One Binary Defense customer is a PE firm that had invested in a Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) service from a different vendor to help distill the large volumes of data, but their IT Manager was doing manual work to analyze and respond to alerts generated by the SIEM. The firm needed additional help to secure the individual endpoints (laptops, desktops, servers) within the organization. This customer selected the Binary Defense Managed Detection & Response solution, which is a cloud-based solution with a nano agent that installs on every endpoint at the PE firm without adding costly hardware, resource-intensive software, or external personnel. MDR adds another layer of protection to the safeguards already in place with the SIEM. The Binary Defense SOC team actively monitors the entire network, including the SIEM and all of the endpoints, to detect threats and respond as needed, effectively eliminating the manual work that the PE firm’s IT team was doing to stay on top of alerts. The software and service combination expand the company’s protection to a level impossible without the dedicated team of SOC analysts who investigate suspicious activity and security incidents. Binary Defense’s expert analysts act as an extension of the PE firm’s team by providing value-added insights and communications. Each Binary Defense SOC analyst emails the PE firm IT manager at the beginning of each shift with their contact information. Binary Defense sends its subscribers a daily e-newsletter to outline current priority threats and recommended actions. The newsletter is written by the counterintelligence team, comprised of experienced professionals from the military, government, and private sector. These daily messages are much more digestible for busy IT professionals who don’t have time to seek out this information themselves. Quarterly reviews between Binary Defense and the PE firm help to ensure transparency and provide a deep dive on performance.
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