Company overview & credibility

Who is behind KHEPRA? SecRed Knowledge Inc. (NouchiX)

A veteran-led team building the tools defense contractors and federal agencies need to stay safe from quantum threats and rogue AI agents. We deliver Compliance-as-a-Service, quantum-safe controls, and AI-agent proof that holds up with real auditors. No slide decks.

By Yao Nouchi, Founder & Principal Engineer, SecRed Knowledge Inc.U.S. Army veteran · Active DoD Secret clearance · CMMC & STIG practitionerLast updated August 2026
Short answer

KHEPRA is built by SecRed Knowledge Inc. (d/b/a NouchiX), a veteran-led company with an active DoD Secret clearance, a DUNS/UEI registration, and a patent-pending application. We ship signed, quantum-safe proof of what AI agents do — 36,195 real control mappings, not a slide deck.

Last updated August 2026

DUNS
119450090
SAM.gov UEI
24M6XQCZLYM7
Set-aside
STTR / SBIR-eligible · VOSB-pending
Clearance
Active DoD Secret
IP
Patent Pending — KHEPRA / ASAF
Readiness
NIST / CMMC-ready

NAICS 541512 · 541511 · 541519 · 561621 · SIN 54151HACS — Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services

What no competitor can buy

What can no one else sell you?

The core stack — KHEPRA Protocol, AdinKhepra ASAF, SouHimBou AI, and the open PQC-01-STIG (a public standard for quantum-safe crypto) — runs on real code, real mappings, and live systems today.

Patent-pending signed proof

KHEPRA/ASAF signs every action with ML-DSA-65 (quantum-safe crypto) and locks it to a DAG (tamper-proof record chain). Math proves it, not a checklist someone wrote by hand.

Deep government & DoD experience

Active Secret clearance. Real federal work. 100% CCRI compliance success. We know DISA STIGs, CMMC, and the DoD quantum-safe deadlines cold.

Control mappings you can check

36,000+ STIG, NIST 800-53, CCI, and CMMC mappings live in real code. We check them at runtime and publish how we did it.

Works locked-down or in the cloud

Air-gap-ready FIPS 140-3 (federal crypto standard) builds for defense and CUI environments, plus a fast, easy SaaS option for quick checks.

Traction & past performance

The numbers. Not the pitch.

36,195
STIG / NIST / CMMC mappings
93/100
Smithery registry score
34
live MCP tools
2,316
Smithery sessions
1,047
tool calls served
99.9%
30-day uptime
407ms
p50 latency
432
GHCR container pulls
PQC-01-STIG-V1R1

We wrote and published the first public DoD-style security standard for quantum-safe cryptography.

SUNY Research Foundation

Active CMMC readiness support.

Smart-grid / DOE ecosystem

We licensed a key OT network security framework and monitor AI security in the lab for smart-grid operators.

NSF I-Corps

Completed the cohort via SUNY Albany's Innovation Center & ETEC.

Open source

nouchix/PQC-Khepra-MCP is on GitHub. Real contributors, real activity — check it yourself.

Recognition

Pitch Pulse Defense & Security — Top 10 Finalist.

Founder & CEO

Souhimbou “Spencer” Kone, SGT

“CyberSouhimbou” · Signal Corps Sergeant (25S)

  • Combat veteran — Operation Spartan Shield, Operation Inherent Resolve. Active Secret clearance.
  • Former GS-11 federal employee: GS-2210-11 IT Specialist, DMNA G6/CIO.
  • M.S. Digital Forensics candidate, UAlbany (NSA CAE-CDE).
  • Patent-pending application — USPTO #73565085.
  • Customer Advisory Board, STIG Viewer (OpenControl).
Advisory network
Donnie Yancey

Growth advisor who helped scale a SaaS company from $0 to $15M in yearly revenue.

Dorian Cougias (OpenControl)

Gives us the DISA STIG (defense security standard) platform and exclusive API access.

Partners & channels
HPE GreenLake (Tier-2 Solutions Provider)Anthropic Claude Partner NetworkCloudflare CIRCL / BoringCryptoMicrosoft AzureAWSIdaho National Laboratory (R&D, OT/AI security)EVO SecurityIndusfaceGuardzHeimdalOpenVPNTehamaVaultastic
Principles

How do we build?

The standard comes first

Our real contribution is the standard itself. Our products just have to prove it works.

You keep control

You hold your own keys. You run your own ledger. You can verify it all without us.

Proof, not promises

Every claim ties to a record you can replay and check yourself. Ours too.

Simple, trusted cryptography

We use methods that auditors and regulators will still trust ten years from now.

Open by default

Our specs, checkers, and reference code are open for anyone to see. We earn our keep by running it well.

We only ship what we trust

Alpha means alpha. Production means we'd bet the company on it.

Questions people ask before they buy

Who runs KHEPRA?

SecRed Knowledge Inc., doing business as NouchiX. It's a veteran-led company founded by Souhimbou "Spencer" Kone, a combat veteran with an active DoD Secret clearance.

Is KHEPRA a real company or just an idea?

It's real. We have a DUNS number, a SAM.gov UEI, active federal registrations, a patent-pending application, and 36,195 live STIG/NIST/CMMC control mappings running in code today.

Does KHEPRA have government or defense experience?

Yes. Our founder holds an active DoD Secret clearance and has 100% CCRI compliance success. We know DISA STIGs, CMMC, and the DoD's quantum-safe crypto deadlines cold.

What proof backs KHEPRA's claims?

Every action gets signed with quantum-safe ML-DSA-65 and locked into a tamper-proof record chain (a DAG). You can verify it yourself instead of trusting a slide deck.

Who advises KHEPRA?

Donnie Yancey, a growth advisor who helped scale a SaaS company from $0 to $15M a year, and Dorian Cougias of OpenControl, who gives us DISA STIG platform and API access.

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