Seattle, WA and New York, NY – Feb 9, 2026
Cohort Consulting Group, an IT Services company specializing in AI-ready cloud transformation, today announced a strategic partnership with Zero Trust Cyber Advisors, a leading cybersecurity advisory firm focused on Zero Trust architecture and secure-by-design enterprise environments.
Together, Cohort Consulting Group and Zero Trust Cyber Advisors will help organizations modernize legacy infrastructure, accelerate AI adoption, and embed security in every layer of their cloud and application environments – without slowing innovation.
As enterprises race to modernize systems and operationalize AI, security has become a gating factor. This partnership brings together Cohort’s expertise in cloud modernization, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and AI-ready architectures with Zero Trust Cyber Advisors’ deep experience in Zero Trust strategy, identity-first security, and risk-driven cyber advisory.
“Modernization without security is incomplete – and security without modernization becomes a blocker,” said Travis Gerber, CEO of Cohort Consulting Group. “By partnering with Zero Trust Cyber Advisors, we’re helping customers move faster with confidence, knowing their cloud and AI foundations are secure by design.”
The partnership is designed to support organizations across regulated and high-risk industries – including financial services, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and the public sector – where modernization, compliance, and cyber resilience must move in lockstep.
“Zero Trust is no longer a theoretical framework – it’s an operating model,” said Dmitry Tepper, Managing Partner at Zero Trust Cyber Advisors. “Working with Cohort allows us to embed Zero Trust principles directly into modernization and AI initiatives, rather than treating security as an afterthought.”
Through this collaboration, customer will gain access to joint offerings that include:
- Secure cloud modernization and legacy system transformation
- AI-ready architecture design with embedded Zero Trust controls
- Identity-centric security and access modernization
- DevSecOps and secure platform engineering
- Governance, risk, and compliance alignment for cloud and AI workloads
“AI readiness isn’t just about data and infrastructure- it’s about trust,” said Adam Fazio, Head of Product at Cohort Consulting Group. “This partnership allows us to design modernization programs where security accelerates outcomes instead of slowing them down.”
From delivery through execution, the partnership is built to be practical, outcome-driven, and aligned to real enterprise constraints.
“Our customers don’t want theory – they want modernization that works in the real world,” said Nabin Khanal, President and Head of Delivery at Cohort Consulting Group. “By integrating Zero Trust principles directly into delivery, we help teams reduce risk while moving faster toward AI-enabled operations.”
The partnership is effective immediately, with joint customer engagements already underway.
