BROOKS-TEMVI, JV

In 2022, Brooks & Associates, CPAs, LLC and TEMVI, PLLC joined forces to realize the opportunity to serve commercial and government clients in the nexus between law, cybersecurity and financial assurance.  Brooks TEMVI JV has significant past performance in the areas of cybersecurity, legal technology and cybersecurity assurance and financial management.  

Cybersecurity

In cybersecurity Brooks-TEMVI has provided subject matter expertise in the planning, execution, implementation, and management of cybersecurity for several government agencies including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) United States Secret Service and The Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Our recent work has consisted of helping Federal Government clients to   move toward compliance with the new “ZERO TRUST” mandates from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M-22-0, manage Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM), Information Assurance & DevSecOps, perform Threat & Risk Enumeration, Assessment Services, Cloud Security and Vulnerability Management.

Legally Assured Cybersecurity 

TEMVI Brooks JV has supplied legally assured cybersecurity advisory services to corporate clients related to programs and strategies required to meet legal obligations associated with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA).  Also, TEMVI-Brooks partners have provided legal assurance to government contractors who provide services to federal, state and local governments and Fortune 500 corporations.  Such projects included:•     Providing legal advice and perspective to cyber security assessments.

  • Evaluating and weighing the legal and business consequences associated with gaps in cybersecurity controls.
  • Leading business teams in negotiation and documentation of enterprise technology transactions.
  • Managing relationships with clients and program officials.
  • Overseeing and governance provision of legal, analytical support to cybersecurity assessment plans, security controls assessments according to applicable cybersecurity control frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO-27001, FISMA, FedRAMP, SOC-2, COBIT and MARS e 2.0) project plans, project management.
  • Overseeing development of security assessment plans, risk analyses, plans for system stakeholder engagement, vulnerability assessments; Drafting and Authority to Operate (ATO) packages for system stakeholders.

Financial Management

Brooks TEMVI has assisted over 30 federal government agencies with broad based financial management support and partnered with these agencies to perform broad financial management services; and audit and attestation services. Brooks TEMVI has U.S. Department of Defense Financial Management Credentials. As a prime contractor Brooks-TEMVI has provided financial management services to several Department of Defense (DoD) components. These financial management engagements include audit remediation, accounting operations support, resource management and budget support, data analytic support, business process re-engineering support, financial management training, and program/project management.