Threat Hunting and Active Defense

Find the Threats Your Defenses Already Missed

Threat hunting proactively searches for advanced threats, like zero-days and persistent attackers, that slip past traditional defenses before they cause damage.
Active defense adds deception, honeypots, decoys, and fake vulnerabilities, that confuse attackers and buy our incident response team time to respond.

CMMC Level 2 · SOC 2 Type II · ISO/IEC 27001 · NIST SP 800-171 · Denver, CO & Washington, D.C.

Why This Combination Works

Static defenses can't catch what they weren't built to see

Standard security tools are built to catch known threats. Zero-day exploits and skilled attackers are built to get past them.
Threat hunting and active defense catch what your other layers were never designed to.

Zero-Days and APTs Don't Trip Standard Alarms

Advanced persistent threats and zero-day exploits are engineered to evade traditional, signature-based defenses. Threat hunting looks for the subtle indicators of compromise and abnormal behavior those tools miss entirely.

Attackers Assume They Won't Be Noticed

Most intrusions unfold quietly, with attackers moving through your environment undetected for as long as possible. Active defense puts deception in their path, so their next move is the one that gives them away.

Every Minute Unnoticed Costs You

The alert our incident response team gets from a threat hunt or a triggered decoy is the difference between catching an intrusion in its early stages and discovering it after the damage is done.

Two Disciplines, One Goal

Threat hunting and active defense, working together

Both feed the same team the moment something looks wrong, so response starts immediately.

Threat Hunting

We proactively search for advanced threats, like zero-day exploits and advanced persistent threats, that evade traditional defenses. By analyzing subtle indicators of compromise and abnormal behavior patterns, we detect hidden risks early, before they can cause damage.

Active Defense

We use deception, honeypots, decoy systems, and fake vulnerabilities, to confuse, slow, and disrupt attackers. Diverting threats away from real assets exposes attacker behavior and buys our team critical time to respond.

Deception Strategies We Use

Five ways we turn your network into a trap

Each strategy is designed to stall attackers long enough for us to identify and eliminate the threat.

01

Honeypots

Fake, seemingly insecure endpoints that mimic vulnerable systems. They alert us to malicious activity the moment it happens, while revealing the tactics attackers use.

02

Fake Vulnerabilities

Deliberately planted weaknesses that appear exploitable but aren't. Attempting to exploit one exposes an attacker's methods and presence, letting us respond swiftly.

05

Deceptive User Accounts

Accounts with appealingly elevated privileges that look real but exist purely to be monitored. Any attempt to use one identifies a malicious actor immediately.

04

Decoy Servers

Servers built to mimic your real production environment, giving attackers an attractive target that's actually an intelligence-gathering tool for us.

03

Fake Files & Information

Realistic but false data and files embedded in your network to lure attackers. Any movement, editing, or access generates an alert and shows us where they've been.

Why Cyberix

Experience and technology, working the same problem

Decades of Combined Experience

Our team brings decades of hands-on expertise handling advanced threats, so you're working with practitioners, not a first-year analyst reading from a playbook.

AI-Driven Insight, Human-Led Judgment

We combine the latest tools and AI-driven insights with experienced analysts who know when a tool's alert needs a second look.

Solutions Built Around Your Business

Whether you're a small team or a large enterprise, our approach is tailored to your specific business and security needs, not a one-size-fits-all package.

Certifications

Held by our organization and our team

Company-level certifications shown below; see the full list and audit history on the Certifications page.

CMMC Level 2

Confidential Unclassified Information handling

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ISO/IEC 27001

Information security management system

SOC 2 Type II

Independently audited security controls

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NIST SP 800-171

Controlled unclassified information protection

OSCP CEH CRTP CISSP GCIH GCFA CySA+ CISA CISM CRISC PCNSA

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Get Ahead in Cybersecurity

Find the threats hiding in your environment before they find you

Static defenses only catch what they're built to recognize. Threat
hunting and active defense are built to catch everything else.

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