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Managed cybersecurity

Sleep easier. We watch the doors all night.

A 24/7 security operations team — real humans, not just an AI dashboard — looking for the things you can't. Aligned to your compliance regime, tuned to your business, ready to call you the moment something matters.

  • 24/7 managed EDR, MDR, and SIEM coverage
  • Identity-first security: SSO, MFA, conditional access
  • SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, CMMC ready
Outcomes our clients see
24/7
real humans on watch
100%
audit pass rate (SOC 2 / ISO / HIPAA)
< 15 min
avg severe-incident notification
0
data-loss events across clients in 2025
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30 minutes. No pressure. Yours to keep.

Why companies call us

If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

"We don't actually know if we're secure."

The gap: Three antivirus vendors. A firewall from 2019. No one has tested a backup since onboarding the CFO.

What we do: A baseline assessment against NIST CSF in two weeks, followed by a prioritized 90-day fix plan and ongoing posture management.

"Our security tools don't talk to each other."

The gap: EDR alerts go to one vendor, identity to another, email to a third. Nobody correlates. Real attacks slip through the seams.

What we do: One SIEM, one console, one team correlating signals across endpoints, identity, email, cloud, and SaaS — 24 hours a day.

"Our auditor wants evidence we don't have."

The gap: You have controls in your head. They want them in writing, with timestamps, ownership, and exceptions.

What we do: Environments designed to produce evidence as they run. SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA evidence packages exported in clicks.

What's included

Every capability you need. None you don't.

We build a tailored scope against your environment. Here's the full menu — pick what fits, drop what doesn't.

Managed EDR / MDR

24/7 detection and response across endpoints. CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Defender, Huntress — opinionated, optimized.

SIEM / log correlation

Sumo, Datadog, Sentinel, Elastic. Tuned, deduped, enriched. Alerts that mean something.

Identity & access

SSO, MFA, conditional access, privileged access, lifecycle automation. Identity is your new perimeter.

Email & phishing

Microsoft Defender, Proofpoint, Abnormal. Quarterly phishing sims, continuous awareness training.

Cloud security posture

AWS, Azure, GCP — CSPM, CIEM, IaC scanning, container & serverless coverage.

Vulnerability management

Continuous scanning, prioritized remediation, monthly reporting against CISA KEV and your own SLA.

Incident response retainer

Pre-negotiated retainer with named responders, signed playbooks, table-top drills twice a year.

Compliance automation

Drata, Vanta, Secureframe. We run the platform, produce evidence, and own auditor handoff.

Security awareness training

Curated, short, modern. KnowBe4, Hoxhunt, custom content. Engagement, not yawning.

What you'll have in 90 days

Real, measurable, signed-off.

Every deliverable is documented, version-controlled, and yours to keep — even if you ever leave.

  • Posture baseline

    NIST CSF assessment, gap analysis, prioritized 90-day plan.

  • Identity hardening

    MFA enforcement, conditional access policies, privileged access management.

  • Endpoint protection

    Managed EDR/MDR rolled out to every device, with 24/7 response.

  • Email & phishing program

    Filtering, DMARC enforcement, quarterly simulations, training cadence.

  • Tabletop exercise

    Annual ransomware tabletop with leadership team. Documented gaps + fixes.

  • Vendor & 3rd-party risk

    Third-party tracker, DPA library, annual review program.

  • Compliance evidence pipeline

    Drata/Vanta wired to your environment. Auditor-ready PDFs.

  • Live posture dashboard

    One URL: posture, alerts, training, audit progress, recent incidents.

How we work

A predictable process. No black boxes.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Two-week NIST CSF baseline. We benchmark you against your industry and your compliance regime.

  2. 02

    Harden

    90-day prioritized roll-out: identity, endpoints, email, backups, vendor risk.

  3. 03

    Watch

    24/7 SOC live. Alerts triaged in under 15 minutes. Real humans, named in your runbook.

  4. 04

    Mature

    Quarterly red-team exercises. Annual tabletops. Compliance evidence flows automatically.

Common questions

Top questions about cybersecurity.

Don't see yours? Ask us anything — we answer real emails personally.

Are you a managed SOC, or do you outsource it?

In-house. Our SOC operates from San Francisco, Dublin, and Singapore. Every analyst is a W-2 employee of Athena IT. We don't resell someone else's SOC.

Which compliance frameworks do you support?

SOC 2 (Type I & II), ISO 27001, ISO 27701, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS, CMMC, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF.

Do you replace our security tools or use ours?

Either. We have opinions, but we work with your existing investments where they make sense. Where they don't, we make a clear recommendation with cost/value math.

What happens during an active incident?

A named senior analyst leads. Pre-signed authority to act. We notify you within 15 minutes for severe events. Forensics-grade documentation is produced for every incident.

Can you act as our outsourced CISO?

Yes. Many clients run with our fractional CISO model: a named senior who attends your board meetings, owns the security roadmap, and reports to your audit committee.
Ready when you are

Let's see if cybersecurity is the right fit.

Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll listen, ask better questions than the last guys, and write up a tailored proposal — only if it makes sense for you.