Bastazo

Bastazo is an AI-driven operational technology (OT) cybersecurity platform founded in 2020 by Phillip Huff and three University of Arkansas faculty members, built on technology licensed from the U.S. Department of Energy's SEEDS cybersecurity center. The platform helps critical infrastructure operators in energy, manufacturing, oil and gas, and maritime sectors move from reactive vulnerability management to proactive risk reduction through automated prioritization, AI-generated remediation playbooks, adversary intelligence, and attack path analysis. Bastazo uses machine learning and SSVC decision trees to cut through vulnerability noise, surfacing only the 3–5% of issues that pose real, imminent risk, and pairs findings with step-by-step remediation guidance to support cross-functional teams and NERC CIP compliance.