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UltraViolet Cyber vs WithSecure

UltraViolet Cyber sells security services that run offensive and defensive operations as one integrated team. WithSecure builds and maintains cybersecurity products and services to protect businesses and organizations from cyber threats. CISO Tribune files both under MDR and managed SOC. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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UltraViolet Cyber vs WithSecure: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber sells security services that run offensive and defensive operations as one integrated team.uvcyber.comWithSecureWithSecure builds and maintains cybersecurity products and services to protect businesses and organizations from cyber threats.withsecure.com
What it sells
  • Managed SOC[1][4][11]Named analysts monitor customer environments, investigate threats and take pre-authorized response actions.
  • UltraViolet Lens[7]A platform with an open architecture that ingests Digital Exhaust from telemetry devices.
  • Elements[1][3][7][9][10][11]WithSecure Elements is a portfolio of cybersecurity offerings sold in pre-packaged bundles.
  • Elements Endpoint Security[9]Endpoint security product for Mac, Windows and Linux workstations and servers.
  • Elements Identity Security[9]Identity security product for Microsoft Entra ID.
  • WithSecure MDR[9]Managed detection and response service run by WithSecure experts for endpoints and identities.
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Headquarters
McLean, United States[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2023[3][11]Not stated on its pages
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Recent news
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Who it fits
UltraViolet Cyber describes delivery models that work with a customer's existing investments, team and stage of maturity. Engagements can be co-managed, fully outsourced or embedded with the customer team. UltraViolet Cyber's SIEM migration work includes a global provider of digital banking and lending solutions that decided to replace its legacy SIEM.The WithSecure Elements portfolio is geared to help mid-sized companies move from reactive to proactive cyber security measures. A separate bundle is for MSPs serving mid-sized or higher-risk clients who need proactive and reactive coverage. WithSecure describes one platform designed for midsize organizations.
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Where they overlap

  • UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure are both filed under MDR and managed SOC.

Where they differ, field by field

  • UltraViolet Cyber's primary category is MDR and managed SOC; WithSecure's is Endpoint protection platforms.
  • UltraViolet Cyber is also filed under Penetration testing and red team services. WithSecure is also filed under EDR and XDR and Mobile security.
  • UltraViolet Cyber lists Managed SOC and UltraViolet Lens. WithSecure lists Elements, Elements Endpoint Security, Elements Identity Security and WithSecure MDR.
  • UltraViolet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, United States.
  • UltraViolet Cyber was founded in 2023.

What it sells: UltraViolet Cyber

What Managed SOC does[1][4][11]
UltraViolet Cyber assigns named analysts who monitor the customer environment, investigate threats, and take pre-authorized response actions. UltraViolet Cyber operates the customer security stack or provides a managed SIEM and SOAR platform.
What UltraViolet Lens does[7]
The UltraViolet Lens Platform has an open architecture that ingests terabytes of Digital Exhaust from various telemetry devices each day. UltraViolet Cyber provides 24/7/365 alert monitoring, triage and escalation by certified security engineers.

What it sells: WithSecure

What Elements does[1][3][7][9][10][11]
The WithSecure Elements portfolio is geared to help mid-sized companies move from reactive to proactive cyber security measures. Elements bundles are sold pre-packaged. The Elements integration with ConnectWise PSA automatically forwards security activity from Elements into ConnectWise PSA as tickets.
What Elements Endpoint Security does[9]
WithSecure Elements Endpoint Security covers Mac, Windows, and Linux workstations and servers. One lightweight agent blocks known and unknown threats, including fileless attacks and malware with no known signature. Users can isolate a device, kill a process, quarantine a file, or block a network connection in one click from the management console.
What Elements Identity Security does[9]
WithSecure Elements Identity Security is for Microsoft Entra ID. WithSecure experts detect and respond to Entra ID credential theft, privilege escalation, and business email compromise 24/7.
What WithSecure MDR does[9]
WithSecure MDR handles 24/7 detection and response. For endpoints, WithSecure experts monitor, investigate, and respond to endpoint threats 24/7. For identities, WithSecure experts detect and respond to Entra ID credential theft, privilege escalation, and business email compromise 24/7.

Questions about UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure

What do UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure sell?
UltraViolet Cyber sells Managed SOC and UltraViolet Lens. WithSecure sells Elements, Elements Endpoint Security, Elements Identity Security and WithSecure MDR.
Are UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure in the same category?
They share MDR and managed SOC. UltraViolet Cyber's primary category is MDR and managed SOC and WithSecure's is Endpoint protection platforms.
Where are UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure headquartered?
UltraViolet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, United States.
When were UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure founded?
UltraViolet Cyber was founded in 2023.
Who are UltraViolet Cyber and WithSecure sold to?
UltraViolet Cyber describes delivery models that work with a customer's existing investments, team and stage of maturity. The WithSecure Elements portfolio is geared to help mid-sized companies move from reactive to proactive cyber security measures.

About UltraViolet Cyber

UltraViolet Cyber sells security services that run offensive and defensive operations as one integrated team.

UltraViolet Cyber was founded by former U.S. intelligence community operators. UltraViolet Cyber supports 400+ Global 2000 enterprises and federal agencies, including DHS, FDIC and NIH. UltraViolet Cyber supports organizations across financial services, healthcare and critical infrastructure, including U.S. federal agencies and Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. UltraViolet Cyber is vendor-agnostic across SIEM, EDR, and cloud, with analyst names on tickets and full client access to detections and log data.[12]

UltraViolet Cyber assigns named analysts who monitor the customer environment, investigate threats, and take pre-authorized response actions. UltraViolet Cyber operates the customer security stack or provides a managed SIEM and SOAR platform. Equinox is UltraViolet Cyber's proprietary detection engineering platform, built and operated by its Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering (TIDE) team and included with Managed SOC. TIDE engineers review, backtest, and approve every recommendation before it deploys. UltraViolet Cyber builds threat hunting, purple team validation and Equinox detection engineering into its SOC service. UltraViolet Cyber analysts take the containment actions a customer has approved ahead of time, so response starts when an investigation confirms a threat.[1][7][8]

The UltraViolet Lens Platform has an open architecture that ingests terabytes of Digital Exhaust from various telemetry devices each day. UltraViolet Cyber provides 24/7/365 alert monitoring, triage and escalation by certified security engineers. UltraViolet Cyber runs proactive threat actor reconnaissance with industry focused campaigns to uncover threats. UltraViolet Cyber performs automated incident containment and response using preauthorized response procedures.[7]

UltraViolet Cyber offers a cloud native MDR service that combines a flexible deployment model with automation. UltraViolet Cyber converts every offensive discovery to detection-as-code. UltraViolet Cyber connects its experts with customer responder groups via Slack or Teams. UltraViolet Cyber offers fixed cost or user-based modeling. UltraViolet Cyber runs a Cohort program that provides security know-how for existing IT staff.[12]

UltraViolet Cyber runs objective-based adversary simulation across electronic, social, and physical domains. Named senior operators validate every finding with evidence and context. Each finding is scored for technical merit, exploitability, and business impact, with NIST-aligned documentation for audit, leadership, and board review. UltraViolet Cyber extends adversary-driven testing to AI and ML systems across models, pipelines, and supporting platforms. UltraViolet Cyber's Purple Teaming pairs its offensive operators with customer defensive teams in a live, collaborative simulation. UltraViolet Cyber emulates known threat actors to validate how a customer security stack detects and surfaces real signals. UltraViolet Cyber operators can work shoulder to shoulder with the customer team onsite for hands-on collaboration and knowledge transfer. UltraViolet Cyber runs purple team exercises with operators and proprietary tooling such as Voodoo.[10][13][17]

Solstice is UltraViolet's proprietary AI platform, trained on six years and 30,000+ of its own application penetration testing engagements. Solstice is embedded into every AppSec engagement, where it maps attack surfaces before kickoff ends, runs specialist agent tests in parallel with practitioners, surfaces coverage gaps in real time, and drafts evidence-linked reports on the last day of testing. Every finding references the specific HTTP request and response that proves it. Solstice powers UltraViolet's penetration testing services and is not sold as a tool or deployed in the customer environment.[14]

UltraViolet Cyber does not handle SIEM migration as a lift-and-shift exercise. UltraViolet Cyber supports legacy and modern SIEM platforms without bias, so customers can choose what fits their environment and strategy. UltraViolet Cyber's CTEM delivers continuous vulnerability scanning and risk prioritization across the IT environment. Those professionals operate directly in the customer SIEM, EDR, and security tools. Every candidate is discipline-matched to the customer environment, vetted for the role, and interviewed by the customer team before starting.[15][16][17]

UltraViolet Cyber provides security services across the AI lifecycle, combining strategy, threat modeling, adversarial testing, monitoring, and training to support secure AI adoption. UltraViolet Cyber maps attack paths across models, prompts, APIs, agents, and data pipelines to uncover risks such as prompt injection, model manipulation, and data leakage. UltraViolet Cyber runs adversarial testing that simulates how attackers target AI-enabled applications before they reach production. UltraViolet Cyber offers practitioner-led training that equips development and security teams to build and operate AI systems securely. The AISec Study benchmarks how organizations are building AI security programs, scored across 64 activities and 10 capabilities. UltraViolet Cyber helps organizations understand their current AI security maturity, benchmark it against peers, and receive a roadmap for strengthening governance, engineering controls, and runtime protection.[7][10][13][14][15][18]

UltraViolet Cyber on the record

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UltraViolet Cyber full record

  1. [1]uvcyber.comUltraViolet Cyber · uvcyber.com · published September 25, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Ultraviolet cyber launches to help organizations worldwide accelerate readiness and resilience against cybersecurity threats 301796166UltraViolet Cyber via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published April 13, 2023 · Tier A
  3. [3]Frequently asked questionsUltraViolet Cyber · uvcyber.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Managed SOC Services | 24/7 Managed SOC | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Unified Offensive and Defensive Security Solutions | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Application Security Testing Services | Web, API & Cloud App Security | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]UltraViolet Lens Security Platform | Security Analytics & Detection Engineering | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Equinox: Detection Engineering Tool | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Red Team Engagements | Adversary Simulation & Advanced Threat Emulation | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]VooDoo Red Team Toolkit | Cross-Platform Offensive Security Platform | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Cybersecurity Solutions | Managed SOC, MDR, Red Team & Pen Testing | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services | Threat Detection & Response | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Purple Team Security Services | Offensive & Defensive Security Testing | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Solstice: AI-Augmented Penetration Testing | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]SIEM Migration Services | Maintain Detection & Visibility | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) | Attack Surface Risk Monitoring | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Embedded Security Operations Experts & Support | Cybersecurity Staff AugmentationUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]AI Security Services | AI Threat Monitoring & Red Teaming | UltraViolet CyberUltraViolet Cyber · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

WithSecure full record

  1. [1]withsecure.comWithSecure · withsecure.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Business suite privacy policyWithSecure · withsecure.com · published July 1, 2022 · Tier A
  3. [3]Press releasesWithSecure · withsecure.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Privacy and Security - WithSecure™WithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]European Cybersecurity for MSPs | WithSecureWithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Building and sustaining digital trust, confidence and equity - WithSecure™WithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Why WithSecure - WithSecure™WithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Trade compliance - WithSecure™WithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Pricing - WithSecure™WithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Network addresses for WithSecure Elements (cloud-managed products) - WithSecure™WithSecure Support · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]ConnectWise PSA Integration | WithSecure™ ConnectWithSecure Connect · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]WithSecure™ Cloud Protection for Salesforce Terms of Service - WithSecure™WithSecure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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