Pelican3 Consulting LLC

06/03/2026

The Gap Everyone Is Racing to Fill

Big tech is hiring 1,000 forward deployed engineers to close the AI skills gap. Most companies can't hire one — here's the answer for the mid-market.

05/05/2026

Congratulations to one of our Partners, Paul Hugenberg III, for passing his CMMC Certified Professional (CCP) exam!

Paul has been a part of the CMMC process from the beginning, and had operated as a Registered Practitioner (RP) for many years.

Over the last 5 years, Pelican3 has helped dozens companies prepare for their CMMC Level 2 Certifications using a very concise and deliberate process. Since the Final Rule in November 2025, we have sent 2 clients into their audits and both have passed 110/110.

05/04/2026

Today, our two managing members are on the road. They’re preparing to spend two days with one of our customers to go over all things related to strategy and future success.

Interacting with our customers is one of the most important things we can do. Making sure that interaction is more than sending an invoice is very meaningful.

Having the opportunity to sit with our customers for two full days and listen to what they need and be a part of the construction of the solution that helps get them to where they want to go is absolutely magnificent. It’s an opportunity. And, it’s one we can’t ever pass up.

We’d love to do this every day. Reach out if that’s the kind of relationship you want.

04/27/2026

Friday May 1, Paul Hugenberg of Pelican3 will present at the Northern Ohio InfraGard Security Awareness Day. Register if you haven't already. Great line up of speakers!

03/06/2026

Join us tomorrow for an interview on WFMJ Weekend Today at 9:15a.

Paul Hugenberg III will be discussing the renewed threat of online attacks from Iran and other adversaries during this time, what sort of form the attacks could take or whether their capabilities are wiped out, and how he US is on high cyber alert at this time.

02/22/2026

We spend more of our waking hours with the people we work with than we do with our families. Appreciate your team.

Show them.

Often.

02/07/2026

One of our manufacturing & distribution vCIO clients has created an AI project board ranked by effort x impact (4-box). They have also started a small working group of peers to learn best practices and lessons.

43 projects. We are starting to methodically tackle them from L to H; giving everyone time to learn and build.

They will be a different company in 12 months.

02/06/2026

#9, and a doozy of a conference. We’ll build an AI app together using the popular flavor-of-the-day tools, and then pen test it to show you the cybersecurity measures NOT built in to easy prompt responses that expose your (or your company’s) data, in realtime.

Earn 5.5 CPEs at our community cybersecurity conference. Get practical CMMC and AI insights—and leave with tangible solutions you can use immediately.

02/05/2026

⁉️Do I have CUI?
⁉️What is “prioritized” and “non-prioritized” Level 2?
⁉️Wait, what is 7012? How does it vary from 7021?
⁉️Does my network provider need certified?

The Department of War (DoW) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a confusing obligation for contractors. With quotes from a few grand to a few hundred thousand dollars just for prep, and then an audit, we see a lot of organizations being blindly led down unknown paths.

Conversations are free. Knowledge is incredibly valuable.

Let’s talk and help you grasp this roadmap properly.

02/03/2026

For public safety, system availability is not a convenience. It is operationally critical.

Dispatch, records systems, mobile data terminals, body worn cameras, and evidence platforms are expected to work continuously. There is rarely an option to pause operations for maintenance, patching, or recovery without consequences.

This reality creates unique cybersecurity challenges that are often underestimated.

Many security models are designed for office environments where downtime can be scheduled, and risk can be temporarily accepted. Public safety does not operate that way. Systems must remain available during critical incidents, staffing shortages, and regional emergencies, even when technology is under stress.

When cybersecurity programs are built without this context, agencies are left making difficult decisions in the middle of active operations. That is when gaps in planning, ownership, and coordination become visible.

Effective public safety cybersecurity starts with understanding operational reality. That includes how dispatch functions during outages, how officers and responders rely on mobile systems, how evidence is captured and preserved, and how decisions are made when systems degrade rather than fail cleanly.

At Pelican3 Consulting LLC, CPAs & IT Advisors we work with public safety agencies to build cybersecurity programs that reflect these conditions. That includes risk assessments tailored to public safety environments, HB96 alignment, managed security services designed for always on systems, incident response planning, and digital forensics support when events occur.

If your agency has ever been told that downtime is acceptable or that public safety systems should be treated like standard office IT, it may be time to revisit that assumption.
Questions and discussion are welcome with our Director, Dominic Rozzo

Scheduling link available here.
https://hubs.ly/Q03-329v0