About
About Ciphren
Ciphren keeps a standing watch on everything with your name on it that you don't run — what's exposed, who you depend on, what's being said about you — from public sources only, sourced and dated. Built for organizations that answer for more than they operate: a headquarters and its branches, a system and its campuses, an authority and the offices that run its process.
The founder
Somewhere outside, someone can see what your organization depends on, what's exposed, and what's being said about you. I build the system that shows you that view first.
I founded Ciphren after twenty years in security across DoD, fintech, and critical public-sector work, watching the same gap from every seat: organizations that answer for units, vendors, and systems they don't operate — and no single outside-in picture of any of it. Ciphren assembles that picture from public sources only, keeps it current, and writes the brief for the person who answers, not just the team that fixes.
The discipline is the product: every item traced to its source and dated, confidence graded rather than asserted, and people appearing only in the roles their organizations publish. Nothing to install. You decide who reads what.
U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Douglas Winzell · Founder & CEO · LinkedIn