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Porteon Systems

Capability statement

Cybersecurity compliance and secure IT services for defense and government.

Porteon Systems is a veteran-owned small business in Chesapeake, Virginia that delivers cybersecurity compliance, systems engineering, and secure IT services to defense and government customers. Our two principals perform the work themselves, with hands-on experience authorizing and securing Department of Defense systems under RMF, CMMC, and DISA STIG requirements. We support Hampton Roads on site and customers nationwide remotely.

Core competencies

  • RMF assessment and authorization. Control implementation, validation, and the documentation behind an Authority to Operate.
  • CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 readiness. Gap assessments, control implementation, and documentation for contractors that handle CUI.
  • Vulnerability and configuration compliance. ACAS and Tenable scanning, DISA STIG and SCAP assessments, remediation, and patch validation.
  • Systems and endpoint administration. Windows, Linux, virtualization, identity, and device management, run to a security baseline.
  • Cloud engineering and security. AWS architecture, migrations, least-privilege access design, and deployment pipelines.
  • Data governance and records management. Microsoft Purview records management, Data Loss Prevention, and retention for regulated information.
  • Secure AI integration. Large language model services connected to business systems with access controls in place.

Differentiators

  • Practitioner-led delivery. The CISSP-certified engineer who scopes the work is the one who performs it, with no handoff to junior staff.
  • Authorization experience from the inside. Our CTO has served as ISSO and ISSE on DoD systems, so deliverables arrive in the form assessors and authorizing officials expect.
  • Acquisition literacy. Our CEO has administered procurement records under FAR and DFARS, which keeps our proposals, invoicing, and documentation compliant.
  • Credentialed principals. Credentials include CISSP, CompTIA Security+, and graduate study in cybersecurity risk management and artificial intelligence.
  • Local and right-sized. Based in Hampton Roads near the region's Navy and defense installations, and structured for simplified acquisitions and subcontract roles under prime contractors.

Principal experience

Porteon Systems was formed in September 2026 and has no contract past performance yet. The experience below is the principals' own, gained with prior employers.

Claudiu (Alex) LaPorte, President & CEO

  • U.S. Navy veteran, 2010 to 2014.
  • Supported Microsoft Purview records management and Data Loss Prevention to protect Controlled Unclassified Information, aligned to Department of the Navy, DoD, and National Archives requirements.
  • Administered procurement and contract records under FAR and DFARS for maintenance of more than 40 naval vessels.
  • Performs vulnerability remediation, security patching, and Information Assurance compliance on Windows endpoints in a DoD enterprise environment.

M.P.S. Artificial Intelligence, Georgetown University. M.P.S. Cybersecurity Risk Management, Georgetown University. B.S. Cybersecurity, Saint Leo University.

Jemell D. Sanders, Chief Technology Officer

  • Realigned more than 117 security controls from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 to Rev. 5 and maintained eMASS artifacts for ATO packages on standalone DoD systems.
  • Drove CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 implementation across on-premise infrastructure.
  • Served four years as Senior Systems Administrator and ISSO, holding 99.9% uptime across classified and unclassified environments with DISA STIG compliance, SSPs, and POA&Ms.
  • Led six client migrations from legacy hosting to AWS with zero data loss.

CISSP. CompTIA Security+. AWS Certified AI Practitioner. B.S. Information Science and Technology, George Mason University.