Sentricus adds Black Knight Risk Management and Cluster Technology Group to partner network

SENTRICUS on Aug. 12 announced new partnerships with Black Knight Risk Management and Cluster Technology Group to expand its cybersecurity, compliance and execution capabilities. The move adds examiner-informed risk advisory, security infrastructure engineering and technical delivery support for clients and for an Aug. 13 student tabletop exercise at Baruch College.

Why it matters: - The partnerships give SENTRICUS a broader delivery model that can move clients from cyber-risk awareness to implementation. - The additions combine regulatory readiness, governance and executive-level risk translation with engineering, project management and technical talent. - The firms’ veteran-owned status may help eligible teams pursue certain federal and state procurement opportunities, depending on the contract.

What happened: - SENTRICUS announced strategic partnerships on Aug. 12 with Black Knight Risk Management, known as BKRM, and Cluster Technology Group, known as CTG. - SENTRICUS is based in Litchfield, Connecticut. - BKRM is based in New York and CTG is based in the Bronx, New York. - SENTRICUS said the partnerships are designed to connect cybersecurity education, cyber-risk and compliance advisory with regulatory readiness, security infrastructure engineering, project delivery and technical talent. - SENTRICUS will lead cybersecurity education, cyber-risk and compliance advisory, program strategy and engagement coordination. - BKRM will provide examiner-informed IT, cybersecurity and operational-risk advisory, plus regulatory readiness and governance support. - CTG will provide network and security infrastructure engineering, modernization, IT project management and technical talent.

The details: - The companies said specific services, contracting roles and delivery responsibilities will be defined for each client engagement. - BKRM adds regulator-side judgment intended to help clients anticipate supervisory concerns, prepare evidence and translate technical risk for boards and executives. - CTG adds engineering and project capacity to carry out cyber-risk and compliance decisions. - BKRM was founded in 2025 by Otuoze Baiye. - Baiye previously served in technology, cybersecurity and risk-examination roles with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the New York State Department of Financial Services. - Baiye is a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer. - BKRM advises banks, fintechs, government agencies and other regulated institutions on IT, cybersecurity and operational-risk governance, examination readiness, operational resilience, third-party risk and executive decision-making. - BKRM also offers GRC, executive-advisory and AI-risk capabilities aligned with SENTRICUS’s compliance and AI-governance priorities. - CTG was founded in 2023 by Kermit Middleton. - CTG provides network and security infrastructure services, modernization, IT project management, procurement and technical talent acquisition for public- and private-sector clients. - Middleton is a U.S. Marine Corps and Army National Guard veteran. - Middleton has more than two decades of network-engineering and team-management experience. - Middleton previously supported the U.S. Department of Labor as a senior network engineer. - Middleton’s background includes federal project delivery, firewalls, intrusion detection, cloud-security applications, continuity planning, technical recruiting and team development. - SENTRICUS said the partner network also supports its cybersecurity education and experiential-learning programs. - An early collaboration will be a two-hour cybersecurity crisis tabletop exercise for undergraduate students at Baruch College on Aug. 13. - Baiye and Middleton will co-facilitate the Baruch College exercise. - The scenario will expose students to executive, regulatory, operational and technical decisions during a cyber incident. - Organizations interested in regulatory readiness, security infrastructure modernization, partner-enabled delivery or practitioner-led cybersecurity education can contact Will Lynch at media@sentricus.com. - SENTRICUS’s website is sentricus.com and its LinkedIn page is SENTRICUS on LinkedIn. - BKRM’s website is Black Knight Risk Management. - CTG’s website is Cluster Technology Group.

Between the lines: - SENTRICUS is packaging advisory, compliance and education around a more operational partner bench, which can make the firm more attractive to clients that need both strategy and execution. - BKRM’s examiner background gives SENTRICUS a credibility signal for regulated industries where supervisory scrutiny matters. - CTG’s infrastructure and delivery depth fills the gap between identifying a cyber issue and actually remediating it. - The student tabletop exercise also shows SENTRICUS using the partnership to build brand presence and talent pipelines, not just client services.

What's next: - SENTRICUS, BKRM and CTG will define service scopes and delivery roles on a client-by-client basis. - The partners will jointly run the Baruch College tabletop exercise on Aug. 13. - The new network is positioned to support future engagements in compliance, modernization, operational resilience and cybersecurity education.

The bottom line: - SENTRICUS is widening its reach by pairing compliance advisory with hands-on technical execution, aiming to serve clients that need both governance clarity and delivery capacity.