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24/7 cyber security monitoring for UK businesses
Stop threats before they become incidents. Our security analysts watch your environment around the clock - hunting, detecting, and responding so your team doesn't have to.
Average days from breach to exploit in 2025 - down from 700 days in 2021
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Of exploits now arrive before a patch is even available
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Coverage your in-house team almost certainly can't provide alone
What is Proactive Security?
Proactive Security is our top-tier managed security service and the most advanced form of 24/7 cyber security monitoring we offer. It combines a 24/7 Security Operations Centre (SOC), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and proactive threat hunting into a single service - delivered by our security analysts on your behalf.
Most security tools generate alerts. The question is: who's acting on them at 2am on a Sunday? Proactive Security answers that question. Our analysts monitor your environment continuously, investigate suspicious activity, and contain threats before they spread - without waiting for you to notice something is wrong.
This isn't a monitoring service that sends you a report once a week. It's active defence: analysts with the tools, context, and authority to respond to threats in real time, around the clock.
Why reactive security isn't enough any more
The old model - deploy tools, wait for alerts, investigate when something looks wrong - was built for a threat landscape that no longer exists.
Today's attackers move fast. The average time from initial access to ransomware deployment is now measured in hours, not days. Attackers use legitimate tools and credentials to blend into normal activity. Many breaches go undetected for weeks. By the time an alert fires, the damage is often already done.
Proactive Security flips the model. Instead of waiting for threats to announce themselves, our analysts actively hunt for indicators of compromise - looking for the subtle signs of attacker behaviour that automated tools miss.
The AI threat shift: AI-powered attack tools now let less-skilled attackers execute sophisticated, targeted campaigns at scale. Phishing emails are indistinguishable from genuine correspondence. Vulnerability exploitation is faster than ever. The organisations that weather this shift are the ones with human analysts providing 24/7 cyber security monitoring - not just automated tools.
What Proactive Security delivers for your business
24/7 SOC coverage
Your environment is monitored around the clock by our security analysts - nights, weekends, and bank holidays included. Threats don't keep office hours, and neither do we.
Faster containment
When a threat is confirmed, our analysts act immediately - isolating affected devices, blocking malicious activity, and containing the incident before it spreads.
Proactive threat hunting
Our analysts don't wait for alerts. They actively search your environment for indicators of compromise - finding threats that automated tools miss.
Vulnerability management
Regular scanning identifies weaknesses in your environment before attackers find them. Prioritised remediation guidance means your team focuses on what matters most.
Incident response support
When something serious happens, you're not on your own. Our analysts support your incident response - from initial triage through to recovery and post-incident review.
No in-house SOC required
Building an in-house SOC costs upwards of £500,000 per year once you factor in staffing, tooling, and 24/7 coverage. Proactive Security gives you the same capability at a fraction of the cost.
What's included in Proactive Security
What's the difference between MDR and MSSP?
Our Proactive Security service is MDR - not just MSSP. That means our analysts don't just send you alerts. They investigate, contain, and respond on your behalf.
Who is Proactive Security for?
This tier is the right fit for organisations that:
- Have already established a security baseline and need to move to active, continuous defence
- Operate in sectors where a breach would have serious regulatory, reputational, or operational consequences
- Can't justify the cost of an in-house SOC but need the same level of protection
- Have experienced a security incident and want to make sure it doesn't happen again
- Face cyber insurance requirements that demand evidence of 24/7 cyber security monitoring and incident response capability
- Are subject to NIS2, FCA operational resilience requirements, or other frameworks that mandate rapid incident detection and response
Your security pathway
Proactive Security is the top tier of our security model. It builds on the foundations of Security Essentials and Security Advanced + Compliance - so if you're not there yet, you don't need to start here.
| Tier | Ideal for | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Security Essentials | Organisations starting their security journey or modernising legacy environments | Baseline device and identity security |
| Security Advanced + Compliance | Regulated industries, security-conscious firms, and businesses adopting E5 capabilities | Enterprise security and compliance |
| Proactive Security (You are here) | Organisations needing SOC-grade, 24/7 defence | Continuous detection and response |
Frequently asked questions
What is a Security Operations Centre (SOC)?
A SOC is a team of security analysts who monitor an organisation's IT environment around the clock - detecting threats, investigating alerts, and responding to incidents. Building an in-house SOC requires significant investment in people, tooling, and processes. A managed SOC gives you the same capability without the overhead of building and running it yourself.
What is threat hunting and how is it different from threat detection?
Threat detection is reactive - it waits for a tool to generate an alert. Threat hunting is proactive - analysts actively search for indicators of compromise that automated tools haven't flagged. Threat hunting is particularly valuable for finding attackers who've gained access but haven't yet triggered any alerts, and for identifying novel attack techniques that signature-based tools don't recognise.
How quickly do your analysts respond to a confirmed threat?
Response times depend on the severity of the threat. Critical incidents - such as active ransomware deployment or confirmed account takeover - are escalated and acted on immediately, at any hour. Our analysts have the tools and authority to contain threats without waiting for your approval on every action, which is what makes 24/7 response meaningful rather than just 24/7 monitoring.
What is Microsoft Sentinel and why does it matter?
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform. It ingests security signals from across your entire environment - endpoints, identities, email, cloud applications, network - and correlates them to surface threats that would be invisible when looking at any single source in isolation. Our analysts use Sentinel as the central platform for monitoring and investigation.
Does Proactive Security replace my existing security tools?
Not necessarily. Proactive Security is built on Microsoft's security stack - Defender XDR, Sentinel, and related tools. If you're already running these, we layer our SOC capability on top. If you're running other tools, we'll assess what makes sense to keep, replace, or integrate during onboarding.
How does Proactive Security help with cyber insurance?
Cyber insurers are tightening their requirements. Many now require evidence of 24/7 monitoring, documented incident response capability, and regular vulnerability management. Proactive Security addresses all three directly - and the security reporting we provide gives you the documentation insurers ask for at renewal time.
What happens during a serious incident?
Our analysts lead the response. They triage the incident, contain the affected systems, preserve evidence, and work with you through recovery. After the incident is resolved, we conduct a post-incident review to identify what happened, how it happened, and what changes will prevent a recurrence. You're not navigating it alone.
Ready to move to active, 24/7 cyber security monitoring and defence?
Talk to one of our security analysts. We'll review your current environment, identify where your biggest gaps are, and show you exactly what Proactive Security would put in place for your organisation.