About

Cybersecurity services for organizations that can't afford to get it wrong.

Secure Origin helps mission-driven and high-trust teams validate controls, reduce exposure, improve detection, and turn findings into fixes. Infrastructure operations are available when needed, but security work can stand on its own.

Our philosophy

Mission-driven, operator-led, evidence-first

Validation-first security

We prove controls through adversary emulation, penetration testing, detection engineering, restore checks, and operational evidence. If we cannot demonstrate it, we do not claim it.

Cybersecurity services

We provide security validation, exposure management, detection review, compliance readiness, and remediation support. Infrastructure hosting or operations can be scoped separately when the mission or threat model requires them.

Mission-driven by design

We serve nonprofits, newsrooms, press freedom organizations, NGOs, legal aid teams, healthtech organizations, SaaS companies, and privacy-first teams where a breach or outage is more than a technical problem.

Direct and transparent

No account managers and no unnecessary layers. You work directly with a senior security engineer from scoping through delivery, and responsibilities are made explicit before work begins.

Meet your consultant

Rafael Gutierrez

Rafael Gutierrez
Founder & principal consultant

Rafael founded Secure Origin to give mission-driven and high-trust teams access to serious cybersecurity services without vendor lock-in, unnecessary complexity, or fear tactics.

His background spans security architecture, detection engineering, adversary emulation, and infrastructure operations. That combination shapes how Secure Origin works: validate what matters, reduce exposure, improve detection, and keep evidence close to the systems it describes.

Whether it is a purple team engagement for a public media organization, remediation support for a healthtech product, or private placement for a press freedom group, the principle is the same: prove what works, fix what matters, and support clients with direct senior engineering judgment.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions

What types of organizations do you work with?
Nonprofits, NGOs, newsrooms, press freedom organizations, public media, legal aid teams, healthtech organizations, SaaS companies, privacy-first organizations, and small to mid-size businesses. If your mission or customer trust depends on protecting sensitive systems, data, sources, or communications, we are built for you.
How do I get started?
Email hello@secureorigin.io or use the form on the Security page. A single readiness conversation covers security validation, exposure management, detection support, remediation, evidence needs, and infrastructure options only if relevant.
How is this different from a standard penetration test?
Penetration tests find vulnerabilities. Purple team work validates whether your detections and responders catch realistic attacker behavior — and we often combine both so findings map to how your team actually operates day to day.
What does the infrastructure service include?
Custom application environments, dedicated infrastructure, and bespoke deployments with access control, backups, monitoring, recovery, and evidence. EU, Iceland, private, non-US, and managed cloud placement options are selected during scoping based on requirements. See our infrastructure page for details.
How long does an engagement take?
Security assessments typically run a few weeks of focused effort; larger purple team or SOC programs can extend. Infrastructure deployments vary by complexity — a managed application can be live within days, while bespoke infrastructure takes longer. You'll get a written timeline before work begins.
What are your fees?
Security and infrastructure work is scoped individually. Pricing may include a launch fee, operate subscription, resource costs, evidence package, recovery package, security package, or bespoke premium depending on the operating responsibility. After a readiness call, you receive a clear written proposal with deliverables, responsibilities, effort, and pricing.

Ready to talk?

Whether you need validation work, managed secure infrastructure, Huntress-backed detection, or evidence for customers and auditors, the fastest path is a single readiness conversation.

Book a readiness call