Managed Security Services
System Hardening Standards
CIS-benchmark baselines built, deployed and continuously verified.
Every engagement includes manual validation, a two audience report and free re-testing.
Get a scoped quote+91 96682 00222What this actually is
Default configurations are built for compatibility, not security. Every operating system, database and network device ships with settings that make installation easy and exploitation easier.
We build hardened baselines from CIS benchmarks, adapted to what your applications actually need, then help you deploy them without breaking production.
The part clients value most is drift detection. A baseline applied once and never checked is worth very little after a year of changes.
What we go after
- CIS benchmark assessment across the estate
- Hardened baseline design per platform
- Application compatibility testing before rollout
- Group policy and configuration management implementation
- Database and middleware hardening
- Network device and firewall hardening
- Container and image baseline hardening
- Continuous drift detection
How we run it
- 01
Onboard
Log sources, agents and integrations connected, with a baseline of what normal looks like for you.
- 02
Tune
Detection rules written for your environment. We would rather spend two weeks tuning than send you noise for a year.
- 03
Monitor
Round the clock triage with severity-based response times, including nights and weekends.
- 04
Respond
Playbook-driven containment with approval gates on anything that touches production.
- 05
Report and improve
Monthly reporting your board understands, and detection coverage that grows every quarter.
What you receive
- Current-state benchmark assessment
- Hardened baseline documentation per platform
- Deployment plan with rollback procedures
- Exception register with justifications
- Drift monitoring configuration
Who needs this
Organisations whose estate grew organically, and regulated entities required to evidence configuration standards.
How long it takes
Four to twelve weeks depending on platform count.
Standards this satisfies
- CIS Benchmarks
- ISO 27001
- PCI DSS
- CERT-In
- RBI
Why it matters
Detection is not a product you buy, it is a capability you operate. Most organisations that have bought the tooling still do not have the capability, because coverage thins overnight and at weekends, which is precisely when intrusions begin.
Dwell time is the single largest driver of what a breach costs. Everything managed defence does is aimed at that one number: seeing it sooner, understanding it faster, and containing it before it becomes a recovery exercise.
Choose how you want this delivered
Most of the price difference between quotes comes down to this one choice, and it is rarely explained. Pick one to see what it covers, what it suits and what it costs you.
We take monitoring, triage, investigation and first response, around the clock, with a named service lead who knows your environment. Escalation reaches a person with context rather than a queue, which is the difference that matters at three in the morning.
Choose this when
- No internal security operations capability
- Regulatory expectation of continuous monitoring
- You want one accountable party for detection and response
Effort and cost
Monthly, scaled by estate size and log volume. Predictable, which is usually the point.
Scope it yourself, before you call anyone
Answer a few questions and you get an indicative number, the working behind it and what your answers tell us. It runs in your browser, so nothing you type reaches us.
Roughly how many personal records do you hold?
What we look for, and keep finding
These are the classes of problem this work exists to surface. Not every engagement finds all of them, but these are the ones that turn up often enough to be worth naming.
Exposed management interfaces
Administrative panels, database ports and remote access services reachable from places they should not be. Usually the result of a firewall rule added for a project and never removed.
Weak and reused credentials
Default passwords still in place, service accounts sharing a password across systems, and credentials that survive in scripts and scheduled tasks long after the person who wrote them left.
Missing patches on reachable services
We prioritise by what is actually reachable and actually exploitable rather than by scanner severity, because a critical on an unreachable host matters less than a medium on your perimeter.
Flat internal networks
Once inside, an attacker can reach everything. We test lateral movement explicitly: from a compromised workstation, what can we get to, and how long does it take.
Active Directory weaknesses
Kerberoastable accounts, unconstrained delegation, excessive privilege and stale administrative groups. Domain escalation is usually a chain of small misconfigurations rather than one flaw.
Who runs your engagement
A named service lead and a real team behind them
You get a named lead who knows your environment, backed by an analyst team running around the clock. Escalation reaches a person who has context rather than a queue, which is the difference that matters at three in the morning.
Questions we get asked
Will hardening break our applications?
It can, which is why we test compatibility before rollout and keep a documented exception register. Applying a benchmark blindly to production is how hardening projects get abandoned.
Often scoped alongside
- SOC as a Service24x7 monitoring, triage and response, powered by our AI SOC 360 platform.Read more
- Managed Security ServicesDay-to-day operation of your security stack against agreed SLAs.Read more
- Managed SIEMUse-case engineering, tuning and continuous detection improvement.Read more
- Red Teaming & Attack SimulationGoal-oriented adversary emulation that tests people, process and technology together.Read more
Ready to scope your system hardening standards?
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer, and you leave with a written scope and indicative effort.