ACTIVE DEFENCE
Security Testing & Monitoring. Find Threats Before They Find You.
Passive protection isn't enough. We actively hunt for threats, monitor your Microsoft 365 identities, filter your email with Proofpoint, scan for vulnerabilities and test your defences with penetration testing - so you know your security actually works.
BEYOND PASSIVE TOOLS
Why you need active security testing and monitoring
Most businesses have a firewall and endpoint protection - and assume they're secure. But sophisticated threats like fileless malware, living-off-the-land attacks and compromised Microsoft 365 accounts can sit inside your environment for months before doing damage. Traditional tools miss them entirely because they're designed to detect known threats, not novel ones.
Active security is different. It means continuously hunting for threats that got past your defences, monitoring identities for compromise, filtering email before it reaches users, scanning for vulnerabilities and testing your perimeter before real attackers do. These services work alongside your Sophos firewall and endpoint stack to close the gaps that passive protection leaves open.
The threat landscape today
Why passive security alone isn't enough
Average dwell time: 197 days
Attackers are inside your network for over 6 months before being detected on average.
82% involve compromised credentials
Stolen usernames and passwords - often from phishing - are the primary attack vector.
91% of attacks start with email
Phishing, business email compromise and malicious attachments remain the number one attack vector.
60% of SMBs close within 6 months
Of those that suffer a serious cyber attack, 60% go out of business within six months.
ACTIVE SECURITY SERVICES
The tools and testing that find real gaps
Huntress MDR
Managed Detection & Response
Huntress is a managed detection and response platform built specifically for SMBs. It sits underneath your existing security tools and hunts for persistent footholds that other products miss - things like scheduled tasks, registry modifications and malicious services that attackers use to maintain access.
Huntress's Security Operations Centre analysts review every alert 24/7. When they find something real, they tell you exactly what happened, what to do, and in many cases take remediation action for you.
- • 24/7 threat hunting by human analysts
- • Persistent foothold detection beyond standard AV
- • Automated remediation on confirmed threats
- • Plain-English incident reports with clear actions
Huntress ITDR
Microsoft 365 Identity Protection
Huntress Managed ITDR continuously monitors your Microsoft 365 environment for identity-based attacks - the fastest-growing threat category. It detects compromised accounts, session hijacking, credential theft and malicious inbox rules in real time, with a 3-minute average response time.
Currently protecting over 1.8 million identities worldwide, Huntress ITDR has stopped 28,000 identity attacks in the last six months alone.
- • Unwanted Access - detects suspicious logins, session hijacking and credential theft
- • Shadow Workflows - finds malicious inbox rules and auto-forwarding
- • Rogue Apps - detects malicious OAuth applications in your M365 tenant
- • 24/7 SOC monitoring with 3-minute mean response time
Proofpoint Email Security
Spam & Phishing Filter
Proofpoint is the world's leading email security platform, trusted by more than half of the Fortune 100. It uses AI and machine learning to analyse hundreds of attributes in every email - stopping spam, phishing, business email compromise and malware before they reach your inbox.
We deploy Proofpoint Essentials for our clients, providing enterprise-grade email protection without the complexity. It works seamlessly alongside Microsoft 365 to catch what Microsoft's built-in filters miss.
- • AI-powered spam and phishing detection
- • URL defence - rewrites and scans links in real time
- • Attachment sandboxing for zero-day malware
- • Business email compromise protection
- • Email continuity during Microsoft 365 outages
- • Policy-enforced encryption for sensitive emails
Security Monitoring
SIEM & Log Management
We collect and correlate security logs from across your environment - firewalls, endpoints, servers and Microsoft 365 - to detect unusual patterns that individual tools might miss. Suspicious login times, impossible travel events, bulk data downloads - we catch these in real time.
- • Centralised log collection and correlation
- • Real-time alerting on suspicious activity
- • Microsoft 365 breach detection
- • Audit trail for regulatory compliance
- • Monthly security reporting for management
Vulnerability Scanning
Continuous Assessment
Vulnerability scanning continuously checks your systems and network for known weaknesses - unpatched software, misconfigured services, weak credentials, open ports and exposed services that shouldn't be accessible from the internet.
We run regular authenticated scans of your internal network and external-facing services, and provide prioritised reports showing which vulnerabilities to fix first - ranked by risk, not just severity score.
- • Internal and external network scanning
- • Web application vulnerability assessment
- • Risk-prioritised remediation reports
- • Continuous monitoring, not just annual audits
- • Integrates with Cyber Essentials requirements
Penetration Testing
Controlled Attack Simulation
A penetration test is a controlled, authorised attempt to breach your systems - carried out by security specialists before a real attacker does it uncontrolled. We test your external perimeter, internal network, applications and user susceptibility to social engineering.
You receive a detailed report with every finding explained in plain English, including proof-of-concept evidence and specific remediation steps. Ideal for regulatory compliance, insurance requirements and board-level assurance.
- • External perimeter and internal network testing
- • Web application and API testing
- • Phishing simulation and social engineering
- • CREST-aligned methodology
- • Executive summary and technical remediation report
TRUSTED SECURITY PARTNERS
The platforms we trust to protect your business
Find your security gaps before attackers do
Start with a free security assessment. We will review your current setup, identify the biggest risks and recommend the right combination of tools to close them.
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