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Actively exploited
  • Recently added vulnerabilities that are being exploited in the wild, from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Source: CISA KEV catalog (opens in new tab). EPSS: estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org (opens in new tab). Information only, not advice for your environment. Talk to us if you're affected.

Provider incidents

From each provider's public status page, checked every 3 hours. Microsoft 365 shows the public consumer feed; business tenants should check their admin center.

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Consulting & professional services

Expertise across the full security lifecycle.

From penetration testing and compliance readiness to fractional leadership and architecture, our consultants help you understand your risk, decide what to do about it, and get it done.

Assessments & testing

Know exactly where you stand.

Testing

Penetration testing

External, internal, web application, API, wireless and cloud testing, with findings mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.

Testing

Red team & social engineering

Objective-based adversary simulation, phishing, vishing and physical testing to test people and process, not just technology.

Assessment

Security & risk assessments

A full review of your security program against NIST CSF 2.0 or CIS Controls, with a prioritized roadmap.

Assessment

Ransomware readiness

Could you actually recover? Backup and restore testing, privileged access review and a written recovery plan.

Assessment

Email & domain security

SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS and DNSSEC assessed and deployed without disrupting legitimate mail.

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Assessment

IT & MSP review

An independent second opinion on your managed service provider, vendors or internal team.

Strategy & leadership

Senior leadership without the full-time cost.

Leadership

Fractional CISO

Security program ownership, risk register, policies and board reporting, for a set number of days each month.

Leadership

Fractional CIO & CTO

Technology strategy, budgets, vendor and contract management, and a seat at the leadership table.

Strategy

Security program & roadmap

Program design, maturity targets and multi-year roadmaps aligned to business goals and budget.

Strategy

AI & Copilot readiness

Data access clean-up, AI use policy and governance before rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot or other AI assistants.

Strategy

M&A technology due diligence

Security and IT risk review of acquisition targets, plus integration planning after the deal closes.

Strategy

Vendor & contract management

Technology spend reviews, contract negotiation support and renewal planning.

Governance, risk & compliance

Meet the requirements your customers, insurers and regulators set.

Compliance

Framework readiness

Gap assessments and remediation roadmaps for NIST CSF 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS and CMMC.

Compliance

Cyber insurance & questionnaires

Accurate answers to insurer applications and customer security questionnaires, and the gaps closed first.

Governance

Policies & procedures

A complete, right-sized policy library that your team can follow and your auditors will accept.

Risk

Third-party risk management

Vendor inventory, tiering and assessment so you know which suppliers can put you at risk.

Response

Incident response planning

Incident response plans, playbooks and tabletop exercises with your leadership and technical teams.

Training

Security awareness

Practical training and phishing simulations with reporting your insurer and auditors will accept.

Engineering & architecture

Design it right, build it right.

Cloud

Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace hardening

Conditional access, admin roles, email protection, logging and backup, configured to a documented baseline.

Identity

Identity & access management

Single sign-on, phishing-resistant MFA, privileged access and identity governance.

Cloud

Cloud security architecture

Secure landing zones and posture reviews for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Network

Network & zero trust

Segmentation, firewall reviews and VPN replacement with zero-trust access.

Projects

Projects & migrations

Cloud and email migrations, office moves and build-outs, and infrastructure refreshes.

Talent

Staff augmentation

Experienced engineers and analysts for a project, a backfill or an open role.

Ways to engage

Every engagement is scoped and quoted in writing before work begins.

Assessment

Find out where you stand

A defined review with a written report: security posture, penetration test, IT or MSP review, or compliance gap analysis.

  • Clear scope and timeline
  • Findings ranked by risk
  • Executive summary and technical detail
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Project

Get a specific job done

Implementations, hardening, migrations and remediation, delivered against a written statement of work.

  • Defined deliverables
  • Change-managed rollout
  • Documentation and handover
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Advisory retainer

Ongoing leadership

Fractional CISO, CIO or CTO support for a set number of days each month, without a long-term contract.

  • Roadmap and budget
  • Vendor and risk management
  • Quarterly leadership reviews
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Managed services

Day-to-day operations

Managed IT, help desk and 24/7 security operations, fully managed or co-managed with your team.

  • Defined service levels
  • Monthly reporting
  • One point of accountability
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