SecurityHQ – Mitigating Cyber Attacks into 2021

SecurityHQ, formerly known as Si Consult, is a Global Managed Security Provider (MSP) that monitors networks 24/7, to ensure complete visibility and protection against cyber threats. Threats can be both external and internal. This means that the right combination of tools, skills, people, and processes is essential to proactively and effectively manage, detect and defend business systems from all malicious and anomalous activities.

Delivering Improved Security Intelligence

Established in London in 2003, as Si Consult, SecurityHQ was founded to deliver security intelligence and consulting in a post 9/11 world. The team at the company engineered solutions to threats and vulnerabilities that were largely physical in nature. With passing times, some of the greatest risks to people's lives have propagated through digital risks in today's data-driven world.

SecurityHQ recognized that its customers required support to identify risks in their digital assets. Hence, the company embarked on a journey to build its first Security Operation Centre (SOC). Its customers' challenges were the same as they are today. They demanded:

• Expertise and skills 24/7

• Visibility into risks, threats, and problems

• Response, driven by actionable security recommendations

• Bespoke approach to adapt to their business risks

In the last 17 years, SecurityHQ has evolved as the most advanced Managed Security Service provider globally. The company's Security Operation Centres are spread across the United Kingdom, the Middle East, the Americas, India, and Australia. Today, SecurityHQ has customers in every continent and almost every industry.

A Highly Proficient and Dedicated Leader

Feras Tappuni, the CEO and Founder of SecurityHQ, is responsible for managing the overall technical and financial aspects of the company. With over 25 years of experience, he has dedicated his life to cybersecurity and is driven by the desire to offer his clients the highest degree of protection against today's cyber threats. Feras has delivered numerous complex security and engineering projects to prestigious clients globally. By harnessing the right technology, processes and people, he ensures that SecurityHQ delivers a truly enterprise-grade experience.

Safeguarding Businesses with Managed Security Solutions

Be it AWS, AZURE, or something else, Feras's clients have either fully or partially transitioned to the cloud. SecurityHQ monitors cloud, as well as physical security as both are vital parts of its client's networks.

However, Feras believes that whether it is cloud or physical, a world view of threat actor groups, methods, and motives is indispensable. Cyber threats do not respect country borders. SecurityHQ benefits from its network of global SOC's and multi-language analysis to spot global threats that impact its customers in any region. Regardless of an organization's position, size or industry, the company protects its clients and their data.

Having footprints around the globe, SecurityHQ operates out of six principle 5^th Generation Security Operation Centres (SOC). Each one of these SOC's is designed and built by experienced engineers to ensure that each environment is as secure as possible. That way, no matter what happens to an organization, the company supports them and keeps monitoring their network 24/7 to provide complete visibility and peace of mind.

Leveraging Technology to Deliver Best Security Services 

SecurityHQ employs multiple technologies. Its  Incident Management Platform is an arena for incident workflows, SLA management, data visualization and document repository. At the core, its people are the strong foundation of the company. "Technology will only take you so far, it is the analysts and our expert team that create the actions," says Feras.

Innovation Through Redefined and Tailored Solutions

SecurityHQ prides itself on its SecurityHQ Incident Management Platform. This innovative platform provides its clients with unrivalled network visibility. As every client is different, diverse risks, industries, geolocations, regulatory requirements, and processes demand a bespoke response. The company delivers tailored services as per its client's specific needs and attributes. Built on a strong foundation, the team of expert engineers at SecurityHQ knows its customers' requirements for each and every event. According to Feras, attention to detail is the key. Which is why SecurityHQ only uses top right Gartner Magic Quadrant technology to ensure that its high standards are met across the board.

Finding a security partner that offers optimized solutions for business is tough. Most offerings in the market consist of a set of re-branded tools, or product-based solutions that are oversold and consistently under delivered. Among other elements, they do not address the dearth of skills, technology needs, or compliance requirements. SecurityHQ is a security partner that provides context and acts on this intelligence to make positive and actionable business change.

The company's services include:

• Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

• Managed Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

• Digital Risk and Threat Monitoring

• Managed Endpoint Protection (EPP)

• Decoy & Deception Honeypots Service

• Managed Firewall

• Penetration Testing Service

• Vulnerability Management Service

• ISO/IEC 27001 & Security Compliance

• User Behaviour Analytics (UBA)

• CISO as a Service

• Managed Network Detection & Response (Powered by Darktrace)

• Network Flow Analytics

• Web Application Security Testing Service

Valuable Awards and Appreciations

In 2020, SecurityHQ has been named as a Crown Commercial Service Supplier. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. The company has also been nominated as a 2020 IBM Beacon Awards finalist within the 'Outstanding Security Solutions' category.

Further, SecurityHQ has received precious feedback from its clients. Some include:

"The customer-focused, technically astute benefit of the SecurityHQ experience in implementing a large scale, complex 24×7 security operations such as ours is immeasurable. SecurityHQ just gets it" – Mary Kotch, Group CIO/CISO, Aspen Insurance.

"We are particularly happy with their tailored approach to our security requirements and the way they rapidly adapt to the ever-changing threat landscape. SecurityHQ listens carefully to the security needs of our business and use their expertise to bring insight framed in the context of our business/industry." – Gurdip Kundi – Operations Director/Infrastructure Manager, Foxtons.

The Future of Security

SecurityHQ currently owns and manages six security operating centres around the world. The company aims to expand them from six to ten in the next two years. SecurityHQ already has identified SOC's that it would plan to open in Australia, as well as in the US. The company also wants to bring its range of products and proven commercial delivery of these products. SecurityHQ has been doing this for many years and understands how to meet the compliance requirements of each of those countries. The company is extremely excited about this to go forward.

Feras exclaims that to have been there from where cyber requirements were ten years ago, which for most organizations was predominantly 'I have antivirus and a firewall', to the sophistication of where it is today is extraordinary. "The industry is continually growing. More devices, more threats, more alarms, more risks. We have never been busier. New sophisticated threats are emerging daily, and everyone is a potential victim. This requires continually evolving security processes to mirror the growing threat landscape," he emphasized.