For financial, legal, and family office firms

Your people are already using AI. Make sure it's safe, sanctioned, and worth it.

Principal-led advisory on AI governance, cybersecurity, and the small software that removes manual work, for firms where client trust and confidentiality are the business.

AI governance snapshot Next review in 6 weeks

Example firm, 22 people

  • Approved AI tools✓
  • Client data boundaries✓
  • Human review on client-facing work✓
  • Named owner for each high-risk use✓

4 of 4 controls in place

Policy acknowledged18 of 22

Illustrative. Every governance engagement ends with a snapshot like this, reviewed each quarter.

1998Serving firms since
3Principals lead every engagement
5–400People at the firms we serve
NYCTri-state based, remote beyond

Usually, one of these just happened.

If any of these sound familiar, a 30-minute conversation will tell you what to do about it, whether or not you work with us.
  • A client, insurer, or regulator asked how you control AI use, and there wasn't a good answer.
  • Staff are using ChatGPT or Copilot with client documents.
  • Your cyber-insurance renewal came with a security questionnaire.
  • An exam or audit is coming and the written security program is out of date, or doesn't exist.
  • Your IT person or provider is great at day-to-day support, but nobody owns security strategy.
  • A manual process is eating hours every week, and you suspect software could do it.

Principal-led, and alongside your IT

You work with the principals, not a rotating bench, backed by a firm that has run technology for regulated and private clients since 1998. Most of our clients already have an IT person or provider. We add what they usually aren't set up to deliver, and agree up front who owns what.

We build what we advise

We run AI tools in our own firm and for clients, so our advice comes from shipping, not slideware.

Privacy by design

The guardrails shape the solution from the first conversation. They are not a review at the end.

We stay through implementation

Plans don't fix anything on their own. We help stand up the working system and keep it current.

We keep your advisors informed

We coordinate with your IT provider, and with your other advisors when you want us to.

Your IT team or provider keeps

  • Day-to-day support and the help desk
  • Devices, accounts, and routine maintenance

We add

  • AI governance and secure AI workspaces
  • The written security program, incident and continuity plans
  • Senior advisory, projects, and escalation
  • Small software that removes manual work
Client work

What the work looks like

What each client needed, and what we did about it.
Cybersecurity & Governance

A complete written security program

A WISP, continuity and incident response plans that leadership could show to the people it answers to, and staff could follow.

Cybersecurity

When an employee clicked a phishing link

A same-day threat hunt with our security operations partner, follow-up on the findings, and a better response protocol.

Advisory

Security on the agenda every quarter

A quarterly strategic review that keeps security a leadership decision, not an annual scramble.

See solutions we've built →

How does your firm score on AI governance?

The AI Governance Checklist for Firm Leaders: eight questions we ask in the first week of every review. Three minutes to your score and the gaps worth closing first. We'll email you the link.

Also free: cybersecurity and compliance assessments →

Assess, advise, implement

Every program runs on the same three phases, with an explicit go/no-go before anything reaches production.

Assess

We map how AI and technology are actually used across the firm, and where the real risk sits: client data, access, vendors, or process.

Usually 1–4 weeks

Advise

A concrete plan in plain language: what to adopt, what to hold off on, what to put in writing, and who owns each piece.

A clear proposal before anything starts

Implement

Policies rolled out and acknowledged, security controls in place, software piloted with human review. Nothing moves to production without a go/no-go decision.

Ongoing, alongside your team

Behind every engagement is KJ Technology's service desk, security operations partners, and the same quarterly review discipline our managed clients rely on.

The principals

The principals who run KJ Technology, founded in 1998, now bringing that experience to AI, security, and governance.
Mordy Hackel

Mordy Hackel

Co-Founder & Principal

Co-founded KJ in 1998 with a Wall Street-trained eye for governance and risk. He leads the AI practice hands-on, building and running AI tools for clients and for KJ itself.

Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen

CEO & Principal

Joined KJ in 2004 after leading sales and service at Kronos for clients such as JetBlue and Unilever. He builds high-performing teams, at KJ and alongside each client's own.

Jon Cohen

Jon Cohen

Co-Founder & Principal

Co-founded KJ after studying management and finance at Boston University. He bridges technology, people, and the business drivers behind them for every client.

Common questions

Do you replace our IT team or provider?

No. We add services they usually don't provide: AI governance, written security programs, incident planning, and senior advisory. We coordinate with them and agree who owns what.

We're a small firm. Is this overkill?

Most of our clients have 5 to 400 people. Each program starts with a defined first step sized to the firm, and we'll tell you if you don't need it.

What does a first step cost?

It depends on the firm and the scope. Each program starts with a fixed-scope first step, and you'll have a clear proposal before anything starts.

Who actually does the work?

The principals lead every engagement, with KJ Technology's team behind them.

Do you work outside New York?

Most clients are in the tri-state area, and we work remotely with firms elsewhere.

Talk through where AI and security fit in your firm.

Thirty minutes with a principal, not a sales pitch. We'll map the opportunity and the guardrails together, and tell you honestly what a sensible first step looks like.

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