Assess. Test. Advise. Architect.
Every engagement begins with understanding your environment. From there, we help you decide what matters most, prove what is exploitable, build the infrastructure to support it, and watch it once it is live. Our services work independently or as a complete lifecycle.
Security assessments
Know where you stand.
Our assessments give you a comprehensive view of your security posture across cloud platforms, on-premises systems, network devices, and internet-facing assets.
What we look at
- External attack surface
- Internet-exposed services, ports, certificates, and forgotten assets discovered through platforms like Shodan.
- Infrastructure intelligence
- Domain, DNS, and hosting relationships mapped with Validin to reveal shadow IT, expired assets, and third-party dependencies.
- Network trust and traffic risk
- Identification of anonymized, proxied, or high-risk traffic sources using Spur intelligence.
- Cloud configuration
- Identity, access, storage, and network settings across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Microsoft 365.
- On-prem and endpoint posture
- Servers, firewalls, network devices, and endpoint controls.
- Policy and governance review
- Existing policies, standards, and alignment to frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls, or ISO 27001.
What you receive
- An executive summary written for leadership
- A prioritized findings report with risk ratings and remediation steps
- A remediation roadmap you can hand to your IT team or vendors
- A readout session to walk through results and answer questions
Security consulting
Expert guidance when and how you need it.
Whether you need a virtual security advisor on retainer or a focused engagement to solve a specific problem, our consultants bring practical, vendor-neutral advice.
Common engagements
- Security strategy and roadmap development
- Cloud security and migration planning
- Policy, standards, and procedure development
- Compliance readiness support (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC)
- Vendor and technology evaluation
- Remediation planning and project oversight
- Fractional or virtual CISO advisory
Solution architecture
Security designed in, not bolted on.
We design, implement, and maintain secure infrastructure in partnership with leading technology vendors. From network segmentation and identity to cloud landing zones and secure remote access, we build environments that are resilient, manageable, and aligned to your business.
Our architecture services include
- Secure network and cloud architecture design
- Identity and access management design
- Zero-trust and segmentation strategies
- Firewall, VPN, and secure remote access solutions
- Endpoint and device security platform design
- Vendor coordination, procurement support, and implementation
- Ongoing maintenance, tuning, and lifecycle management
Penetration testing
Prove it, do not assume it.
Assessments show what is exposed. Penetration testing shows what an attacker can actually do with it. Our testers safely exploit findings under agreed rules of engagement, so remediation is driven by demonstrated risk rather than theoretical severity.
What we test
- External and internal network penetration testing
- Web application and API testing
- Cloud configuration and identity attack-path testing
- Wireless and remote-access testing
- Authorized phishing and social-engineering simulations
- Retesting after remediation to confirm the fix holds
Every test runs under written authorization with defined scope, windows, and escalation contacts. You receive a findings report with reproduction steps, evidence, and prioritized fixes.
SIEM and SOC integration
See everything in one place.
We design, integrate, and tune SIEM and SOC capabilities around the platforms you already run, whether that is Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, or Google SecOps, and connect them to the telemetry from your cloud, network, identity, and endpoint vendors.
What we deliver
- SIEM platform selection, deployment, and migration
- Log-source onboarding across cloud, OEM, identity, and SaaS
- Detection engineering and use-case development
- Alert triage playbooks and SOAR automation
- SOC operating model design: in-house, co-managed, or outsourced
- Health monitoring, tuning, and ingest cost control
Data sources we integrate
A sample of the cloud platforms and security vendors we onboard as SIEM data sources and SOC workflows.
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Splunk
- Elastic
- Google SecOps
- Sumo Logic
- Datadog
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
- Microsoft 365
- Cloudflare
- Kubernetes
- GitHub
- CrowdStrike
- SentinelOne
- Microsoft Defender
- Palo Alto Networks
- Fortinet
- Cisco
- Juniper Networks
- Check Point
- Zscaler
- F5
- Okta
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Cisco Duo
- Tenable
- Qualys
- Rapid7
- VMware
- Trend Micro
Research and development
Custom capabilities when off-the-shelf falls short.
Some problems do not have a product. Our internal R&D team builds custom tooling, integrations, and automation for clients whose requirements outgrow what vendors ship, and keeps our own assessment and detection methods current.
What we build
- Custom detections, parsers, and connectors for unsupported data sources
- Security automation and orchestration workflows
- Internal tooling, dashboards, and reporting pipelines
- Proof-of-concept builds to evaluate a control before you buy it
- Integration between security platforms and business systems
- Secure development practices and code review for your own tools
Our scope
Z-Trust covers assessment, advisory, architecture, penetration testing, SIEM and SOC integration, and custom research and development. What we do not do is resell a product line: every recommendation is driven by your environment. When a client needs a capability outside our team, we bring in a trusted specialist and stay accountable for the result.
Not sure where to start?
Most clients begin with an assessment.
One partner across the whole lifecycle
Assess, design, implement, and maintain, with the same team from the first readout to the last change window.