Build
Client Focus engineers chain infrastructure, integrations and contracts, then hands them to the team that will operate them.
Digital Asset Operations
Client Focus helps organizations build systems on public blockchains, operate them to a published standard and defend them continuously. The three practices are delivered together, so responsibility does not change hands between design, availability and security.
Practices
Build, Run and Secure
Each practice can be engaged on its own. Most clients combine them, because the operational risk of a digital asset service does not divide neatly between engineering and security.
Run
The Digital Asset NOC holds availability to a published standard, with ITIL-based incident, problem and change management.
Secure
C'ROC provides 24/7 blockchain security operations, with automated detection and analyst validation before notification.
Solution
C'ROC security operations center
C'ROC is the Client Focus blockchain security operations center. Chain Monitor, its detection engine, raises events from live chain data, Watch Officers validate each one, and notification follows a published clock.
How the service works
Operations first, then engineering
Client Focus designs for the team that will hold the pager. Build work is planned with an operations owner in place, run work is measured against published response targets, and security work ends in a decision made by a named person.
One operating model
Engineering, network operations and security operations follow a single incident, problem and change process based on ITIL practice.
Named accountability
Every service has an owner, and escalation runs from Watch Officer to operations lead through four documented levels.
Evidence on request
Timestamps, decisions and notifications are recorded so clients can produce operational evidence for auditors and supervisors.
Separable engineering and defense
Where a client or its supervisor requires separation of duties, the teams that build a system and the teams that monitor it operate under independent reporting lines, with separate access and separate change authority.
Reference architecture
Where Client Focus operates in a client environment
Signing authority stays inside the client's custody boundary. Client Focus builds and runs the integration and network layers, and operates security across the whole path.
Coverage
Networks under monitoring
Client Focus monitors Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base and Sonic (formerly Fantom). Additional networks are assessed on request.
Engagement
How Client Focus engages
Four commercial models cover continuous operations and project work. Most clients combine a subscription for monitoring with a retainer for response.
Subscription
Continuous coverage for monitoring and managed operations, at a predictable monthly cost.
Annual retainer
Reserved capacity for incident response, advisory and assessment work, with guaranteed response levels.
Fixed-price project
Defined scope for assessments, audits and compliance engagements.
Time and materials
Evolving programs and integration work, billed against delivered effort.
Most services are live within two to four weeks of contract; on-chain monitoring of registered contracts is active within 24 hours. Commercial terms, security questionnaires and the due-diligence pack are handled by procurement@clientfocusllc.com.
Questions
Residency, evaluation and existing tooling
Three questions arrive in most procurement reviews.
- Where is client data held?
- Data residency options are available in the United States, the European Union and India, with single-tenant deployment for regulated workloads.
- Can a service be evaluated before commitment?
- Evaluation periods are available for monitoring services, scoped to a defined set of wallets and contracts.
- Does Client Focus require a change of security tooling?
- No. There is no requirement to replace the client's existing SIEM, EDR or cloud tooling. Integration is by API, agent or log forwarding into the stack already in place.
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Who we serve
How the operating model is configured for exchanges and custodians, stablecoin issuers and payment companies, banks, protocols and foundations, treasuries and funds.
Trust and compliance
ISO 27001 certification, control frameworks and operating evidence.
Insights
Perspectives, regulatory briefings and notes on the practice of running a 24/7 watch floor.
Talk with Client Focus about your digital asset program.
Whether you are designing a new system, running one in production, or defending one, Client Focus brings engineering, network operations and security operations under one accountable model. Every request is reviewed by a principal of the firm.