El Paso, Texas | technology & security
Networks, computers, and security for homes, small businesses, and defense contractors. Real expertise, no overhead, no runaround.
get in touchCognolith provides technology and security services to homes, small businesses, defense contractors, and anyone who needs real expertise without the overhead of a full IT department. Based in El Paso, serving the Borderland region and beyond.
Whether it's a gaming PC that needs building, a home network that needs sorting out, or a defense contractor navigating federal compliance requirements. The work gets done properly. No ticket queues, no runaround, no "have you tried turning it off and on again."
The security background runs deep: endpoint management, network architecture, physical access control, and compliance consulting for organizations where the stakes are real.
From a single machine to a full network buildout. No job too small, no problem too stubborn.
Custom builds for gaming, creative work, or everyday use: specced right for the budget. Repair, cleaning, and diagnosis for any machine. Data recovery, software cleanup, OS reinstalls. Upgrades that actually make a difference. If a PC is giving you grief, it can be fixed or replaced for less than you think.
Home networks that actually cover the whole house. Business infrastructure from scratch or cleaned up from whatever it was before. Wired runs, wireless design, switching and routing, VLANs, remote access that doesn't open the door to everything. Fast, reliable, and set up so it stays that way.
Camera systems and surveillance for homes, offices, and remote facilities. Access control, smart locks, and sensor integration. Systems designed to actually be useful: good coverage, local storage, no mandatory cloud subscription, footage you can actually retrieve when you need it.
Fleet management for organizations with multiple machines: patching, policy enforcement, inventory, and remote administration. Keeps devices consistent and auditable without needing someone on-site for every change. Scales from a handful of machines to a full organization.
Security event monitoring, log aggregation, and threat detection. Deployed and tuned to generate useful signals rather than noise. For organizations that need to demonstrate active security monitoring, or just want to know when something's wrong before it becomes a problem.
CMMC Level 2 preparation for defense contractors: gap analysis, control implementation, policy documentation, evidence gathering, and tabletop exercises. The goal is a security posture that holds up under assessment, not just paperwork that looks right.
Technology work has a long tail. These are the things that tend to come up alongside the main work: not separate services, just part of doing the job properly.
CMMC Level 2 compliance is a real requirement, and most small defense contractors don't have a dedicated IT or security team, but most have someone who also does other things. That's a workable situation with the right support.
This is work that gets done with you, not handed off as a documentation package. Gap analysis, control implementation, audit logging, access control, incident response planning. These are the things assessors look for, built to actually hold up.
If you're not a defense contractor and compliance isn't your concern, that's completely fine. Everything else on this page still applies. Just get in touch about what you need.
Reach out directly with what you're working on and we'll go from there.