Critical Start

Critical Start is a network security consulting company focused on helping customers improve security capability. In practice that means assessing, monitoring and responding to security threats on your behalf.

Who is it for? Mostly companies without a full security team. They also list Cyber Security, Information Services and Network Security, so expect those to show up in the feature set. They are a mid-sized team, 201 to 500 people, which usually shapes who they work with.

Critical Start is based in Plano, Texas and founded in 2012. More on criticalstart.com.

Things worth asking about: response times, what is included in monitoring, and reporting. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

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