About
The experienced, independent guide in your corner
Dave Williams, Founder
Dave Williams has helped Connecticut businesses get value from technology for over 40 years, the last 25 focused on cybersecurity.
He has reduced risk across global manufacturing plants, delivered steady, measurable gains in protection and resilience, and successfully defended those protections to regulators and insurance experts.
Every story of a business impacted by ransomware stays with him. Now he is bringing enterprise-level capability to small and medium-sized businesses, sized to their scale, so they can prove it too.
- 40+ years in business technology
- 25 years focused on cybersecurity
- Risk reduction across global manufacturing plants
- Protections defended to regulators and insurance experts
What sets us apart
Why Connecticut businesses choose Known Bearing
Many firms can run a security assessment. Known Bearing is built around the questions owners actually face: will our insurer pay, will the plant keep running, and how fast can we recover?
Independent advice
Our advice starts with getting more from the protections you already own. We work alongside your IT provider, not in place of them, and give you a clear, independent view of your risk.
Plant-floor experience
Plant-floor experience is uncommon among advisors who serve smaller businesses. Dave has reduced risk across global manufacturing plants, and our Plant-Floor Assessments use IEC 62443, the industrial cybersecurity standard.
Answers you can prove
We focus on evidence: policies and cyber insurance answers that match what is really in place, so they hold up when an insurer audits you or reviews a claim. Dave has defended security programs to regulators and insurance experts.
Built for recovery
Prevention alone is not enough. Every engagement asks how quickly you could recover, from the plant floor to the boardroom, so a bad day stays a bad day.
Enterprise depth, sized to you
Forty years in business technology and 25 in cybersecurity, applied at a scale and price that fit a small or medium-sized organization. Every plan is ranked by value, so limited budgets go where they matter most.
Founder-led and local
You work directly with Dave Williams, a Connecticut technology leader for four decades, from the first conversation to the final recommendations.
Why "Known Bearing"?
In navigation, a known bearing is a fixed, trusted reference you can steer by when conditions change. Cyber threats shift constantly. What you need is a clear, honest reading of where you stand and which way to go.
That is our promise: steer risk by what is true.
Looking ahead
We are developing an AI-assisted capability that will make assessments and recommendations faster and more precise as it matures, built on Dave's experience.
Every deliverable will still be reviewed and approved by a person.
Let's talk
We welcome conversations with business owners, managed IT and security providers, and others who want Connecticut businesses to be ready to recover.