Question 1

What does Fidelis Management Services do?

Accepted Answer

Fidelis Management Services (Fidelis) is an independent risk advisory firm. Fidelis helps leaders identify who and what puts their organization at risk, understand where they are exposed, and reduce that exposure over time — through process and control design, training, and recurring senior advice as new threats emerge.

Question 2

What does counterintelligence have to do with my company?

Accepted Answer

Counterintelligence is the discipline of identifying and countering people who are trying to take something from you — information, technology, access, or advantage. In government, that means foreign intelligence services. In the private sector, the same methods show up as a competitor recruiting your researchers, an investor whose interest comes with strings, a partner whose access quietly widens, or an employee on the way out the door. Most security programs are built to defend systems. Fidelis is built to understand the people working around them.

Question 3

Who does Fidelis typically work with?

Accepted Answer

Primarily organizations whose people, technology, or information are worth targeting — technology and IP-intensive companies, enterprises with trusted-access risk, and boards and executives facing a more volatile threat environment. Fidelis also advises private clients and family offices, including on significant private projects.

Question 4

Is Fidelis principal-led?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You work directly with the founder, a senior national-security and counterintelligence professional, so you get senior judgment and a single accountable point of contact. When a matter calls for it, Fidelis brings in vetted specialists.

Question 5

Does Fidelis conduct investigations or background checks?

Accepted Answer

No. Fidelis does not conduct licensed private investigations or background investigations. Its work is independent review, advisory, and documentation so you can make informed decisions and direct appropriately licensed providers where warranted.

Question 6

Does Fidelis assess IT systems or cybersecurity?

Accepted Answer

No. Fidelis does not perform technical security work. It advises on the human dimension of technology protection — the people, partners, access, and travel through which sensitive technology is actually lost — and coordinates with your technical teams rather than replacing them.