Electromagnetic Pulse Risk Advisory and Resilience Solutions
Protecting America's Critical Infrastructure from Systemic Risk
MODERN CIVILIZATION DEPENDS ON FRAGILE ELECTRONIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Our expertise is EMP resilience, infrastructure dependency analysis, mission-critical continuity planning and implementation for the organizations that keep our nation running.
THE THREAT LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING
Modern infrastructure systems were not designed for the scale, speed, and interconnected nature of today’s threat environment.
Why Now?
The global threat environment has fundamentally shifted. Modern adversaries employ hybrid strategies to achieve strategic objectives without triggering conventional military response.
Key characteristics of today’s threat landscape:
Increased geopolitical tension among peer and near-peer adversaries
Expansion of asymmetric warfare capabilities
Rapid proliferation of advanced weapons technologies
Heavy reliance on highly interconnected digital infrastructure
Minimal redundancy and resilience in critical systems
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) weapons represent one of the most destabilizing — and least understood — threats in this landscape.
This isn’t just a business—it’s a reflection of what we believe in. We’re here to drive value that matters, led by a shared commitment to quality and care.
The systems that power modern civilization are deeply interconnected — and far more vulnerable than most leaders realize.
Our Services
Guiding organizations from awareness to resilience through our disciplined 6 step lifecycle process
Executive Education & Awareness
Briefings and strategic education for leadership teams.
Risk & Dependency Assessments
Analysis of infrastructure dependencies and cascading vulnerabilities.
Mitigation & Resilient Design
Engineering-driven solutions to strengthen critical systems.
Validation & Testing Assurance
Ensure Systems Resilience
EMP Sustainment
Maintain Resilience
Implementation
Solution implemented with formal project management
Executive Education & Awareness
Briefings and strategic education for leadership teams.
1. EMP FOUNDATION PACKAGE
Understand the Risk. Establish the Baseline.
Who is this for?
Boards and executive leadership seeking to learn about EMP risk, using business, fiduciary, and strategic language — not technical jargon.
Briefing Topics
EMP as an existential business risk
Fiduciary duty and oversight considerations
Comparison to cyber, natural disaster, and financial risk
Long-term economic and operational impact
Risk acceptance vs risk mitigation decisions
Leadership accountability in resilience planning
Format
60-90 minute facilitated session
Executive-level visuals and discussion prompts
Q&A and scenario discussion
Business Value
Informs strategic decision-making
Reduces leadership blind spots
Positions resilience as a governance responsibility
Risk & Dependency Assessments
Analysis of infrastructure dependencies and cascading vulnerabilities.
2. EMP RISK ASSESSMENT PACKAGE
Identify Vulnerabilities. Quantify Exposure.
Who This Is For:
Organizations ready to move from awareness to action.
What This Package Delivers
Detailed asset and system inventory
EMP vulnerability analysis (E1, E2, E3)
Dependency and cascade failure mapping
Facility, IT, OT, and infrastructure review
Sector-aligned risk scoring
Prioritized risk register
Executive-ready findings report
Key Outcomes
Clear understanding of what is at risk
Identification of single points of failure
Quantified exposure by system and facility
Defensible documentation for leadership and regulators
Ideal Use Case:
Risk management teams, regulated industries, pre-investment analysis.
Mitigation & Resilient Design
Engineering-driven solutions to strengthen critical systems.
3. EMP ENGINEERING & DESIGN PACKAGE
Protection. Design for Resilience.
Who This Is For:
Organizations committed to implementing EMP protection.
What This Package Delivers
EMP protection architecture design
Shielding, grounding, and surge mitigation strategies
Facility-level hardening plans
Integration with existing cyber and physical security
Design alignment with operational constraints
Implementation roadmap with phased approach
Key Outcomes
Tailored EMP protection strategy
Practical, implementable designs
Alignment with business operations
Reduced risk without unnecessary disruption
Ideal Use Case:
Data centers, critical facilities, regulated infrastructure operators.
Implementation
Solution implemented with formal project management
4. EMP IMPLEMENTATION & HARDENING PACKAGE
Build the Protection. Reduce the Risk.
Who This Is For:
Organizations ready to execute EMP resilience initiatives.
What This Package Delivers
Oversight of EMP protection installation
Coordination with facilities, IT, and vendors
Quality assurance and engineering validation
Documentation of implemented controls
Integration testing support
Key Outcomes
EMP protection implemented correctly
Reduced risk of installation errors
Confidence in engineering integrity
Documented proof of protection
Ideal Use Case:
Mission-critical environments where failure is not an option.
Validation & Testing Assurance
Ensure Systems Resilience
5. EMP TESTING & VALIDATION PACKAGE
Trust but Verify.
Who This Is For:
Organizations that want proof their protection actually works.
What This Package Delivers
Post-implementation EMP effectiveness testing
Validation across E1, E2, and E3 considerations
Identification of degradation or gaps
Independent engineering review
Executive-ready validation report
Key Outcomes
Confidence in EMP protection effectiveness
Early detection of degradation
Audit- and regulator-ready documentation
Reduced false sense of security
Ideal Use Case:
Highly regulated industries, board oversight, audit readiness.
EMP Sustainment
Maintain Resilience
6. EMP SUSTAINMENT & ASSURANCE PACKAGE
Protect the Protection.
Who This Is For:
Organizations that understand EMP resilience is not “set and forget.”
What This Package Delivers
Periodic reassessment of EMP controls
Degradation monitoring and validation
Change impact analysis (systems, facilities, upgrades)
Updated risk posture reporting
Ongoing advisory support
Key Outcomes
Long-term resilience integrity
Protection keeps pace with system changes
Reduced drift and unnoticed vulnerabilities
Continuous leadership confidence
Ideal Use Case:
Organizations with evolving infrastructure or compliance requirements.
Who We Serve
We support the organizations that keep the United States running. We work with leaders across all 16 U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sectors, helping them understand and mitigate emerging systemic risks such as electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events, power disruptions, and infrastructure dependencies. Our clients include executives, infrastructure operators, security leaders, and policymakers responsible for protecting essential systems and maintaining operational continuity. Through executive education, risk assessments, resilient design, testing, and implementation support, we help critical organizations strengthen their ability to anticipate disruption, protect vital systems, and maintain mission continuity when it matters most.
About our Company
Resilience Built on Decades of Unmatched Expertise.
TierOne Resiliency Group delivers top-tier IT staffing and EMP protection - powered by decades of executive leadership and hands-on engineering excellence.
Our founder is the only person in the United States to implement EMP protection for two financial-sector data centers, and our principal engineer is recognized as one of the top EMP engineers in the world, with over 40 years of EMP engineering leadership.
When your systems must withstand the threats of tomorrow, TierOne delivers the unwavering expertise to protect them today.
→ Protect. Modernize. Fortify.
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Our Leadership Team and Mission
To fortify the nation’s critical infrastructure through elite talent, advanced technology solutions, and unparalleled EMP and implementation expertise—driven by a deep commitment to safeguarding America from man-made threats and destabilizing intrusions.
TierOne Resiliency Group exists for one purpose: To help protect the systems that support our nation.
Jeff is author of the book “The Silent Flash: From Awareness to Reslience””, which serves as a foundation for informed discussion, thoughtful leadership, and deliberate action. While Jeff believes that disruption is not guaranteed, continuity deserves the same seriousness, rigor, and foresight applied to every other mission-critical risk.
Jeffrey Kohl
With 37 years of enterprise IT experience, a decade as a Senior Executive, and eight years as a senior consultant, our founder brings deep leadership across business, infrastructure, applications, databases, cyber security, governance, compliance and risk.
Jeff is the only known Executive practitioner in the U.S. to implement EMP protection for two financial-sector data centers—a rare and significant achievement in national resilience.
His career has spanned collaboration with a cross-section of business sector domains, Legal, Audit, Compliance, HR, Finance, and regulated businesses, giving him a uniquely holistic view of enterprise operations and risk management.
Jeff has received multiple leadership awards for innovation in infrastructure solutions from within the Fortune 500 companies he served as an Executive.
His motivation is deeply personal:
to help strengthen and protect the nation he loves from threats designed to cripple critical systems and undermine American stability. Protecting the organizations, businesses, commerce and services that drive the supply chain and provide services to the people of this country is his passionate mission.
Founder, President
Michael has lectured in EMP workshops dealing with Critical Infrastructure, Military & Government Facilities and Data Center issues throughout the United States, South Korea and Israel, published several white papers and articles and has testified before the U.S. Congress on the need for EMP Protection of the Critical Infrastructure.
He is a member of Arizona InfraGard and past Energy Sector Chief.
Michael Caruso
Michael is formerly the Director of Govt & Specialty Business Development for ETS-Lindgren. He is a recognized leader in the RF Shielded Enclosure/EMP Protection Anechoic Test Chamber Industry with 43-years experience in project management, engineering, advanced technical applications and business development.
He has participated in opportunities involving, start-ups, product launches, budgeting, proposal preparation and facility verification. He has a reputation for assisting clients with technology interpretations and solutions, developing partnerships and creating value.
Michael gained extensive Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing experience as VP of Ops for an EMC Lab, which deepened his knowledge of real-world electromagnetic challenges. He chaired ETS-Lindgren’s HEMP/EMP Market and Product Dev Team and was the driving force for ETS-Lindgren’s Red EdgeTM product development.
He led EMP Electric Utility facility evaluation teams and EMP design efforts on ten (10) Electric Utility Control centers (CenterPoint Energy, Georgia Power, Dominion Energy, Exelon Power, Hydro Quebec, Georgia Power II, Southern Company, and TVA).
He has written specs for EMP protected Data Centers, Electric Utility Control Centers, Transmission Substation protection, including an EMP Transmission Substation Evaluation Report for EPRI protection.
Lead/Independent Consultant
With 40 years of Information Technology experience that includes software development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, disaster recovery and data center management, Scott has earned multiple globally recognized certifications including CISSP, CCNP, CISM and CISA.
Head of Implementation ServicesScott Allhands
Scott’s professional roles have spanned from engineering and implementation, with a focus on data center and Infrastructure leadership.
Scott has led implementation of many large scale data center improvements, ensuring risk mitigation and recovery capabilities.
Scott has led merger and acquisition efforts that included the relocation of data centers, elimination of service redundancies to gain operational efficiencies, achieve cost reduction, and to mitigate risk.
He has led major technology modernization efforts focused on reducing risk, controlling cost, and improving operational effectiveness. These initiatives included network upgrades that increased capacity and enabled more granular segmentation, adoption of solid-state storage to significantly improve performance and recovery options while lowering administrative costs, mainframe replication enhancements that materially strengthened recovery capabilities, implementation of an automated disaster recovery solution to advance replication and recovery performance, redesign of disaster recovery architecture to align with evolving business RTO, RPO, and risk tolerance requirements, and leadership of new data center planning, build-out, and migration efforts.
Head of Logistics and Risk Jay Elliott
VP of SalesEleanor Kohl
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EMP Protection Investment Estimator
This planning tool asks sector-specific technical questions, estimates likely EMP hardening investment, recommends an implementation path, and shows a roadmap with phase durations, procurement sensitivity, and human delivery assumptions.
