Empowering Your Business with Scalable, Secure, and Future-Ready Infrastructure.
In an era of constant technological change, a resilient and adaptable IT infrastructure is the backbone of business success. Our IT Infrastructure Consultants provide expert guidance and hands-on support to help organizations design, optimize, and manage technology environments across Cloud, On-Premises, and Core Networking infrastructures.
A strong network foundation is critical to maintaining reliable connectivity and performance. We design, implement, and optimize secure, high-performance network architectures tailored to your business needs.
We help you harness the power of the cloud to achieve agility, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Our consultants assess your current environment, develop a tailored cloud strategy, and guide you through migration and modernization initiatives.
In a world driven by innovation and evolving regulations, maintaining compliance is critical to protecting your organization’s reputation, avoiding costly penalties, and building stakeholder trust. Our Compliance Consultants help you meet regulatory obligations, contractual commitments, and internal governance standards—while enabling a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
Regulatory Compliance
We help organizations navigate the ever-changing landscape of local, national, and international regulations. Our experts assess your compliance posture against applicable laws and industry standards, develop tailored compliance frameworks, and provide ongoing monitoring to ensure sustained adherence.
Contractual Compliance
Our consultants ensure your organization meets contractual obligations—whether with clients, vendors, or partners. We review and map requirements, establish control mechanisms, and recommend processes that reduce exposure to non-compliance risks and strengthen business relationships.
Risk Assessment
Through comprehensive risk assessments, we identify vulnerabilities and prioritize areas requiring remediation. Using proven methodologies, we evaluate the likelihood and impact of failures and provide actionable recommendations to enhance your overall risk management strategy.
Policy Development
We design and implement clear, practical, and enforceable policies aligned with your organization’s objectives and regulatory environment. Our approach ensures that policies are not only compliant but also integrated into daily operations to promote consistency and accountability.
Education & Training
We offer customized training to equip your workforce with the knowledge and skills to uphold technology standards. From executive briefings to employee workshops, our training fosters a culture of compliance throughout your organization.
For organizations that maintain or integrate on-site systems, we ensure your infrastructure is reliable, efficient, and optimized for performance.
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, protecting your organization’s data, systems, and reputation is more critical than ever. Our Cybersecurity Consulting team provides strategic guidance, technical expertise, and proactive support needed to build resilient, compliant, and secure operations.
We partner with you to assess risks, strengthen defenses, and develop a cybersecurity program aligned with your business objectives and regulatory obligations.
We help organizations establish and mature their cybersecurity programs by defining clear governance structures, policies, and strategic roadmaps. Our experts align your security objectives with business priorities, enabling effective oversight, decision-making, and resource allocation across your enterprise.
Our comprehensive risk assessments identify, evaluate, and prioritize security risks across your technology ecosystem. We provide actionable recommendations and help implement risk management frameworks that support continuous monitoring and informed decision-making.
We deliver proactive vulnerability and threat management programs to identify, analyze, and remediate weaknesses before they are exploited. Using advanced scanning tools and threat intelligence, we help ensure your defenses remain adaptive and effective against emerging risks.
Navigate complex regulatory environments with confidence. We assist with compliance readiness and ongoing assurance using frameworks and guidance such as ISO 27001, CIS, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FFIEC, GDPR, and SOC 1 or 2. Our tailored assessments and audits help you maintain compliance while strengthening overall security posture.
Protect your organization’s most valuable assets by ensuring the right people have the right access at the right time. We perform access reviews and recommend IAM strategies and solutions—including privileged access management (PAM) and single sign-on (SSO)—to safeguard identities and streamline user access across the organization.
As the cloud reshapes business ecosystems, we ensure that your cloud environments remain secure and compliant. Our services include architecture reviews, configuration assessments, and recommendation of cloud-native security controls across cloud platforms.
When security incidents occur, a rapid and coordinated response is essential. Our experts provide incident response planning, breach investigation, containment, and recovery support to minimize impact and restore normal operations quickly. We also help develop playbooks and conduct tabletop exercises to enhance preparedness.
Empower your team and leadership to be the first line of defense. Our cybersecurity education and training programs build awareness, strengthen skills, and foster a security-first culture—helping your organization prevent, detect, and respond to threats with confidence.
Our Technology Leadership services provide organizations with the strategic vision, executive expertise, and hands-on leadership needed to align technology initiatives with business objectives. Whether you need interim guidance, strategic direction, or capability development, we deliver leaders with actionable solutions that drive measurable results.
Virtual & Fractional Executives (CIO, CTO, ISO, CISO)
Access top-tier technology leadership without the full-time overhead. Our experienced virtual and fractional executives provide strategic oversight, governance, and decision-making support to help your organization mature its technology capabilities. From defining IT strategies to leading transformation initiatives, our leaders bring decades of real-world experience across industries.
Strategy & Roadmap Development
We help you define and execute a clear technology strategy that supports your business goals. Through collaborative assessment and planning, we develop actionable roadmaps that prioritize investments, streamline operations, and position your organization for future growth and innovation.
Team Building & Capability Development
Strong technology teams are the foundation of sustainable success. We assist in building, structuring, and mentoring high-performing IT, security, and engineering teams. Our approach ensures the right mix of skills, culture, and leadership to deliver on strategic objectives and maintain long-term resilience.
Our Technical Due Diligence services provide investors, acquirers, and executive teams with a clear, objective view of a target organization’s technology posture and potential. We assess the maturity, scalability, and strategic alignment of technology assets to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities that directly impact business value.
Our evaluations focus on:
Compliance – Review adherence to regulatory, contractual, and industry standards to ensure the target organization’s practices meet current and future obligations.
Integration – Assess system architecture, data flows, and technology stack compatibility to identify integration challenges and opportunities for synergy.
Risk – Identify operational, security, and technical risks that may affect performance, scalability, or value, providing actionable mitigation strategies.
Strategy – Evaluate the alignment between technology direction and business objectives, including scalability, innovation, and digital transformation readiness.
Value – Quantify the strategic and operational value of technology assets to support investment decisions, negotiations, and post-acquisition planning.
Our due diligence process delivers clear insights and pragmatic recommendations, enabling confident decision-making and smoother transitions throughout mergers, acquisitions, or strategic partnerships.
Our Application and Data Management Consultants help organizations take control of their most critical assets—applications and data—by ensuring secure, efficient, and compliant management across the enterprise. We provide expert guidance and hands-on support to optimize how data and applications are accessed, integrated, protected, and leveraged to drive business value.
Core Focus Areas:
Access: We design and implement access control frameworks that ensure the right users have the right access at the right time. Our approach balances usability with robust governance to safeguard sensitive systems and data.
Integration: We enable seamless connectivity between disparate systems and data sources, helping organizations break down silos and achieve a unified view of their information ecosystem.
Integrity: Through data quality management, validation, and governance best practices, we help maintain accuracy, consistency, and reliability across all data assets.
Migration: We plan and execute secure, efficient migrations—whether to the cloud, between platforms, or across data centers—minimizing downtime and ensuring data fidelity throughout the process.
Privacy: Our consultants help establish privacy-by-design practices, ensuring compliance with global data protection regulations and maintaining trust with customers and stakeholders.
Security: We evaluate security at every layer of the application and data lifecycle, recommending controls and monitoring to protect against breaches, leaks, and unauthorized use.
Selection: We assist in evaluating and selecting the right tools, platforms, and technologies to support your data and application strategy—balancing performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
By combining deep technical expertise with strategic insight, our Application and Data Management Consulting empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their digital assets—securely, intelligently, and sustainably.
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, protecting your organization’s data, systems, and reputation is more critical than ever. Our Cybersecurity Consulting team provides strategic guidance, technical expertise, and proactive support needed to build resilient, compliant, and secure operations.
We partner with you to assess risks, strengthen defenses, and develop a cybersecurity program aligned with your business objectives and regulatory obligations.
Program Development (Strategy and Governance)
We help organizations establish and mature their cybersecurity programs by defining clear governance structures, policies, and strategic roadmaps. Our experts align your security objectives with business priorities, enabling effective oversight, decision-making, and resource allocation across your enterprise.
Risk Assessment and Management
Our comprehensive risk assessments identify, evaluate, and prioritize security risks across your technology ecosystem. We provide actionable recommendations and help implement risk management frameworks that support continuous monitoring and informed decision-making.
Vulnerability and Threat Management
We deliver proactive vulnerability and threat management programs to identify, analyze, and remediate weaknesses before they are exploited. Using advanced scanning tools and threat intelligence, we help ensure your defenses remain adaptive and effective against emerging risks.
Compliance and Assurance
Navigate complex regulatory environments with confidence. We assist with compliance readiness and ongoing assurance using frameworks and guidance such as ISO 27001, CIS, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FFIEC, GDPR, and SOC 1 or 2. Our tailored assessments and audits help you maintain compliance while strengthening overall security posture.
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Protect your organization’s most valuable assets by ensuring the right people have the right access at the right time. We perform access reviews and recommend IAM strategies and solutions—including privileged access management (PAM) and single sign-on (SSO)—to safeguard identities and streamline user access across the organization.
Cloud Security
As the cloud reshapes business ecosystems, we ensure that your cloud environments remain secure and compliant. Our services include architecture reviews, configuration assessments, and recommendation of cloud-native security controls across cloud platforms.
Incident Support
When security incidents occur, a rapid and coordinated response is essential. Our experts provide incident response planning, breach investigation, containment, and recovery support to minimize impact and restore normal operations quickly. We also help develop playbooks and conduct tabletop exercises to enhance preparedness.
Education & Training
Empower your team and leadership to be the first line of defense. Our cybersecurity education and training programs build awareness, strengthen skills, and foster a security-first culture—helping your organization prevent, detect, and respond to threats with confidence.
In a world driven by innovation and evolving regulations, maintaining compliance is critical to protecting your organization’s reputation, avoiding costly penalties, and building stakeholder trust. Our Compliance Consultants help you meet regulatory obligations, contractual commitments, and internal governance standards—while enabling a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
Regulatory Compliance
We help organizations navigate the ever-changing landscape of local, national, and international regulations. Our experts assess your compliance posture against applicable laws and industry standards, develop tailored compliance frameworks, and provide ongoing monitoring to ensure sustained adherence.
Contractual Compliance
Our consultants ensure your organization meets contractual obligations—whether with clients, vendors, or partners. We review and map requirements, establish control mechanisms, and recommend processes that reduce exposure to non-compliance risks and strengthen business relationships.
Risk Assessment
Through comprehensive risk assessments, we identify vulnerabilities and prioritize areas requiring remediation. Using proven methodologies, we evaluate the likelihood and impact of failures and provide actionable recommendations to enhance your overall risk management strategy.
Policy Development
We design and implement clear, practical, and enforceable policies aligned with your organization’s objectives and regulatory environment. Our approach ensures that policies are not only compliant but also integrated into daily operations to promote consistency and accountability.
Education & Training
We offer customized training to equip your workforce with the knowledge and skills to uphold technology standards. From executive briefings to employee workshops, our training fosters a culture of compliance throughout your organization.
Our Technology Leadership services provide organizations with the strategic vision, executive expertise, and hands-on leadership needed to align technology initiatives with business objectives. Whether you need interim guidance, strategic direction, or capability development, we deliver leaders with actionable solutions that drive measurable results.
Virtual & Fractional Executives (CIO, CTO, ISO, CISO)
Access top-tier technology leadership without the full-time overhead. Our experienced virtual and fractional executives provide strategic oversight, governance, and decision-making support to help your organization mature its technology capabilities. From defining IT strategies to leading transformation initiatives, our leaders bring decades of real-world experience across industries.
Strategy & Roadmap Development
We help you define and execute a clear technology strategy that supports your business goals. Through collaborative assessment and planning, we develop actionable roadmaps that prioritize investments, streamline operations, and position your organization for future growth and innovation.
Team Building & Capability Development
Strong technology teams are the foundation of sustainable success. We assist in building, structuring, and mentoring high-performing IT, security, and engineering teams. Our approach ensures the right mix of skills, culture, and leadership to deliver on strategic objectives and maintain long-term resilience.
Our Technical Due Diligence services provide investors, acquirers, and executive teams with a clear, objective view of a target organization’s technology posture and potential. We assess the maturity, scalability, and strategic alignment of technology assets to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities that directly impact business value.
Our evaluations focus on:
Our due diligence process delivers clear insights and pragmatic recommendations, enabling confident decision-making and smoother transitions throughout mergers, acquisitions, or strategic partnerships.
Our Application and Data Management Consultants help organizations take control of their most critical assets—applications and data—by ensuring secure, efficient, and compliant management across the enterprise. We provide expert guidance and hands-on support to optimize how data and applications are accessed, integrated, protected, and leveraged to drive business value.
Core Focus Areas:
By combining deep technical expertise with strategic insight, our Application and Data Management Consulting empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their digital assets—securely, intelligently, and sustainably.
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, protecting your organization’s data, systems, and reputation is more critical than ever. Our Cybersecurity Consulting team provides strategic guidance, technical expertise, and proactive support needed to build resilient, compliant, and secure operations.
We partner with you to assess risks, strengthen defenses, and develop a cybersecurity program aligned with your business objectives and regulatory obligations.
Program Development (Strategy and Governance)
We help organizations establish and mature their cybersecurity programs by defining clear governance structures, policies, and strategic roadmaps. Our experts align your security objectives with business priorities, enabling effective oversight, decision-making, and resource allocation across your enterprise.
Risk Assessment and Management
Our comprehensive risk assessments identify, evaluate, and prioritize security risks across your technology ecosystem. We provide actionable recommendations and help implement risk management frameworks that support continuous monitoring and informed decision-making.
Vulnerability and Threat Management
We deliver proactive vulnerability and threat management programs to identify, analyze, and remediate weaknesses before they are exploited. Using advanced scanning tools and threat intelligence, we help ensure your defenses remain adaptive and effective against emerging risks.
Compliance and Assurance
Navigate complex regulatory environments with confidence. We assist with compliance readiness and ongoing assurance using frameworks and guidance such as ISO 27001, CIS, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FFIEC, GDPR, and SOC 1 or 2. Our tailored assessments and audits help you maintain compliance while strengthening overall security posture.
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Protect your organization’s most valuable assets by ensuring the right people have the right access at the right time. We perform access reviews and recommend IAM strategies and solutions—including privileged access management (PAM) and single sign-on (SSO)—to safeguard identities and streamline user access across the organization.
Cloud Security
As the cloud reshapes business ecosystems, we ensure that your cloud environments remain secure and compliant. Our services include architecture reviews, configuration assessments, and recommendation of cloud-native security controls across cloud platforms.
Incident Support
When security incidents occur, a rapid and coordinated response is essential. Our experts provide incident response planning, breach investigation, containment, and recovery support to minimize impact and restore normal operations quickly. We also help develop playbooks and conduct tabletop exercises to enhance preparedness.
Education & Training
Empower your team and leadership to be the first line of defense. Our cybersecurity education and training programs build awareness, strengthen skills, and foster a security-first culture—helping your organization prevent, detect, and respond to threats with confidence.
In a world driven by innovation and evolving regulations, maintaining compliance is critical to protecting your organization’s reputation, avoiding costly penalties, and building stakeholder trust. Our Compliance Consultants help you meet regulatory obligations, contractual commitments, and internal governance standards—while enabling a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
Regulatory Compliance
We help organizations navigate the ever-changing landscape of local, national, and international regulations. Our experts assess your compliance posture against applicable laws and industry standards, develop tailored compliance frameworks, and provide ongoing monitoring to ensure sustained adherence.
Contractual Compliance
Our consultants ensure your organization meets contractual obligations—whether with clients, vendors, or partners. We review and map requirements, establish control mechanisms, and recommend processes that reduce exposure to non-compliance risks and strengthen business relationships.
Risk Assessment
Through comprehensive risk assessments, we identify vulnerabilities and prioritize areas requiring remediation. Using proven methodologies, we evaluate the likelihood and impact of failures and provide actionable recommendations to enhance your overall risk management strategy.
Policy Development
We design and implement clear, practical, and enforceable policies aligned with your organization’s objectives and regulatory environment. Our approach ensures that policies are not only compliant but also integrated into daily operations to promote consistency and accountability.
Education & Training
We offer customized training to equip your workforce with the knowledge and skills to uphold technology standards. From executive briefings to employee workshops, our training fosters a culture of compliance throughout your organization.
Our Technology Leadership services provide organizations with the strategic vision, executive expertise, and hands-on leadership needed to align technology initiatives with business objectives. Whether you need interim guidance, strategic direction, or capability development, we deliver leaders with actionable solutions that drive measurable results.
Virtual & Fractional Executives (CIO, CTO, ISO, CISO)
Access top-tier technology leadership without the full-time overhead. Our experienced virtual and fractional executives provide strategic oversight, governance, and decision-making support to help your organization mature its technology capabilities. From defining IT strategies to leading transformation initiatives, our leaders bring decades of real-world experience across industries.
Strategy & Roadmap Development
We help you define and execute a clear technology strategy that supports your business goals. Through collaborative assessment and planning, we develop actionable roadmaps that prioritize investments, streamline operations, and position your organization for future growth and innovation.
Team Building & Capability Development
Strong technology teams are the foundation of sustainable success. We assist in building, structuring, and mentoring high-performing IT, security, and engineering teams. Our approach ensures the right mix of skills, culture, and leadership to deliver on strategic objectives and maintain long-term resilience.
Our Technical Due Diligence services provide investors, acquirers, and executive teams with a clear, objective view of a target organization’s technology posture and potential. We assess the maturity, scalability, and strategic alignment of technology assets to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities that directly impact business value.
Our evaluations focus on:
Our due diligence process delivers clear insights and pragmatic recommendations, enabling confident decision-making and smoother transitions throughout mergers, acquisitions, or strategic partnerships.
Our Application and Data Management Consultants help organizations take control of their most critical assets—applications and data—by ensuring secure, efficient, and compliant management across the enterprise. We provide expert guidance and hands-on support to optimize how data and applications are accessed, integrated, protected, and leveraged to drive business value.
Core Focus Areas:
By combining deep technical expertise with strategic insight, our Application and Data Management Consulting empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their digital assets—securely, intelligently, and sustainably.

The first rendition of Know Technology was founded by Steve Hand in 1998 as a regional IT provider. Over the next 15 years, through strong partnerships and a dedicated team, the organization grew into one of the leading IT service providers in Maine and across New England—culminating in its successful sale in 2013. During that time, Know Technology delivered innovative IT solutions and managed services built on leading platforms from vendors such as Cisco, HP, Microsoft, and WatchGuard. The organization earned numerous accolades, including recognition as the 2009 Microsoft Networking Infrastructure Solutions Partner of the Year.
With the launch of this new consulting firm, it’s only fitting to revive the Know Technology name—continuing the legacy of excellence, innovation, and trusted partnership it has always represented.
Know Technology’s consulting approach is built on collaboration and teamwork—working side by side with your team to understand challenges, share knowledge, and co-create practical solutions that deliver lasting results.

Steve Hand is a seasoned technology professional with over 30 years of experience helping organizations realize the full value of IT solutions that drive business success. His diverse background spans roles as a vertical market solution provider, IT solutions integrator, Managed Services Provider, Cybersecurity team leader, and leader of a large, multidisciplinary IT/IS organization. This blend of hands-on technical expertise and strategic leadership enables Steve to deliver the insight, experience, and dependable guidance organizations need to align technology with business goals.
Outside of IT, Steve embraces the “life is an adventure” ethos alongside his wife and family. His many passions include renovating their family farm, hunting, fishing, overlanding, dancing, and operating a blueberry farm.
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