Independent · Vendor-Neutral · Dallas, TX

Cybersecurity advisory & technology brokerage — on your side of the table.

Armont Cyber helps organizations evaluate, select, and procure security, network, and communications solutions — with guidance that answers to you, not to a vendor's quota.

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Services

Advisory & brokerage

From first requirements to signed order, Armont Cyber runs the evaluation so you get the right solution at the right price — without adding headcount.

Security & SASE

Zero-trust network access, SASE and SSE platforms, and network security architecture — scoped, compared, and negotiated across leading providers.

Connectivity & networking

Enterprise internet, SD-WAN, and site connectivity sourcing — carrier-neutral comparisons across the providers that actually serve your locations.

Cloud communications

UCaaS and CCaaS evaluation and procurement — modern voice, meetings, and contact-center platforms matched to how your teams work.

Vendor evaluation & procurement

Requirements, shortlists, demos, pricing leverage, and contract review — a structured process that ends with a deal you understand.

Product

IN DEVELOPMENT

Armont Aegis

macOS network defense & exposure visibility. Most tools tell you what they blocked — Aegis tells you who else is positioned to watch you, and enforces a default-deny perimeter at the kernel, in real time.

  • Live firewall & stealth — real-time kernel packet filtering with silent-drop stealth modes and auto-updated threat feeds.
  • Total visibility — every socket attributed to its process, with a Noise / Watch / Threat graph where red means a real threat.
  • Exposure mapping — detects MDM hooks, SASE/SWG agents, and trusted TLS-inspection certificates on the machine.
  • First-party by design — built entirely on Apple-native primitives; nothing it observes ever leaves your machine.
aegis status
perimeter  default-deny ● active
stealth    stealth+ ● silent-drop
feeds      4,700+ sources ✓ current
exposure   0 TLS-inspection CAs
 
noise 1,284 · watch 12 · threat 0
integrity self-check ✓ sealed

About

James Armont

Armont Cyber Security, LLC is an independent advisory practice founded and run by James Armont — SASE and security-architecture advisory to enterprise end-users. The model is simple: one experienced advisor, directly accountable, with no vendor allegiance.

James advises CISOs and infrastructure leaders on SASE/SSE/ZTNA architecture selection, vendor evaluation, and phased deployment, with engagements spanning financial, professional, and industrial verticals — including a seven-figure enterprise engagement closed and expanded as a solo operator, from first conversation through delivery oversight. He also advises early-stage cyber founders on ICP, go-to-market motion, and first sales hires.

Before founding the practice, James was a founding North American team member at Cato Networks — the SASE pioneer, now a $4.8B-valued category leader — where he built the US enterprise motion through three product pivots and ranked top-3 globally in revenue five straight fiscal years, including #1 globally in FY18. At XM Cyber, he led enterprise sales across the US West and LATAM as ARR scaled from $17M to $30M in twelve months, ahead of the company's $700M acquisition by Schwarz Group.

And when he isn't advising, he's building. Armont Aegis, the macOS network-defense tool above, is designed, written, and shipped first-party — kernel-level Swift and pf, mapping every SASE/SWG agent, MDM hook, and TLS-inspection CA trusted on a host. Architecture-level fluency in the exact stack he advises on.

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