About Hold Security, LLC
Hold Security, LLC is an Information Security, Threat Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Risk Management and Incident Response company, helping businesses of all sizes stay secure. Hold Security works with companies around the world to enhance their security posture. Alex Holden worked for over 10 years as the Chief Information Security Officer for a large brokerage firm in the United States before joining the consulting world. Hold Security engineers play lead roles in investigations of major security breaches.[3]
Hold Security indexes and correlates public and private/confidential resources on the Dark Web and Internet to identify malicious and threatening events. Hold Security Threat Intelligence Analysts examine threat data and interpret it to eliminate false positives. Hold Security designs its Threat Intelligence Services to assist organizations in monitoring the Dark Web. Hold Security has profiled thousands of actors. Most data gathering and processing at Hold Security is conducted by native speakers of English, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin.[1][3]
Hold Security's Domain Integrity Service provides monitoring and alerting of domain names. Domain Integrity Service offers portal access or customized reports created by Hold Security analysts.[2]
Hold Security conducts assessments of infrastructure and software through its Information Security Assessment Services to identify critical vulnerabilities. Hold Security offers services that include Penetration Testing, Red Team, and Vulnerability Assessment. Hold Security conducts all of its assessments in accordance with industry regulations and customer requirements. Hold Security compares test results to industry security standards and continuously measures improvements over time.[2][5][6]
Hold Security testing methodologies require engineers to conduct in-depth manual reviews of test results and their own battery of tests. Hold Security never relies on automated scanning tools as a sole way for assessments. Hold Security uses its Threat Intelligence Services to obtain the latest tools and techniques employed by cyber criminals. Hold Security's Black Box assessment technique simulates real-life situations where electronic assets are tested for vulnerabilities and subversions using the most basic sets of information available. Hold Security's Grey Box assessment technique scans with as much knowledge about the systems as the customer is willing to share. Hold Security offers a White Box assessment to audit or test systems, performed from the system administrator level with access to all necessary resources.[6]
Hold Security conducts tests including regression testing, debug analysis and code review to test all inputs and outputs of software for vulnerabilities. Hold Security's services include examinations of patch levels across customer software and libraries. Hold Security provides specialized Red Teams focused on offense and Purple Teams that unite offense and defense. Hold Security can help customers verify that organizational controls around security are effective on regulatory levels, human resources, and data classification. Hold Security engineers help customers identify data types and how data moves inside the enterprise within its partners and for its customers.[6]
Hold Security offers Incident Response Services to provide support and expertise in the event of cyber incidents. Hold Security helps companies that suspect cyber fraud or theft, face APTs or Nation State targeting, or encounter issues with ransomware. Hold Security works with companies of all sizes, including Fortune Global 500 organizations.[2][3][5][6]
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