About
A cybersecurity practice that also runs the IT
Caltrop Defense Group exists because splitting security from operations does not work. The team that patches the servers and the team that worries about attackers should be the same team.
Why the two belong together
When security is a separate contract, it competes for budget with the things that keep the business running today. Patching slips because a project is due. Backups go unverified because nobody owns the check. The gap between what is configured and what is believed to be configured widens quietly, and it is usually only measured after an incident.
We run both, so the maintenance that prevents incidents and the controls that contain them are funded by the same agreement and owned by the same people.
How we operate
What you can expect from us
We write things down
Your environment, the decisions made about it and the reasons for them are documented. If you leave, the documentation goes with you.
We say what we would do
Recommendations come with impact, effort and cost. Where doing nothing is a reasonable option, we will say so.
We do not oversell risk
Fear is an easy way to sell security and a poor basis for decisions. We describe what is actually likely for an organisation like yours.
We work with your people
Where you have internal IT, they are colleagues, not competition. Where you do not, we explain things without condescension.
How an engagement usually begins
Most relationships start with an assessment rather than a contract. We look at what you are running, what is supported, what is backed up and what is actually protecting you today, then give you a written picture of it. You own that document whether or not you go any further with us.
From there the work is scoped against what the assessment found, in the order that reduces the most risk for the least disruption. Nothing gets bundled in because it was on a standard list.
Request a consultation
Tell us what you have and what is worrying you
A consultation is a conversation, not a sales presentation. We will ask what your environment looks like, what has been deferred and what would hurt most if it stopped working, then tell you what we would address first.
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