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Managed Security Services - 24/7 SOC, SIEM, and Threat Intelligence

Enterprise-grade security operations delivered as a managed service. Our MSSP practice provides continuous SOC coverage, SIEM monitoring across Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel, proactive threat intelligence, incident response, vulnerability management, and EDR operations - all backed by board-ready reporting and a named vCISO.

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500+
Enterprise Clients
10,000+
Engineers Deployed
50+
Countries Served
99.4%
CSAT Score
48h
Team Assembly

The Challenge

The cybersecurity talent and coverage gap is leaving enterprise organizations exposed

Building and sustaining an effective internal security operations center requires rare talent, continuous technology investment, and 24/7 staffing that most organizations cannot maintain economically. Meanwhile, adversaries operate around the clock and the window between initial compromise and material impact continues to compress, making gaps in coverage increasingly costly.

277
average days to identify and contain a breach
$4.9M
average total cost of a data breach in 2024
3.4M
global cybersecurity workforce shortage
74%
of breaches involve a human element or credential abuse

Why QuickHire

Why Enterprises Choose QuickHire

01

24/7 SOC Coverage

Follow-the-sun analyst teams monitor your environment continuously with no gaps for holidays, weekends, or shift changes. Tier 1 through Tier 3 analysts are engaged based on alert severity and incident complexity.

02

Multi-Platform SIEM Expertise

Certified engineers manage Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, and Elastic SIEM environments with deep content development capability. We tune detection rules, build custom dashboards, and develop threat-hunting queries specific to your industry.

03

Operationalized Threat Intelligence

Commercial, open-source, and proprietary threat intelligence is operationalized directly into your detection stack rather than delivered as static reports. IOC feeds, MITRE ATT&CK-mapped rules, and adversary briefings keep your defenses ahead of active campaigns.

04

Rapid Incident Response

15-minute critical alert acknowledgement SLA backed by pre-approved containment playbooks for ransomware, credential compromise, and insider threat scenarios. Full forensic analysis and post-incident reporting follow every confirmed incident.

05

Risk-Prioritized Vulnerability Management

Weekly authenticated scanning with risk scoring enriched by exploit availability and threat intelligence ensures remediation resources focus on vulnerabilities that represent genuine business risk. ITSM-integrated ticketing closes the loop on remediation ownership.

06

Board and Audit-Ready Reporting

Three-tier reporting designed for operational teams, management, and board or audit committees translates technical security metrics into business risk language. Compliance evidence packages for SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and HIPAA are produced as standard deliverables.

Challenges

Common Enterprise Pain Points

01

Talent Scarcity and Retention

Experienced SOC analysts, threat hunters, and security engineers command premium compensation and are in chronic short supply globally. Organizations that build internal teams face constant attrition as analysts pursue career advancement, leaving coverage gaps that take six to twelve months to fill and creating institutional knowledge loss that degrades detection quality.

02

Alert Fatigue and Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio

Untuned SIEM environments generate thousands of alerts daily, the vast majority of which are false positives that consume analyst capacity without producing security value. Without dedicated content engineering and ongoing rule refinement, internal teams become desensitized to alerts and critical signals are missed within the noise.

03

Technology Investment and Currency

Enterprise security tools - SIEM platforms, EDR solutions, threat intelligence subscriptions, vulnerability scanners - represent substantial capital and operational expenditure that many organizations struggle to justify for internal-only use. Keeping these platforms current, integrated, and properly licensed requires dedicated engineering effort that competes with operational priorities.

04

Compliance Reporting Burden

Producing evidence for SOC 2 audits, PCI DSS assessments, ISO 27001 surveillance audits, and regulatory examinations consumes significant security team capacity that could otherwise focus on active threat detection and response. Many organizations lack the documentation discipline and control mapping expertise to satisfy external assessors efficiently.

05

Limited Threat Visibility and Context

Internal security teams typically see only the threats targeting their own organization, limiting their ability to anticipate emerging techniques and campaigns. Without access to multi-tenant threat intelligence and sector-specific adversary data, detection rules lag behind active attack methodologies by weeks or months.

Our Approach

A fully integrated MSSP framework that extends your security program without rebuilding it

Our managed security service operates as an extension of your organization - not a black box that generates reports. We integrate with your existing tools, processes, and stakeholders while delivering the continuous coverage, specialized expertise, and threat intelligence breadth that transforms your security posture from reactive to proactive. Every engagement is anchored by a named account team including a dedicated SOC manager, threat intelligence lead, and vCISO.

01
SOC as a Service
24/7 analyst coverage across Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 functions with defined escalation paths, containment playbooks, and SLA-backed response timelines.
02
SIEM Management and Content Development
Full lifecycle management of your SIEM platform including log source integration, detection rule development, alert tuning, and quarterly health assessments.
03
Threat Intelligence and Hunting
Operationalized multi-source threat intelligence combined with proactive threat hunting engagements to identify adversary presence before automated alerts trigger.
04
Vulnerability and Exposure Management
Continuous authenticated scanning, risk-prioritized remediation guidance, and ITSM-integrated ticketing to close the loop between discovery and remediation across on-premises and cloud assets.

Delivery Models

How We Deliver

Co-Managed Security

Augments your existing internal security team with SOC coverage, SIEM management, and threat intelligence while preserving internal ownership of strategic decisions and incident command.

Timeline
4 weeks onboarding
Team Size
3-5 analysts
Full Managed SOC

End-to-end ownership of security operations including SIEM administration, alert triage, incident response, vulnerability management, and compliance reporting with a vCISO as primary security executive.

Timeline
6-8 weeks onboarding
Team Size
6-10 analysts
Cloud Security Operations

Specialized managed security focused on AWS, Azure, and GCP environments including CSPM, cloud-native SIEM integration, IAM governance monitoring, and workload threat detection.

Timeline
3-4 weeks onboarding
Team Size
2-4 cloud security engineers

Capabilities

Technical Capability Matrix

Security Operations
24/7 SOC OperationsAlert Triage and EscalationIncident CommandThreat HuntingDigital Forensics
SIEM and Detection
Splunk Enterprise SecurityMicrosoft SentinelIBM QRadarElastic SIEMDetection Rule Development
Endpoint Security
CrowdStrike FalconSentinelOneMicrosoft Defender XDRCarbon BlackPalo Alto Cortex XDR
Risk and Compliance
SOC 2 Type II EvidencePCI DSS MonitoringISO 27001 AlignmentHIPAA Security RuleNIST CSF Reporting

Engagement Models

How We Engage

Choose the model that fits your programme governance, budget cycle, and team structure.

01

Staff Augmentation

Engineers embed directly under your management.

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02

Dedicated Developers

Full-time team aligned to your product roadmap.

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03

Managed Teams

End-to-end delivery with SLA-backed outcomes.

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04

Engineering Pods

Autonomous cross-functional pods per domain.

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05

Offshore Dev Centre

Permanent engineering base in India. Full IP ownership.

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06

Build-Operate-Transfer

We build and run it. You take ownership on schedule.

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Our Process

From Discovery to Delivery

1

Security Program Assessment

Day 1

We conduct a baseline assessment of your current security controls, log source inventory, existing tools, and compliance obligations to define the integration architecture and coverage gaps to address.

2

Onboarding and Integration

Days 1-14

Log sources are connected to the SIEM, EDR agents are verified, and initial detection rule libraries are deployed. Asset criticality mapping and stakeholder escalation paths are documented and approved.

3

Tuning and Playbook Development

Weeks 3-4

Alert thresholds are calibrated against your environment baseline, custom detection rules are developed for your specific threat model, and containment playbooks are reviewed and approved by your team.

4

Live SOC Operations

Weeks 5-8

Production monitoring commences with parallel coverage during transition. Weekly operational reviews during the first 60 days ensure alert quality, escalation accuracy, and SLA compliance meet agreed targets.

5

Continuous Improvement and Reporting

Ongoing

Quarterly threat model reviews, annual red team exercises, monthly compliance reporting, and regular detection rule updates based on emerging threat intelligence maintain and improve security posture throughout the engagement.

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Security & Compliance

Enterprise-Grade Security by Default

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Governance

Programme Governance

Named Account Team

Every engagement has a dedicated SOC Manager, Threat Intelligence Lead, and vCISO who serve as primary contacts for operational issues, strategic planning, and executive communication.

SLA Management and Reporting

Contractual SLAs covering alert acknowledgement, incident escalation, and report delivery are tracked monthly with transparent performance reporting and credit mechanisms for SLA misses.

Change Management Integration

All containment actions beyond pre-approved playbooks are coordinated through your change management process with documented approval chains to ensure operational changes are sanctioned and auditable.

Data Handling and Sovereignty

Log data processing agreements, retention policies, and jurisdictional controls are documented in contractual schedules aligned to GDPR, DPDPA, and other applicable privacy regulations in your operating regions.

Team Structure

Your Enterprise Team

Our MSSP delivery teams combine SOC analysts at Tier 1 through Tier 3, dedicated threat intelligence practitioners, cloud security engineers, forensics specialists, and vCISO-level advisory resources. All analysts hold relevant certifications and operate within a continuous professional development program aligned to evolving threat landscapes.

SOC Tier 1 Analyst
SOC Tier 2 Analyst
SOC Tier 3 / Incident Responder
Threat Intelligence Analyst
SIEM Engineer
Cloud Security Engineer
Vulnerability Management Analyst
Virtual CISO (vCISO)

Project Lifecycle

From Kickoff to Production

01
1-2 weeks

Discovery and Assessment

Current state security assessment, log source inventory, gap analysis, compliance obligation mapping, and proposed integration architecture.

02
2-4 weeks

Onboarding and Integration

SIEM log source connections, EDR coverage verification, asset criticality matrix, stakeholder escalation directory, and initial detection rule deployment.

03
1-2 weeks

Tuning and Validation

Tuned alert thresholds, approved containment playbooks, tabletop exercise completion, and parallel monitoring validation report.

04
2 weeks transition

Production Operations

Live SOC coverage, first weekly operational reports, and 30-day performance baseline establishment.

05
Ongoing

Ongoing Managed Operations

Weekly operational reports, monthly compliance and management reports, quarterly board security briefs, annual threat model reviews, and continuous detection content updates.

Case Studies

Enterprise Outcomes

Financial Services

A regional bank required 24/7 SOC coverage and PCI DSS log management but could not retain qualified analysts in a competitive talent market.

We deployed a co-managed SOC model integrating with their existing Splunk environment, expanding log source coverage to 47 data sources and deploying 200+ custom detection rules aligned to financial sector threat actors.

68%reduction in mean-time-to-detect
Healthcare

A multi-site hospital network faced a ransomware threat after a phishing campaign compromised three privileged credentials.

Our SOC identified lateral movement within 12 minutes of initial detection, isolated affected endpoints through pre-approved EDR playbooks, and contained the incident before encryption propagated beyond the initial host.

$4.2Mestimated breach cost avoided
Retail

A national retailer needed continuous PCI DSS monitoring across 800 point-of-sale endpoints and a hybrid cloud environment spanning AWS and on-premises data centers.

We implemented Microsoft Sentinel with custom PCI DSS workbooks, integrated CrowdStrike across all endpoints, and delivered monthly compliance evidence packages that reduced audit preparation time significantly.

3xfaster compliance audit cycle

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Frequently Asked Questions

An MSSP is a third-party organization that manages and monitors an enterprise security infrastructure on a continuous basis, typically 24/7/365. Unlike an in-house team constrained by office hours, hiring cycles, and limited threat visibility, an MSSP brings pre-built SOC infrastructure, multi-tenant threat intelligence, and certified analysts who monitor thousands of environments simultaneously. This breadth of exposure accelerates threat detection and reduces mean-time-to-respond (MTTR) compared to isolated internal teams. For most mid-market and enterprise organizations, an MSSP delivers superior security outcomes at a fraction of the cost of building equivalent capabilities internally.
Our SOC as a Service provides continuous 24/7 log ingestion, correlation, and alerting through dedicated Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 analyst teams operating in follow-the-sun shifts. Every alert is triaged against a client-specific threat model and asset criticality matrix before escalation, eliminating alert fatigue for your internal stakeholders. Analysts perform root-cause analysis, contain active threats within pre-approved playbooks, and escalate confirmed incidents to your named incident commander within defined SLA windows. Monthly SOC performance reports cover alert volumes, false-positive rates, containment timelines, and trend analysis to demonstrate continuous improvement.
We support all major enterprise SIEM platforms including Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, Elastic SIEM, and Exabeam. Our engineers can take over management of an existing deployment, perform health assessments, tune detection rules, and expand log source coverage without requiring a platform migration. We also implement content development - custom correlation rules, dashboards, and threat-hunting queries tailored to your industry vertical and threat landscape. If your organization lacks a SIEM, we deploy and configure a right-sized solution as part of onboarding.
We aggregate threat intelligence from multiple commercial feeds (Recorded Future, ThreatConnect), open-source repositories (MISP, CISA KEV), information sharing communities (ISACs), and proprietary telemetry from our multi-tenant SOC environment. This intelligence is operationalized directly into your SIEM as indicator blocklists, detection rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, and analyst briefings covering threats targeting your specific industry. Our threat intelligence team publishes weekly adversary advisories relevant to your sector and proactively hunts for indicators of compromise within your environment before alerts fire. This approach consistently reduces dwell time and improves the signal-to-noise ratio of SIEM alerts.
Our standard SLA provides acknowledgement of critical alerts within 15 minutes and analyst engagement within 30 minutes around the clock. Upon confirming a security incident, we activate a named incident response team that includes a lead analyst, forensics specialist, and communications liaison who works directly with your leadership team. Response activities follow the NIST SP 800-61 framework covering detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review. We maintain pre-approved containment playbooks for common incident types - ransomware, credential compromise, insider threat, and DDoS - enabling rapid action without requiring approval delays. A full post-incident report with root-cause analysis and remediation recommendations is delivered within five business days of incident closure.
Our vulnerability management program conducts authenticated network and application scans on a defined schedule (typically weekly for critical assets, monthly for standard assets) using enterprise-grade scanners including Tenable Nessus, Qualys, and Rapid7. Findings are risk-ranked using CVSS scores enriched with exploitability context from CISA KEV and threat intelligence, so your team acts on vulnerabilities that represent genuine business risk rather than theoretical exposure. We produce remediation tickets integrated with your existing ITSM platform (ServiceNow, Jira) with clear ownership, deadlines, and technical guidance. Trending dashboards track remediation velocity and mean-time-to-patch against industry benchmarks to demonstrate measurable security posture improvement over time.
We manage and operate CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Carbon Black, and Palo Alto Cortex XDR across Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints. Our EDR management service covers agent deployment, policy configuration, alert triage, threat hunting, and response actions including host isolation and remediation scripting. Analyst teams correlate EDR telemetry with SIEM events to identify lateral movement, persistence mechanisms, and living-off-the-land techniques that evade signature-based detection. We maintain EDR policy libraries aligned with CIS Benchmarks and your organizational risk tolerance to balance protection with operational productivity.
Our compliance reporting service maps security controls monitored by the SOC directly to the requirements of target frameworks, producing audit-ready evidence packages that satisfy external assessors and internal audit teams. For PCI DSS, we maintain log retention policies, file integrity monitoring, and network segmentation monitoring aligned to Requirement 10 and Requirement 11. HIPAA-covered organizations receive specialized monitoring for PHI access patterns, workforce activity anomalies, and breach notification support. Monthly and quarterly compliance reports include control effectiveness scores, open findings with risk-rated remediation plans, and executive summaries formatted for board and audit committee presentation.
We produce three distinct reporting tiers to serve different stakeholder audiences within your organization. Operational reports delivered weekly to your security team cover alert metrics, open incidents, vulnerability aging, and EDR coverage gaps with technical remediation guidance. Management-tier monthly reports translate security metrics into business risk language, benchmarking your posture against industry peers and tracking progress against your security roadmap. Board and audit committee reports delivered quarterly present risk-adjusted security investment value, regulatory compliance status, material risk exposure, and strategic recommendations using a format aligned with NACD and SEC cybersecurity disclosure guidance.
Yes, our vCISO service is available as a standalone offering or as an integrated component of the MSSP engagement. The vCISO serves as your named security executive responsible for developing and maintaining your information security program, engaging with executive leadership and the board, managing auditor and regulator relationships, and translating operational security data into strategic risk posture assessments. Engagements typically include a fixed number of strategic advisory hours per month supplemented by on-call availability for material incidents, regulatory inquiries, or M&A security diligence support. This model provides enterprise-grade security leadership at a fraction of the fully loaded cost of a full-time CISO in competitive talent markets.
Standard onboarding for a full MSSP engagement runs four to eight weeks depending on environment complexity, number of log sources, and existing security tool maturity. The first two weeks focus on environment discovery, asset inventory review, and log source integration - your team provides network access, SIEM credentials, and documentation of existing security controls. Weeks three and four cover detection rule tuning, alert threshold calibration, and playbook development with your stakeholders to ensure containment actions align with your change management policies. Final onboarding phases include tabletop exercises to validate incident response workflows and a production cutover with parallel monitoring to ensure no coverage gaps.
We ingest a broad range of log sources including network firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point), cloud platforms (AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs, GCP Audit Logs), identity providers (Active Directory, Okta, Azure AD), endpoint agents (EDR telemetry, Windows Event Logs, Sysmon), email security gateways, web proxies, and critical application logs such as ERP and database activity. Our log source library contains pre-built parsers for over 400 technology integrations, enabling rapid onboarding without custom development in most cases. We perform log quality validation to identify parsing errors, gaps in coverage, and sources generating insufficient telemetry before establishing baselines for anomaly detection.
Our insider threat monitoring program combines user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) with privileged access monitoring to establish behavioral baselines for individual users and peer groups. Anomalous patterns such as off-hours access to sensitive systems, bulk data downloads, lateral movement to unrelated business units, or privilege escalation outside of approved change windows generate behavioral risk scores that trigger analyst review. We integrate with your identity governance platform and HR systems where possible to correlate security events with employment lifecycle milestones such as resignation notices and role changes. All insider threat investigations follow documented legal and HR-coordination procedures to ensure findings are admissible and compliant with privacy regulations in relevant jurisdictions.
Our cloud security monitoring covers infrastructure misconfigurations, IAM policy violations, network security group anomalies, data exfiltration indicators, and workload threats across all three major cloud platforms. We ingest native cloud telemetry - AWS CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub; Azure Defender for Cloud, Sentinel connectors; GCP Security Command Center - and correlate these signals with on-premises data to detect hybrid attack chains that span environment boundaries. Cloud Security Posture Management assessments identify drift from security baselines and compliance benchmarks such as CIS AWS Foundations, CIS Azure, and NIST CSF. Our team maintains cloud-native detection rules that address techniques specific to cloud environments including credential metadata abuse, S3 bucket exposure, and serverless function injection.
Yes, our multi-region delivery model is designed to accommodate organizations with data residency obligations under GDPR, UK GDPR, India DPDPA, Saudi Arabia PDPL, and other national privacy frameworks. We operate SOC nodes and SIEM infrastructure in multiple geographic regions, enabling log data to remain within approved jurisdictions while still receiving 24/7 analyst coverage through our global follow-the-sun model. Data processing agreements, sub-processor agreements, and transfer mechanism documentation are provided as standard contractual components for organizations with cross-border data transfer obligations. Our legal and compliance team works with your data protection officer during onboarding to map data flows and document the lawful basis for security processing activities in each jurisdiction.
We establish baseline security metrics during onboarding - mean-time-to-detect, mean-time-to-respond, vulnerability remediation velocity, and security control coverage - and track these against targets throughout the engagement to demonstrate measurable improvement. Quarterly business reviews present a security value scorecard that quantifies risk reduction in monetary terms using industry actuarial data, benchmarks your posture against sector peers, and documents cost avoidance from incidents identified and contained before material impact. We also track operational efficiency metrics such as analyst hours saved by automated containment, reduction in false-positive escalations to your team, and compliance audit preparation time reduced. This data supports budget justification cycles and demonstrates security program maturity to board members, investors, and cyber insurance underwriters.
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