SLVA Cybersecurity, in partnership with ContraForce, is providing enterprise-scale cyber security to small and medium-sized businesses through 24/7 threat monitoring, proactive response plans, time-saving automated procedures, and more.
Nowadays, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have to deal with a complex threat landscape full of technical jargon and the minefield of choosing a vendor with a complete solution that fits their needs. These factors have been major drivers in the establishment of ContraForce, which aims to make security more accessible and affordable for SMEs in order to run their operations seamlessly through partners such as SLVA CyberSecurity.
The CEO and co-founder of ContraForce, Stanislav Golubchik, said that by forming a partnership with SLVA, we would be able to extend our services across South Africa and the broader African continent. “The need to improve cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is not limited to the United States. ContraForce and SLVA CyberSecurity can take great steps toward our shared goal of providing cybersecurity services to organizations of all sizes.”
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“All of an SME’s compliance and analytics needs can be met from a single, streamlined interface thanks to its no-code security automation that takes into account both on-premises and cloud-based IT infrastructures. The majority of attacks can be fixed, and many can be fixed automatically if a company only has the correct technology,” Evans explained.
“If you’re reading this post and still feeling lost about where to begin, consider yourself much ahead of the curve compared to the vast majority of businesses. Discovering resources that are tailored to your unique requirements but yet easy to use is essential for getting started, “Evans added.
ContraForce integrates with Microsoft
According to SLVA CyberSecurity CEO Patrick Evans, ContraForce has developed extensive integration with native Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, and Microsoft 365, as the vast majority of SMEs utilize a Microsoft environment.
“The inclusion of ContraForce in the Microsoft ecosystem broadens SLVA’s customer base, making cyber protection more accessible to companies that are most in need of it. Additionally, by making ContraForce available in the Azure Marketplace, companies can quickly and easily acquire the service using their existing Microsoft contracts.”
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How the company’s services work
ContraForce provides a very simple security operations platform. It is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and is designed to be utilized by IT generalists rather than highly trained cybersecurity experts. The platform verifies each threat and ensures that IT staff aren’t wasting time investigating false positives. There is no learning curve associated with responding to threats since the system leads users through remediation processes in a step-by-step manner. Users can eliminate danger with a single click by using pre-made playbooks for filing incident reports.”
Until recently, security operations management required a 24/7, highly-skilled, and costly SecOps staff that depended on manual or semi-automated procedures to react to incidents.
ContraForce, on the other hand, is a highly automated solution for SMEs that works in a five-person company just as well as it works in a five-thousand-person firm. Evans elaborates by saying that the monetary repercussions of a ransomware assault are enormous. Due to their limited resources, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are frequently unable to devote adequate effort and time to security. Despite this, 50% of SMEs will experience a breach in the next year, and 60% of SMEs hit by ransomware may expect to shut down operations within six months.
The deployment and installation of ContraForce may be done instantly online, ensuring a flawless implementation. Additionally, the platform integrates with pre-existing security measures, simplifying deployment. Due to the fact that it is built on AI and ML, it can quickly adapt to a company’s specific environment, classify potential dangers, and launch an appropriate response to incidents as they occur.
