Combat-Hardened Communications

Our founder, Kent Dahlgren, began his career as a Combat Communications Operator in the U.S. Air Force, managing top-secret material, supervising tactical and fixed-base communications, and deploying early Internet-era secure networks long before the public had access to them. 

With over 12 years in that role, he learned to build systems that must work under pressure, without excuses, and frequently without support support.

Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity & Anti-Fraud Expertise

Across senior roles at Tripwire, Tenable, iovation, and Xerox, Kent managed:

• multi-factor authentication and anti-fraud at global scale

• real-time device fingerprinting and fraud detection across hundreds of billions of transactions

• SIEM, vulnerability management, and attack-surface visualization systems

• Distributed software agents and predictive analytics

These systems protected companies like Amazon, Chase, and Match.com, and the software he helped lead at Bitnation earned the UNESCO NetExplo Grand Prix for supporting Syrian refugees under crisis conditions.

OSINT, Threat Intelligence & Investigations

214 Alpha’s security services are strengthened by deep OSINT (open source intelligence) capabilities, enabling organizations to identify adversaries, assess misinformation, and detect hostile behavior before it becomes a threat.

Our team has conducted large-scale digital investigations, mapped threat networks, and advised both public and private organizations dealing with online risk.