Cyber Incident Response Team
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Effectively Minimize the Impact of Cyberattacks
When you experience a breach, our Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) takes action immediately to minimize the impact on your business.
We also proactively work with you to understand your preparedness with Incident Response (IR) readiness services including full security incident and compromise scoping, triage, investigation, containment, eradication, remediation, and recovery to help you build a robust incident response plan. Our Incident Response retainers offer several options of service hours to give you peace of mind and confidence that you have a plan in place to deal with cyberattacks.
Common threats our CIRT handles
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Insider Threats
Third-Party and Vendor Risks
Web Application Attacks and Password Theft
Malware, Command and Control, Ransomware
Critical Start Cyber
Incident Response Team (CIRT) Services
Reactive emergency response and proactive incident readiness services
Proactive Planning & Strategy—a customer-focused approach to ensure organizational readiness
IR retainers—several options for as-needed service hours
Digital forensics investigations (PCI-DSS) available for highly sensitive investigations
Prepare. Respond. Remediate.
Let’s discuss an Incident Response Retainer
Stellar Experience
Our team is comprised of professionals who
have more than 70 years of collective
experience in digital forensics for federal law
enforcement, the Department of Defense,
intelligence agencies and the private sector.
Our forensic examiners have testified as
expert witnesses in federal court.Project-based Pricing
Our simple and cost-effective packages
include one flat price for total team hours,
regardless of how many different team
members work on the project.Flexible Service Options
Our Incident Response retainers offer the
flexibility to access experts for emergency
response or for incident readiness services to
help you prepare for an imminent event.24x7x365 Response
Minimize risk, reduce exposure, and preserve
evidence as our team coordinates and
responds quickly—critical to stopping
a breach.Ready Where You Need Us
With both onsite and remote capabilities, we
have the agility to mitigate breaches quickly.PCI-DSS Forensic Investigation
We offer on-demand forensic investigators
experienced in PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and other
protected data governance standards,
including ISO, NIST CSF.Value-Added Protection
Our Incident Response engagements include
thirty days of endpoint monitoring using our
Zero-Trust Analytics Platform® (ZTAP®) to
help identify, contain, and remediate threats.
Who we are
Our CIRT is strengthened by highly specialized education, training, and real-world experience:
- Advanced degrees in Digital Forensics, Computer Science and Criminology
- More than 35 collective certification credentials, including Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Forensic Examiner, Certified Enterprise Defender, and Certified Incident Handler
- Experience in providing cybersecurity services to Department of Defense and other Three Letter Agencies (TLAs) while serving in our U.S. military and as civilian contractors
- Close relationships with TLAs that allow the team to stay abreast of current threat actor groups and their operations
IR and MDR
Combine an IR retainer with Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services.
Critical Start Managed Detection and Response services provide 24x7x365 SOC expertise and integrations with industry-leading EDR, SIEM, and XDR technologies to quickly detect every event, resolve every alert, and respond to breaches. MDR excels in protecting customer data, stopping ransomware in its tracks, and optimizing your existing security investments.