess organizes delivery around eight connected competencies. The result is a scope that can cover a single platform problem or the control environment around it.
Identity assessments, target architecture, platform and migration planning, and Zero Trust implementation across the identity pillar: Conditional Access, phishing-resistant MFA, device trust, session control, and least-privilege access.
Tenant design and hardening, Conditional Access, administrative role design, application access, Entra Connect, hybrid identity operations, and PowerShell automation.
Okta SSO and MFA, application onboarding, SCIM-based lifecycle provisioning, SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, cross-platform federation, and migration planning.
NIST SP 800-53 control implementation and hardening support; control gap assessments against FISMA requirements; audit readiness and assessor evidence preparation; POA&M creation, tracking, and remediation support; ATO package support; continuous monitoring; and DISA STIG and CIS Benchmark alignment.
Access reviews and certification campaigns, joiner–mover–leaver process design, privileged role governance, Privileged Identity Management patterns, emergency access design, non-human and service-account identity inventory and ownership, and audit evidence preparation.
Microsoft Intune compliance and configuration, Jamf and Apple Business Manager alignment, AD Certificate Services, certificate lifecycle support, certificate-based authentication, and smart card use cases.
Microsoft Azure identity and services, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Azure Virtual Desktop access where relevant, and Microsoft Purview administration and implementation for DLP, sensitivity labels, retention, audit, and eDiscovery support.
Microsoft Defender and CrowdStrike Falcon deployment and operations support, alert review, containment and remediation coordination, and Splunk and Qualys information used for monitoring, prioritization, and reporting.
Federal Authorization & Security Compliance
CogniAccess connects technical implementation to the records a federal program must maintain: control statements, evidence, decisions, weaknesses, remediation milestones, and monitoring results.
NIST SP 800-53 controls translated into identity, cloud, endpoint, and administrative settings, with implementation notes that identify the responsible system and owner.
Evidence inventories, assessor response tracking, configuration material, interview preparation support, and gap findings arranged by risk and remediation effort.
Risk Management Framework support for package material, control narratives, boundary and data-flow inputs, authorization updates, and ongoing package maintenance.
Plan of Action and Milestones creation, milestone tracking, dependency management, remediation support, closure evidence, and status reporting.
Security risk assessments and Interconnection Security Agreement support covering shared responsibilities, safeguards, data flows, contacts, and change triggers.
Recurring control checks, evidence schedules, change review, vulnerability and audit inputs, and reporting that keeps authorization material current.
Standards & frameworks
CogniAccess implements identity and platform controls, hardens configurations to, and assesses against the following standards and frameworks. They are stated as the references for work offered — implementation, hardening, and assessment support — not as certifications of compliance or assessor designations.
Platform & technology depth
Microsoft Entra ID · Active Directory · Okta · Entra Connect · Entra Privileged Identity Management · AD Certificate Services
Authentication, federation, provisioning, privileged access, hybrid identity, certificates, and automation.
Microsoft Azure · Microsoft 365 · Exchange Online · SharePoint · Teams · Azure Virtual Desktop
Cloud identity, access patterns, collaboration controls, and administrative operations.
Microsoft Purview · Microsoft Intune · Jamf Pro · Apple Business Manager
Data loss prevention, labels, retention, eDiscovery support, device compliance, and certificate delivery.
Microsoft Defender · CrowdStrike Falcon · Splunk · Qualys
Endpoint detection and response operations, alert review, containment coordination, monitoring, and vulnerability context.
Differentiators
Platform configuration and FISMA evidence are designed together, reducing the gap between what a system does and what its authorization package says.
CogniAccess covers Microsoft Entra ID and Okta, including federation and migration questions that cross platform boundaries.
Rollout waves, support readiness, exception handling, monitoring, and runbooks are part of delivery — not follow-up work left to the client.
CogniAccess does not resell software. Platform advice follows the environment, control need, and operating impact.
Findings, decisions, milestones, and control material are maintained in a form program leadership and assessors can use.
Work can be structured as a defined identity workstream with status, deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance points aligned to the prime.
Engagement models
Time & materials
Identity, platform, or compliance capacity for a federal program or internal team, under an agreed ceiling and period of performance.
Fixed scope
Written scope and milestone acceptance for rollouts, migrations, builds, assessments, and remediation packages.
Retainer
A recurring block of specialist time for architecture review, audit readiness, control decisions, and roadmap support.
Send the workstream, platform, deadline, and contracting route. CogniAccess will respond with the next scoping step.
