Our Mission
Our Mission
No unified model existed for identifying risks at the boundary between silicon and neuron. QIF maps every surface between neuron and silicon across 11 bands. The Threat Atlas (TARA) catalogs 161+ attack techniques and scores each for neural impact. Together, they create the foundation for informed consent — because informed consent requires informed security.
This framework is open source. Not because it's finished — because it can't be finished by one person.
Identify Risks
Map every attack surface across the bio-digital bridge. Catalog techniques, score severity, trace impact from signal to cognition.
Threat Model
Provide structured threat intelligence in STIX 2.1 format. Enable security teams to assess BCI deployments against known attack patterns.
Inform Consent
Give patients and clinicians the risk data they need. Every therapeutic BCI technique has a threat counterpart — consent requires knowing both.
Pave Policy
Bridge the gap between security findings and regulatory frameworks. Map neurorights to technical controls. Translate threat data into governance.
Code of Ethics
In ProgressOur ethical commitments guide every decision — from how we catalog threats to how we frame dual-use findings. The full governance framework is actively being developed.
View Governance Documents →The Team
Kevin L. Qi
Founder & Principal Researcher
A decade of building detection infrastructure, incident response, and security operations — from QRadar to Splunk ES across financial services, publishing, and consumer tech. The same architecture that detects network intrusions applies at the boundary between silicon and neuron. This work asks: given what neuroethics and neurorights research tells us about the stakes, what are the security implications — and what do we build?
GitHub →Qinnovate is currently a solo research effort. Collaboration inquiries welcome.