Cybersecurity Modernization & Intelligent Risk Operations
Client:
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
Partner:
Parsons Transportation Group
Engagement:
Risk Intelligence, Elastic Security Engineering & Custom Automation
• Risk Operations Modernization Lead
E.K Associates collaborated with Parsons Transportation Group to strengthen LAWA’s enterprise security posture — advancing risk visibility, automation, and detection intelligence across airport operations. We engineered a cybersecurity operating stack that integrated risk scanning, intelligence automation, data orchestration, and Elastic-based observability to drive proactive security outcomes and leadership-ready transparency.
Our work combined security engineering, custom development, and platform innovation to help LAWA modernize how cyber risk is identified, monitored, and acted upon across mission-critical systems.
The E.K Advantage
Cyber Risk Intelligence Engineered for Airports
Cyber Risk Intelligence Engineered for Airports We modernized LAWA’s vulnerability scanning ecosystem, implemented continuous risk monitoring, and surfaced quantified exposure metrics to airport leadership.
Automation-Driven Security Architecture
We built custom scripts, pipelines, and integrations that allowed security tools to interoperate — reducing delay, manual effort, and blind-spots across operations.
Elastic-Powered Situational Awareness
We architected an Elastic environment that ingested diverse security telemetry, enriched datasets, and delivered searchable, analytics-driven intelligence aligned to airport threat models.
Key Features & Work Performed
Enterprise Risk Monitoring & Vulnerability Intelligence
Configured enterprise-wide scan environments across Rapid7 InsightVM, Qualys VMDR, Microsoft Defender, and related platforms
Deployed scanning agents across workstations and servers to ensure full telemetry coverage
Monitored findings, remediation patterns, and posture trends across assets
Presented risk insights for high-value and critical airport systems to executive leadership
Tracked risk performance against recognized industry frameworks and internal governance models
Custom Software & Security Automation Development
Developed Python and Shell automation to orchestrate ETL workflows and bridge disparate security platforms
Built proprietary data ingestion and analytics logic aligned to LAWA’s operating environment
Enabled tool-to-tool interoperability to accelerate incident resolution and reduce operational latency
Elastic Search & Observability Enablement
Built Elastic indexes with custom ECS-aligned mappings
Designed ingest and Logstash pipelines to onboard multi-source security data
Configured Elastic Fleet policies to govern agents, ingestion services, and long-term data retention
Implemented enrichment logic and lookup indexes to contextualize alerting and event intelligence
Built summarized analytical indices for performance reporting, trending, and threat intelligence applications
Impact Delivered
✔ Greater real-time security visibility across mission-critical airport assets
✔Automated ingestion, enrichment, and correlation of diverse risk data sources
✔Improved remediation workflows and leadership-ready risk transparency
✔Elastic-enabled situational awareness supporting faster resolution and informed oversight
✔A scalable foundation for airport risk modernization, SOC efficiency, and future cyber capability expansion
