About TKOResearch

Reviewing a lab result can mean finding the right notebook entry, instrument file and sample, then checking which version of a method was used. TAREOps is being built to keep those connections in the record, so another researcher can follow the work.

This is where laboratory operations and security engineering meet. A reviewer needs to know who changed a record and what came before it. If an AI assistant can read lab data or draft an entry, the people responsible for the work need control over its access and a way to review its contribution. These questions guide the product's development.

TARE stands for Technical Asset & Research Environment. Lab records and sample tracking are available through design-partner access. AI-assisted documentation is still in research and development. The maturity guide separates current capabilities from planned work.

Kevin is TKOResearch's founder and Principal Engineer. He worked on CrowdStrike's research team and led threat research at Adlumin and N-able.

At Adlumin, he led the threat research team behind the published analysis of PowerDrop, a PowerShell backdoor found at a U.S. aerospace contractor. The report describes how the team identified the malware and how it communicated with its operator.

His current research focuses on AI agents that can read company data and take actions in other systems. That includes examining whether an agent respects document permissions, what its tools allow it to change, and whether a team can reconstruct what happened after it acts.

He writes about security, software and his own lab projects at KevinBytes and publishes code on GitHub.