The Duncannon Group

What The Duncannon Group does

The Duncannon Group LLC is a privately held, boutique professional services firm founded in 1996, headquartered in New York, and focused on the Wall Street financial community. The firm operates four interconnected practice areas: SSAE 16 internal control reviews (Type 1 and Type 2 reports and transitions from other audit firms), trading floor business continuity management (assessment, secondary site identification, low-latency network recovery, DR and co-location design), market data expense management and value realization (demand management, vendor negotiation, architecture and operations support), and Duncannon Philanthropic Advisors, which provides strategic and management services to private foundations in the Greater Waterbury, CT area. Customer engagement is delivered through dedicated engagement teams consisting of an engagement principal (George Liscinsky), a concurring partner (Martin Ford), and coordinating managers acting as single points of contact across multi-location projects, drawing on a long-tenured specialist pool.

The firm also acts as a sales and installation support partner for Know More Software, Inc. (KMS), which holds worldwide distribution rights to Historis — a high-volume, real-time time-series database currently deployed in the Energy sector for physical sensor data capture and flow-parameter monitoring. This product line generates licensing/royalty-style revenue in addition to the firm's professional services fees. The firm emphasizes vendor independence as a core positioning, explicitly designed to avoid conflicts of interest when serving competing financial institutions, and markets its principals' average of more than 25 years of experience in global markets services, controls, and information management.

The Duncannon Group's revenue model is anchored in negotiated, quote-based professional services engagements with enterprise financial institutions, with no publicly disclosed pricing, revenue figures, or funding. Customer concentration is in regulated Wall Street institutions — money center banks, investment houses, and boutique alternatives firms — with a smaller philanthropic advisory sub-segment. Sub-brands include Duncannon Philanthropic Advisors (DPA); the firm maintains its own website and operational email contact ([email protected]).

Name

The Duncannon Group

Legal name

The Duncannon Group LLC

Website

https://duncannon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Duncannon Group is a privately held New York-based boutique professional services firm serving the Wall Street financial community with SSAE 16 internal control reviews, trading floor business continuity management, market data expense management, and philanthropic advisory services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Services Consulting

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Security Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Advisory (BPAKADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Charitable Giving & Philanthropic Trust Advisory (FSAEAKAH)

Keywords

• SSAE 16 compliance
• Internal control audits
• Business continuity management
• Market data consulting
• Philanthropic advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brookfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - SSAE 16 Control Reviews: The firm provides SSAE 16 internal control review services, including Type 1 and Type 2 reports, planning through report issuance. They also perform transitioning of SSAE 16 audits from other audit firms.
2. Business Continuity Management Consulting: Three-phase approach to trading floor business continuity including assessment, strategic vision development, and secondary site identification. Services include low latency trading network recovery, trading floor BCM plans and tests, DR site management, and co-location site design.
3. Market Data Management Services: Expense management and value realization services for market data including demand management, vendor negotiations, architecture building, process re-engineering, operations support, and outsourcing capabilities.
4. Duncannon Philanthropic Advisors: Strategic and management services to private foundations including strategic planning, grant initiative design and implementation, board governance, and grant monitoring and distributions.
5. Historis Product Distribution: Sales and installation support for Historis time-series database through partnership with Know More Software, Inc.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

The Duncannon Group is a boutique professional services firm that delivers SSAE 16 internal control reviews (Type 1 and Type 2) for financial institutions, three-phase trading floor business continuity management, market data expense management and value realization, and strategic philanthropic advisory services for private foundations. It also provides sales and installation support for the Historis high-volume time-series database distributed through partner Know More Software, Inc.

Product overview

The Duncannon Group is a boutique professional services firm serving the global financial community with four interconnected practice areas: SSAE 16 Expertise (internal control reviews), Trading Floor Business Continuity Management Services, Market Data Services (expense management, value realization, and process optimization), and Duncannon Philanthropic Advisors. The firm also distributes Historis, a high-volume time-series database product developed by strategic partner Know More Software, Inc. (KMS), targeting the energy sector for real-time sensor data capture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Duncannon Philanthropic Advisors (DPA): An established practice area within The Duncannon Group LLC focused on providing strategic and management services to private foundations, including strategic planning, grant initiatives design, board governance, and grant monitoring and distributions.

Products and services

• SSAE 16 Expertise

Quantifiable outcome

• Significant reductions in overall market data expenses through fact-based demand management approach

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Know More Software, Inc. (KMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Duncannon Group is now a strategic partner of Know More Software, Inc. (KMS) which holds worldwide rights to distribute Historis. The Duncannon Group provides sales and installation support to KMS. Historis adds value to industries requiring extremely high volume time-series data capture, currently deployed in the Energy sector for real-time physical sensor data collection.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Avalution Consulting: Business continuity and disaster recovery consultancy serving financial services firms; directly comparable to Duncannon's trading floor BCM practice and three-phase methodology.
• Protiviti: Risk consulting and internal audit firm with a strong SOC 1/SOC 2 practice serving financial services; the closest scaled competitor to Duncannon's SSAE/internal controls niche, though considerably larger.
• KirkpatrickPrice: Auditing firm that performs SOC 1, SOC 2, and SSAE 16 engagements for financial services and SaaS clients; comparable boutique competitor with online delivery model.
• A-LIGN: SOC and cybersecurity compliance firm performing SOC 1/SOC 2 audits for financial services and tech clients; competes head-to-head for the same boutique control-review engagements.
• Schellman & Co. Boutique CPA firm focused on SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, and HITRUST audits — the most direct comparator to Duncannon's SSAE 16 Type 1/Type 2 control review business.
• BARR Advisory: Cybersecurity and compliance advisory firm delivering SOC 1/SOC 2 audits alongside broader GRC services; overlaps with Duncannon's internal controls and risk advisory positioning.
• Linford & Co. Specialized SOC 1/SOC 2 audit firm serving technology and financial services clients; similar boutique scale and SSAE/SOC positioning to Duncannon.

Broad incumbents

• BDO USA: Mid-tier accounting firm with a large risk advisory and SOC practice serving financial services; broader portfolio than Duncannon but competes for the same SSAE/SOC engagements at Wall Street clients.
• Grant Thornton: Mid-tier accounting firm with dedicated financial services and risk advisory practices; a broader incumbent that competes for SOC and internal control engagements in capital markets.

Emerging players

• Fenwick & West: Law firm with an established privacy and cybersecurity/SOC 2 practice serving tech and financial clients; adjacent rather than direct, but overlaps in GRC advisory and SOC reporting services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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