About k9 Security
Why
AWS Security is very powerful, but too difficult to use. That’s why we’re simplifying secure delivery with usable security policy automation and an insightful access audit service that works for Cloud Engineers and the rest of the team.
Mission
k9 Security’s mission is to help organizations using the Cloud to improve the security and manage risks to the organization and its customers.
Vision
k9 Security’s vision is to enable technology teams to assess and improve the security of their Cloud resources and data confidently and quickly by enhancing the modern delivery and operational tools they already use with advanced security and risk management capabilities.
How
k9 Security helps Cloud teams protect data in Amazon Web Services by helping them understand their risk position and improve their security policies. Unlike many security tools, k9 puts actionable information in the hands of Cloud and DevOps engineers who build and maintain security policies.
Team
k9 is built by people with deep DevOps and Security experience.

Stephen Kuenzli, Founder
Stephen Kuenzli loves designing, building and operating highly-available, scalable, secure software systems. Stephen builds solutions that are safe and enjoyable for customers, users, and stakeholders. He has done that for 20 years in high tech manufacturing, banking, and ecommerce.
Stephen has a B.S. in Systems Engineering and has learned, used, and built many software and infrastructure tools to deliver better systems.
Stephen is a prolific technology author, writing:
- Effective IAM for AWS
- modern delivery practices on the blog #NoDrama DevOps
- Docker In Action, 2ed published by Manning
He is active in the DevOps community and organizes the Phoenix DevOps Meetup and DevOpsDays Phoenix. He is also recognized as an AWS Community Builder.
Investors
k9 Security is seeded by Calm Company Fund and supported by its community of mentors and founders.