Linea Secure

What Linea Secure does

Linea Secure is a cybersecurity professional services firm and operating division of Linea Solutions, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Marina del Rey, California. The firm specializes in cybersecurity consulting for public pension funds, multi-employer benefit plans, and adjacent organizations that hold large volumes of personally identifiable information, protected health information, and financial data. Its core offering is structured around four service categories: cybersecurity assessments (penetration testing, code review, cloud security assessment, AI security assessment, incident readiness), solution design and execution, strategic planning (cybersecurity roadmaps, system security plans, incident response plans, compliance with state statutes), and continuous support (Managed Detection & Response delivered through SecureWorks, tabletop exercises, third-party vendor compliance, training, and vCISO retainer services). A proprietary Pension Cyber Security Framework (PCSF) underpins engagements, aligning with NIST, FISMA, ISO, and COBIT standards to address the specific business processes of pension administration.

Linea Secure's go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales to pension funds and benefit organizations in the United States and Canada, supported by physical offices in Marina del Rey (Los Angeles), Toronto, and Washington D.C. Revenue is generated primarily through professional services engagements, with a growing recurring component from MDR subscriptions via SecureWorks and vCISO retainer contracts. The leadership team — including President Peter Dewar, principals Brian Colker and Akio Tagawa, VP of Cybersecurity Sales Jason Todd, and Directors Vincent Houle and Cassandra Kirchmeier — combines CISSP/CDPSE credentials with two decades of IT and cybersecurity experience and 10+ years of pension-specific focus. Named customers include BCPC, CAAT, and Provident10, all government pension entities. The firm is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding rounds, operating as a division of Linea Solutions alongside sibling entities Linea Solutions and Icon Integration & Design.

Name

Linea Secure

Legal name

Linea Secure Inc.

Website

https://lineasecure.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Linea Secure is a cybersecurity professional services firm and division of Linea Solutions that delivers AI-enhanced assessments, managed detection and response, and vCISO services to public pension funds and benefit organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Consulting

akta.pro primary industry

Security Audits & Compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX) (BPAKADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Network Security Managed Services (Firewall/IDS/IPS/SASE) (BPAEADAG)

Keywords

• Cybersecurity consulting
• Pension fund security
• Managed detection response
• Incident response planning
• Cybersecurity assessments

Headquarters

HQ city

Marina Del Rey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cybersecurity Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including assessments, penetration testing, code review, incident readiness response, operational needs assessment, cloud security assessment, security requirements gathering, technical requirements, agile testing and design, IT strategic planning, cybersecurity roadmap development, architectural services, system security plans, incident response plans, cybersecurity playbooks, compliance with state statutes, disaster recovery, and CISO-as-a-Service retainer services.
2. Managed Detection & Response (MDR): Managed security services offered in partnership with SecureWorks, providing continuous monitoring, advanced threat detection, and incident response capabilities on a subscription basis.
3. vCISO Services Retainer: Retainer services providing organizations access to Linea services and personnel at pre-negotiated rates. Personnel can perform training, consulting services, facilitate meetings, and be retained to facilitate incident response if an event occurs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Linea Secure is a strategic cybersecurity consulting firm that provides AI-enhanced defense, assessments, Managed Detection & Response (MDR), penetration testing, cloud and code reviews, cybersecurity roadmaps, incident response planning, and CISO-as-a-Service retainer engagements to public pension funds, multi-employer benefit organizations, and similar institutions across the U.S. and Canada. The firm complements generalized security standards with its proprietary Pension Cyber Security Framework (PCSF) tailored to the unique business processes, services, and technology used by pension and benefits organizations.

Product overview

Linea Secure is a strategic cybersecurity solutions company that offers AI-enhanced defense strategies for pension and benefit funds. The company's portfolio consists of professional services organized across four main categories: Assessment services (AI Security Assessment, Penetration Testing, Code Review, Cloud Security Assessment, Key Control & Policy Audit, Incident Readiness Response, Operational Needs Assessment), Solution Design & Execution (Security Requirements, Technical Requirements, Agile Testing and Design), Planning services (IT Strategic Planning, Cybersecurity Roadmap, Architectural Services, System Security Plans, Incident Response Plan, Cybersecurity Playbooks, Compliance with State Statutes, Disaster Recovery), and Maintenance & Continuous Support (Managed Detection & Response, Tabletop Exercises, 3rd Party Vendor Compliance, Technology Implementation Assistance, Awareness & Training, CISO-as-a-Service, Staff Security Training). The company also developed a proprietary Pension Cyber Security Framework (PCSF) specifically tailored for pension and benefits organizations. Services are delivered as consulting engagements rather than packaged software products, with MDR provided through a partnership with SecureWorks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pension Cyber Security Framework (PCSF) Proprietary cybersecurity framework developed by Linea Secure specifically for pension and benefits organizations, complementing generalized standards (NIST, FISMA, ISO, COBIT) by addressing the unique business processes, services, and technology used by the industry to minimize and mitigate inherent cyber risk.
• Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Subscription-based managed security service delivered in partnership with SecureWorks that provides continuous monitoring of network traffic, endpoint devices, servers, and other critical assets, with advanced threat detection tools, behavior analytics, and machine learning algorithms, supplemented by human security analyst investigation and response.
• AI Security Assessment Security assessment service that evaluates AI models, data pipelines, and decision-making processes, performed in alignment with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) to certify model integrity, data privacy, algorithmic transparency, and security compliance for organizations adopting AI.
• Penetration Testing Multi-step penetration testing engagement covering sensitive information discovery, manual testing, network landscape discovery, system exploitation, application-level testing, escalation and lateral movement, and comprehensive reporting to identify exploitable weaknesses across IT environments.
• Cloud Security Assessment Assessment service that certifies federated identity management, access control, and cloud security compliance across multiple cloud environments, extending the resulting security controls to on-premises implementations.
• Incident Readiness Response Review of an organization's ability to manage and recover from cybersecurity incidents, evaluating capabilities across detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and reporting.
• Cybersecurity Roadmap Strategic planning engagement that categorizes areas of cyber risk, classifies data as high/medium/low sensitivity, identifies applicable compliance standards, and establishes a multi-stage pathway to build, implement, and improve cybersecurity maturity.
• CISO-as-a-Service (vCISO) Retainer-based vCISO service providing organizations with access to Linea services and personnel at pre-negotiated rates for cybersecurity training, consulting, meeting facilitation, and incident response coordination if an event occurs.
• Tabletop Exercises Exercise-based service that evaluates processes, tools, and the organization's ability to respond to cyber-attacks from both executive and technical perspectives, simulating multiple real-life cyber-attack scenarios and observing the incident response plan in action.
• 3rd Party Vendor Compliance Risk mitigation service that expands the organization's compliance program to include cybersecurity policies addressing third-party risk and develops contract language requiring vendor compliance with applicable statutes and best practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average cost of data breach in the US is $7.35 million with $225 per stolen record (IBM/Ponemon Study cited in whitepaper)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SecureWorkscoreTechnology or IntegrationLinea Secure has partnered with SecureWorks to offer Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services. This partnership provides continuous monitoring of network traffic, endpoint devices, servers, and other critical assets. SecureWorks employs advanced threat detection tools, behavior analytics, and machine learning algorithms to identify abnormal or malicious activities. Security analysts interpret alerts, investigate potential threats, and provide timely responses to mitigate risks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (Cyber & Strategic Risk practice): Big 4 cyber risk consulting practice with deep relationships among Fortune 500, public pension funds, and government benefit agencies. Overlaps with Linea on NIST-aligned assessments, vCISO, cyber strategy, and managed security advisory - while also offering broader assurance, tax, and consulting relationships that pension funds already use.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Large federal and commercial cyber consulting practice with deep experience serving public pension funds, government benefit agencies, and federal financial regulators. Comparable on delivering NIST/FISMA-aligned cyber services to public-sector pensions, with vastly greater scale and federal clearance.
• Kroll: Global risk advisory firm with a sizable cyber risk practice (incident response, penetration testing, cyber risk assessments) serving financial institutions, pensions, and corporate clients. Comparable on risk-assessment-led consulting for regulated financial clients, broader portfolio, and significantly larger footprint.
• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Frontline incident response and cyber consulting firm now part of Google Cloud. Comparable in its cybersecurity consulting, assessments, AI-related risk services, and incident response offerings for regulated financial institutions - though at materially larger scale.

Direct peers

• Arctic Wolf: MSSP offering MDR, Managed Risk, Managed Security Awareness, and compliance services to mid-market and enterprise - functionally similar to Linea's MDR offering but delivered on Arctic Wolf's own platform rather than a SecureWorks white-label partnership.
• Optiv: Large dedicated cybersecurity solutions integrator and MSSP offering assessments, MDR, advisory, and managed services to enterprise and financial-services clients. Closely comparable business model (cybersecurity consulting + managed services) and mid-market/enterprise go-to-market, though with much greater scale and breadth than Linea.
• Trustwave: Global cybersecurity and managed security services provider offering MDR, penetration testing, threat hunting, and security advisory. Direct competitor in combining managed detection services with compliance/audit consulting for financial and public-sector clients.
• NCC Group: Global cyber security and risk mitigation specialist offering managed detection and response, security consulting, software resilience, and escrow services. Comparable professional services + managed services model serving regulated, security-sensitive industries.
• Pondurance: Mid-market MDR, incident response, and compliance services provider with a strong regulated-industries focus (financial services, healthcare, public sector). Operates an analogous blend of managed detection, consulting, and compliance auditing mapped to NIST/CMMC/HIPAA.

Others

• SecureWorks: Taught-private by Sophos in 2025, SecureWorks is the strategic technology partner powering Linea's MDR offering but also competes directly as a standalone MDR and consulting provider - making it both an enabler and a competitor depending on go-to-market motion.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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