Telophase

What Telophase does

Telophase Corporation is a privately held, SBA-certified Small Disadvantaged Business founded in 1998 and headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, that delivers cyber defense, space systems engineering, data science, enterprise technology services, and education and public outreach primarily to U.S. federal agencies. Its customer base is anchored in NASA — most prominently Goddard Space Flight Center (where it is an incumbent on the SESDA IV and ETIS-II contracts and helped GSFC become the first NASA center to deploy continuous monitoring) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (where it leads security control assessments for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover) — and extends to the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Department of State, Department of the Interior, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and the commercial space startup Astrobotic Technology.

The company sells both professional services and, more recently, packaged software products. Its service lines include Hanto Cybersecurity Services (Red Team penetration testing, Purple Team assessments, CMMC Gap Analysis using MITRE ATT&CK) and Data-Analytics-as-a-Service (predictive analytics, master data management, and scientific data processing on Hadoop, Hortonworks, Qlik, Tableau, R, and Python). Its 2024-vintage product portfolio centers on TeloSec, a CMMC 2.0 compliance platform built on Microsoft Azure GCC-High with FedRAMP Moderate equivalency, and TeloKeys, an AI-enabled, identity-first ICAM platform providing passwordless continuous authentication for human and non-human identities, with native integrations to Microsoft Entra, Okta, and Ping Identity.

Telophase goes to market almost entirely through federal procurement channels, holding the GSA OASIS+ Small Business Technical and Engineering Domain contract (awarded December 2024), GSA MAS, and the NOAA ProTech-Weather prime contract, and operating as a subcontractor on large NASA vehicles led by primes such as Sierra Lobo, ADNET Systems, and Arctic Slope Federal Technical Services. Pricing is contract- and task-order-based rather than published. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, has received 'Excellent' CPAR ratings consistently, and was named NASA Goddard Small Business Subcontractor of the Year in 2017. Ownership is concentrated with management led by CEO Jamil Husain, with no disclosed institutional or private equity investment; an Executive Advisory Board was formed in 2017 explicitly to evaluate strategic alternatives.

Name

Telophase

Legal name

Telophase Corporation

Website

https://telophase.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Telophase Corporation is a privately held, SBA-certified small disadvantaged business that provides cybersecurity, space systems engineering, data science, and IT services to U.S. federal agencies, anchored by long-running NASA Goddard and JPL contracts and now extending into commercial cybersecurity products (TeloSec, TeloKeys).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Contracts: Telophase generates revenue primarily through federal government contracts including GWACs (GSA OASIS+, MAS), ID/IQ contracts, and direct agency contracts. Services include IT solutions, cybersecurity, space systems engineering, data science, and enterprise technology services for federal agencies.
2. Contract Vehicles: Revenue is generated through various contract vehicles including GSA OASIS+ Small Business Technical and Engineering Domain (Contract Number: 47QRCA25DS820), GSA MAS (47QTCA19D00BR), and NOAA ProTech-Weather contract (1305M420DNWWA0075).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Telophase provides cybersecurity, space systems engineering, data science, enterprise technology services, and education and public outreach to U.S. Federal government agencies. Its core product offerings include TeloSec (a CMMC compliance platform on Microsoft Azure GCC-High), TeloKeys (an AI-enabled identity-first ICAM platform with passwordless authentication), and Hanto Cybersecurity Services (penetration testing, Red Team/Purple Team assessments, and CMMC gap analysis). Revenue is generated primarily through federal contract vehicles such as GSA OASIS+, GSA MAS, ID/IQ, and prime contracts with NASA, DoD, and other agencies.

Product overview

Telophase offers a cybersecurity-focused product portfolio centered on identity and access management and compliance solutions. The core products include TeloSec (CMMC compliance platform with Azure GCC-High infrastructure) and TeloKeys (AI-powered identity-first ICAM platform with passwordless authentication). These two flagship products work together to provide integrated identity security and compliance certification pathways. Supporting these is Hanto Cybersecurity Services, providing penetration testing, red/purple team assessments, and CMMC gap analysis. The product strategy positions TeloKeys for identity-first security with AI-enabled credentials while TeloSec handles compliance documentation and infrastructure for CMMC Level 2 certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hanto: Cybersecurity services line under Telophase Corporation offering penetration testing, red team, purple team, and CMMC gap analysis services.
• TeloSec
• TeloKeys

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped GSFC exceed targeted goal of 20 assessments within a year to 50 — a five-fold increase
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• ADNET SystemsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2017Partnership on NASA Space and Earth Science Data Analysis (SESDA IV) contract supporting GSFC. The $250M, 5-year contract provides engineering, scientific, and technical services including web development, communications support, data science, and education and public outreach.
• Feith Systems and Software, Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2017Strategic partnership providing complete suite of Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Workflow, and Record Management Application (RMA) solutions. Feith's RMA iQ is DoD 5015.02 Certified. Partnership gives Telophase access to Feith's services, reseller, support and technology bands allowing greater spectrum of services in the electronic archive arena for both Commercial and Government clients.
• Sierra Lobo, Inc.majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 August 2014Partnership under NASA ETIS-II contract (Environmental Test and Integration Services II) supporting the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate's Mechanical Systems Division at NASA GSFC. Telophase provides engineering and technician test and integration support services for spaceflight and ground system hardware and software.
• Acceptto CorporationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership to provide real-time multi-platform authorization security service for consumer and federal market. Telophase Corporation acts as Acceptto's exclusive federal partner. The Acceptto ItsME platform allows users to securely authorize transactions from personal devices using policy orchestrated, multifactor authentication.
• Arctic Slope Federal Technical Services, Inc. (ASTS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASTS led the winning team for NASA SES II contract supporting GSFC's Software Engineering Division. Telophase provides development, acquisition, and maintenance of software and systems for instruments and missions including spacecraft monitoring and scientific data analysis platforms.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ADNET Systems: ADNET Systems is the prime contractor on the $250M NASA SESDA IV contract that Telophase supports. ADNET provides similar IT, scientific, and technical services to NASA and federal civilian agencies and is the closest comparable in size and mission focus.
• Sierra Lobo, Inc. Sierra Lobo is the prime contractor on the $250M NASA ETIS-II contract that Telophase supports. Sierra Lobo provides engineering and technical services to NASA GSFC and Wallops Flight Facility, with directly overlapping spaceflight hardware test and integration capabilities.
• Arctic Slope Federal Technical Services (ASTS): ASTS led the winning team on NASA's SES II contract supporting GSFC's Software Engineering Division, with Telophase as a team member. ASTS provides software development, systems acquisition, and maintenance for NASA missions directly comparable to Telophase's service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• ASRC Federal: ASRC Federal is a holding company for multiple federal IT services subsidiaries with overlapping capabilities in cybersecurity, space systems engineering, and data analytics for NASA, DoD, and intelligence community customers.
• ManTech International: ManTech provides federal IT, engineering, and cybersecurity services to defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies at significantly larger scale, with overlapping capabilities in CMMC compliance, cyber defense, and mission IT.
• SAIC: SAIC is a major federal IT and engineering services contractor with overlapping capabilities in space systems engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics for NASA, DoD, and federal civilian customers.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a large federal IT and management consulting firm with overlapping capabilities in cybersecurity, zero-trust architecture, ICAM modernization, and federal digital transformation.
• Leidos: Leidos is a major federal IT, engineering, and science contractor with comparable capabilities across NASA mission support, defense cybersecurity, and federal civilian data analytics.

Emerging players

• ECS Group: ECS (formerly ECS Federal, now a subsidiary of ASRC Federal) provides federal IT services including cybersecurity, cloud, and data analytics to defense and civilian agencies with comparable mission focus to Telophase.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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