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Compromise Assessment

Determine whether your systems have been compromised and uncover indicators of past or ongoing attacks.

Managing cyber threats starts with knowing whether you've already been breached. A Compromise Assessment gives you the answer.

Many organisations have been compromised without knowing it. Attackers can remain undetected in a network for weeks, months, or even years, quietly exfiltrating data or laying the groundwork for a larger attack.

Our Compromise Assessment uses advanced detection techniques across your logs, network, endpoints, and email systems to identify indicators of compromise and provide you with a clear picture of your security status.

Whether you suspect a breach or simply want peace of mind, a Compromise Assessment is the first step to understanding your true security posture.

Our Approach

How We Detect Compromise

We examine your environment from multiple angles to ensure nothing is missed.

Log Analysis

Deep analysis of system, application, and security logs to identify anomalies, suspicious patterns, and indicators of compromise that may have gone unnoticed.

Network Analysis

Examination of network traffic patterns, DNS queries, and data flows to detect command-and-control communications, data exfiltration, and lateral movement.

Endpoint Analysis

Forensic examination of workstations, servers, and other endpoints to identify malware, persistence mechanisms, and signs of unauthorised access.

Email Analysis

Review of email systems and logs to identify phishing attacks, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and other email-based threats that may have bypassed defences.

Assessment Phases

Structured Assessment Process

Intelligence Gathering

Collect threat intelligence relevant to your industry and infrastructure to focus the assessment.

Data Collection

Gather logs, network captures, and endpoint data using non-intrusive collection methods.

Analysis & Detection

Apply advanced analytics and expert investigation to identify indicators of compromise.

Reporting & Response

Deliver findings with severity ratings and guide your team through immediate response actions.

Detection Focus

What Our Experts Look For

  • Unusual ports, protocols, or malformed data packet transmissions
  • Unusual data transmission levels from a host or to a specific destination
  • Sensitive data leaving the network, such as PII, personal data or credit card information
  • Command and control communication and backdoors
  • Suspicious changes in behavior on the database and application servers
  • Indicators of the presence of any file-less malware
Why It Matters

Benefits of a Compromise Assessment

  • Provides a robust analysis of ongoing or previous compromises and breaches
  • Provides risk assessment by identifying vulnerabilities in security architecture, system security misconfigurations, improper policy violations and human error
  • Provides increased situational awareness on systematic risk of exposure
  • Increases an organization's preparedness for future intrusions
  • Reveals insights into the motivations of a threat actor
  • Delivers MITRE ATT&CK model to help characterize and describe post-compromise behavior
  • Provides comprehensive reporting of the assessment and guidance on remediation
  • Actionable threat intelligence to optimize your network security
  • Even if our assessment does not find any threat activity, we will identify steps your company can take to improve your resiliency and breach readiness

Actionable Threat Intelligence to Optimise Your Network Security

If a compromise is detected, our reporting breaks down the complex information into a clear chain of actionable intelligence.

We highlight the areas of compromise and provide guidance on remediation activities to optimise your team's response time.

Even if our assessment does not find any threat activity, we will identify steps your company can take to improve your resiliency and breach readiness.

Ready to protect your company and launch your SOC-as-a-Service?