Security Configuration Guide Defense Agent
Automating the translation of Security Configuration Guides into technical compliance artifacts at scale.
Role
Product Design Lead
Domain
National Security
Focus
HITL & Agentic UX
The Challenge
Dod compliance cycles used to be a graveyard for productivity and human focus.
The Department of Defense operates on rigorous security technical implementation guides (STIGs). Traditionally, security experts manually mapped thousands of high-level Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) to technical artifacts. This process was not only slow—taking months per system—but also highly susceptible to oversight.
As modern systems grew in complexity, the gap between requirement publishing and actual technical hardening widened. We needed a system that could understand the semantic nuance of security language while maintaining the absolute auditability required by government standards.
Design Process
Audit & Map
Embedded with security specialists to document the cognitive shortcuts used during manual mapping, identifying where AI could enhance judgment rather than replace it.
HITL Prototyping
Rapidly iterated on human-in-the-loop triggers. We focused on the 'hand-off' moments where the agent presents evidence to a reviewer for final validation.
Agentic Tuning
Developed a semantic parser interface that allowed designers to see the LLM's 'reasoning path,' ensuring absolute transparency for the auditors.
Stress Testing
Ran comparative benchmarks against manual efforts to validate both speed and accuracy, focusing on edge cases in regulated domain language.
The Solution
An auditable AI platform that translates policy into execution with expert precision.
Requirement Parser
A specialized LLM architecture designed to ingest thousands of PDF pages and decompose them into actionable security control data points.
Auditability Layer
Every mapping decision includes a citation to the source text and an explanation of the AI's logic, allowing for instant human verification.
Reviewer Hub
A high-throughput interface for security experts to bulk-approve, override, or refine agent suggestions with minimal friction.
Impact & Outcomes
75%
Reduction in manual effort
99.8%
Mapping Accuracy
2wk
From months to weeks per cycle
300+
Systems hardened per quarter
Want to see the prototypes?
Due to the sensitive nature of the work, full prototypes and documentation are available upon request for verified partners.