Managed Services
We use a combination of experience, expertise, and cutting-edge technology to strengthen your approach to cybersecurity.
Managed Detection & Response
Our Process
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Vulnerability Management
We coordinate with your IT team to centralize patch management, deliver security awareness training, and perform remediation sprints.
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Advanced Technology
We combine machine learning and behavioral artificial intelligence technologies with dynamic threat intelligence to detect and remediate threats around the clock.
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Active Threat Hunting and Remediation
Our goal isn’t simply to resolve short-term issues — of course, if we find a threat, we immediately act to stop it — but we also help reduce risk with proactive, long-term solutions.
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Zero-day Notifications
When we receive zero-day and high-profile alert notifications, we immediately identify impacted clients and help proactively patch or mitigate these exploits to prevent breaches.
What to Expect
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24/7 Network Protection
We continually identify, prioritize,
and remediate vulnerabilities.![]()
A True Partner
We handle threat review and response,
so you can focus on your business.![]()
Trends Insights
We look beyond today to find ways to
mature your current security posture.
Why Arete Advisors®
We do more than find and alert on threats.
We have the experience and skills to deliver IT solutions
for complex cybersecurity problems so your IT team or
managed service provider (MSP) can easily and quickly
implement changes to reduce overall risk while maintaining
focus on business-critical tasks.
Managed Service Provider
Our Method
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Managed and Co-managed Support
Our incident response experience allows us to provide more than day-to-day, break/fix operational support — we also position IT programs to enhance cyber resilience so companies can remain mission-focused.
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Backup and Disaster Recovery
We safeguard your data with Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (BaaS and DRaaS)
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Virtual Chief Information Officer
Our seasoned vCIOs share their experience as incident response leaders to advise on creating IT programs that align with your business objective — all while keeping a sharp eye on the ever-evolving threat landscape.
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Vulnerability Management
We coordinate with your IT team to update or create a comprehensive asset inventory list and highlight existing, high-confidence application vulnerabilities – both to serve as the foundation for identifying and remediating cyber risk.
What to Expect
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Deep Security Experience
We are not a pop-up IR firm — we are
career cybersecurity professionals.![]()
Industry-agnostic
No matter your sector or your company size,
we can help you.![]()
Frontline Insights
We tap into real-time threat intelligence
from real-world investigations.
Why Arete Advisors®
We offer more than strategic partnerships and day-to-day technical support. Our Managed Service Provider (MSP) professionals are on the frontlines of incident response, helping your clients combat threat actors, restore business operations, and prepare for a more secure and cyber-resilient future.
Arete BloktdSM
Our Process
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Breach Response and Analysis
When responding to ransomware incidents, we quickly identify and analyze the origin of malware variants.
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Reverse Engineering and Rules Creation
We reverse engineer malware to remediate damage and create automated Arete BloktdSM alerts and defense rules.
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Deployment in EDR Consoles
Via an application programming interface (API), we deploy a robust suite of Arete BloktdSM rules that, based on severity level, automatically alert client security operation center (SOC) teams or block threats.
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Continual Enhancements
Each month, we update Arete BloktdSM protection rules based on front-line intelligence and provide you with a customized threat activity and cyber trends report.
What to Expect
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Next-level Protection
Our proprietary threat hunting rules augment EDR platform protections.
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Ongoing Support
We partner with IT staff to deploy Arete BloktdSM and provide monthly threat analysis.
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Customized Intelligence
We customize Arete BloktdSM rules to support each client’s unique business needs.
Why Arete Advisors®
As a leading provider of incident response services, we leverage our unmatched volume of case data and experience in forensic analysis and threat remediation to stay ahead of cybercrime. By continually updating rules in Arete BloktdSM, we add a substantial layer of protection to already powerful EDR solutions so you can defend your company
against ever-evolving threats.
IR Readiness Assessment
Our Process
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Documentation Review
We review policies, procedures, standards, and architecture maps to better understand operations and uncover opportunities to enhance cyberattack response.
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Tabletop Exercises
Based on documentation review, we develop customized tabletop exercises to gauge personnel’s knowledge of policies and procedures against real-world investigation scenarios.
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Technology Review
We review security technology stacks and IT infrastructures — including logging procedures, disaster recovery plans, and vulnerability management programs — to assess cyber response capabilities.
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Recommendations and “Go Book”
We identify security gaps, recommend quick fixes, and deliver a customized IR workflow guide — the “Go Book” — for responding to cyber events.
What to Expect
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Alternative Perspective
Sometimes it takes fresh eyes to find old gaps and suggest new solutions.
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Guidance
We help you establish clear ownership of procedural response steps.
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Relationship Building
Let’s all get acquainted now so we can work together best during an emergency.
Why Arete Advisors®
From years of experience managing cyber incidents, we know that no one is immune to a cyberattack — but we also know that taking the time to prepare and practice for one can expedite recovery. We’ll teach you how to take initial containment steps and collect volatile information that will be vital to minimizing the impact of an incident.
Arete Provides Solutions For:
Industries
Experience, processes, and technologies to guide you along the fastest path to recovery.
Insurance
One-stop, full-service recovery response shop, rapidly restoring normal business operations.
Law Firms
No client is the same — so no response is the same.