Serving Austin, TX
24/7 SOC, managed detection & response, and audit-ready compliance for mid-market and enterprise — SOC 2 Type II since 2017.
24/7 SOC, managed detection and response, penetration testing, and audit-ready compliance for mid-market and enterprise. SOC 2 Type II since 2017. We answer your phone at 2am because that’s when adversaries call.
By the Numbers
Years Defending
Enterprise Clients
Certified
SOC Monitoring
Track Record
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The Reality
If any of these sound familiar, we should talk.
These are the situations we help Austin customers solve every week.
- →Your auditor flagged 23 findings and you have 60 days to remediate
- →You just hired your first security person and they’re drowning
- →Your insurance carrier wants MFA, EDR, and an IR plan or your premium triples
- →Your CEO read about a competitor’s breach and wants to know we’re ready
- →Your last MSSP sent monthly reports nobody read and missed a real incident
Our Services
What we deliver.
Service · 01
Managed Detection & Response (24/7 SOC)
Full EDR/XDR deployment, 24/7 SOC monitoring with named analysts (not a generic queue), and a 15-minute mean-time-to-acknowledge SLA on critical alerts. Response playbooks tailored to your environment, not a generic template.
Service · 02
Compliance & Audit (SOC 2 · ISO · HIPAA)
Readiness assessments, gap remediation, evidence collection, and audit-week support. We work with your auditor (or recommend one) and take you from “six findings open” to clean opinion. SOC 2 Type II in 90 days for most clients.
Service · 03
Penetration Testing & Red Team
External, internal, web app, and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) penetration testing with reporting that distinguishes critical from cosmetic. Annual red-team engagements for mature programs. CREST and OSCP-credentialed testers, no contractors.
Service · 04
vCISO & Security Program Build
Fractional CISO leadership for 4–20 hours/month — board reports, risk register, policy library, vendor reviews, incident-response leadership. Ideal when you’re too big for no security leader and too small for a full-time hire.
The Difference
Why mid-market CISOs and CEOs choose us.
Senior People, Not Tickets
Every engagement gets a named lead engineer with 8+ years in the field. You don’t get rotated through L1 analysts who escalate everything. Your weekly call is with the same person every week.
Outcomes, Not Reports
We measure success by reduced dwell time, closed audit findings, and uneventful insurance renewals — not by how many alerts we forwarded. Quarterly business reviews show metrics that actually matter to your board.
Honest Tooling Recommendations
We don’t resell. Our tool recommendations are based on what fits your environment and budget, not what we get a kickback on. Most clients leave with a leaner stack than they came in with.
We Show Our Work
Every finding comes with reproduction steps, remediation guidance, and a re-test on request. Every audit submission package is yours to keep. Walk away tomorrow and you walk with the artifacts you paid for.
Common Questions
You probably want to know.
How fast can you stand up monitoring?+
EDR agent rollout typically completes in 5–10 business days for a 250-endpoint environment. 24/7 SOC monitoring goes live within 48 hours of agent rollout completing. Cloud log ingestion (AWS CloudTrail, Azure Sentinel, GCP) is typically 2–3 weeks depending on existing IaC maturity.
Can you take over an existing SOC 2 Type II engagement?+
Yes. We routinely take over SOC 2 programs in any state — pre-readiness, mid-audit, or in remediation. We can work with your existing CPA firm or recommend one. Average remediation-to-clean-opinion time is 60–90 days from engagement start.
How do you charge?+
MDR is per-endpoint per-month with volume tiers. vCISO is a flat monthly retainer based on hours committed. Pen tests are scoped fixed-fee. Compliance projects are typically fixed-fee with milestone billing. No long-term lock-ins — annual contracts with 60-day exit on most engagements.
What industries do you specialize in?+
SaaS, fintech, healthcare/health-tech, professional services, and manufacturing. We have deep bench experience with HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and CMMC. We don’t take on regulated industries we haven’t worked in before.
What happens if we’re actively breached?+
Call our 24/7 IR hotline. Engagement letter is signed digitally within an hour and a senior incident responder is on a bridge with you within 60 minutes. We’ve handled BEC, ransomware, supply-chain compromise, and insider-threat investigations. Forensic and legal coordination included.
Get serious about security without buying another product.
30-minute discovery call. No slide deck. We’ll ask about your environment, your auditor, and your top three risks — and tell you straight up whether we’re the right fit. NDA available before the call on request.
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Austin, TX
Halberd Security Group
200 W 6th St, Suite 1100
Austin, TX 78701
Phone
(512) 555-0192Service Area
Texas · Southwest US · Remote engagements nationwide