How the watch works, from the first call to the monthly report.

Everything below is written into the contract. None of it is a slide we show once and forget.

The four weeks before the watch goes live.

What happens each week, and what we need from your team. Most companies are covered 21 to 28 days after they sign.

Day 1

Day 1

A 30 minute risk review

A 30 minute risk review

We ask what you run, who is on call and what your insurer wants, and send your three biggest after-hours gaps in writing.

We ask what you run, who is on call and what your insurer wants, and send your three biggest after-hours gaps in writing.

From you: Thirty minutes with whoever owns IT.

From you: Thirty minutes with whoever owns IT.

Week 1

Week 1

Scoping, quote and runbook

Scoping, quote and runbook

A fixed monthly price per employee, and a one page runbook: what we may do without calling, who we call, what we never touch.

A fixed monthly price per employee, and a one page runbook: what we may do without calling, who we call, what we never touch.

From you: A list of your tools and an on-call order.

From you: A list of your tools and an on-call order.

Weeks 2 to 3

Weeks 2 to 3

Connect and tune

Connect and tune

Read-only connections to endpoint, identity, email and firewall logs. Ten working days of tuning with your IT lead.

Read-only connections to endpoint, identity, email and firewall logs. Ten working days of tuning with your IT lead.

From you: Two hours a week from your IT lead.

From you: Two hours a week from your IT lead.

Week 4 onward

Week 4 onward

The watch goes live

The watch goes live

Three watches a day, a written summary for anything we contain, the report on the first Monday and a monthly review call.

Three watches a day, a written summary for anything we contain, the report on the first Monday and a monthly review call.

From you: Answer the phone when we call.

From you: Answer the phone when we call.

Three watches a day, one room, handovers you can read.

Every handover at 07:00, 15:00 and 23:00 is written down: open cases, what each client’s runbook allows, and anything unusual from the last eight hours. Your account lead reads them too.

An analyst desk on the night watch, two monitors and a desk lamp by a window at blue hour
07:00 to 15:00
Day watch
Led by Dana Okafor, GCIH
7 analysts on weekdays, 4 on weekends
15:00 to 23:00
Evening watch
Led by Luis Ferreira, GCFA
5 analysts on weekdays, 4 on weekends
23:00 to 07:00
Night watch
Led by Priya Raman, GCIA
4 analysts on weekdays, 3 on weekends

What we agree before we start.

A one page runbook for your company, signed by you and reviewed every quarter. These are the defaults most clients keep.

We act without calling

Isolate a laptop or server from the network

Revoke sessions and force a password reset

Block a sender, domain or IP address

Hold outbound mail from a mailbox we suspect

We call you first

Disabling an account used by a machine or service

Anything touching ERP, payroll or plant systems

Isolating more than five devices at once

Contacting your customers, vendors or insurer

We never touch

Payments, bank details or payroll records

Production lines, medical devices or controllers

Backups, beyond checking they exist

Anything the runbook does not list

When something fires at night.

The same order every time, whether it is 14:00 on a Tuesday or 02:14 on a Sunday.

0 to 15 minutes

0 to 15 minutes

A named analyst takes the alert

A named analyst takes the alert

High severity alerts page the watch lead directly.

High severity alerts page the watch lead directly.

15 to 60 minutes

15 to 60 minutes

Investigate and contain

Investigate and contain

Using only the actions your runbook allows without a call.

Using only the actions your runbook allows without a call.

Within 30 minutes of containing

Within 30 minutes of containing

We call your on-call contact

We call your on-call contact

Day or night, in the order you gave us, until someone answers.

Day or night, in the order you gave us, until someone answers.

By 07:30 the next morning

By 07:30 the next morning

A written summary

A written summary

Timeline, evidence files and what we recommend changing.

Timeline, evidence files and what we recommend changing.

First Monday of the month

First Monday of the month

In the monthly report

In the monthly report

With what changed as a result, and whether it worked.

With what changed as a result, and whether it worked.

The report your insurer and auditor will ask for.

Delivered on the first Monday and walked through on a 45 minute call. It shows every alert we triaged, every incident minute by minute, the hours we covered and three fixes in the order that matters.

Thornbury monthly security report with alerts, incidents, coverage and recommendations

The contract terms, in plain words.

Length

Length

Twelve months, billed monthly. Month to month is available at about 20 percent more.

Twelve months, billed monthly. Month to month is available at about 20 percent more.

Leaving early

Leaving early

If we miss the 15 minute target two months in a row, you can leave on 30 days notice with no fee.

If we miss the 15 minute target two months in a row, you can leave on 30 days notice with no fee.

Price changes

Price changes

Only at renewal, and never more than 5 percent a year.

Only at renewal, and never more than 5 percent a year.

Your data

Your data

Logs, rules and reports are exported to you within 10 business days of leaving, then deleted.

Logs, rules and reports are exported to you within 10 business days of leaving, then deleted.

Our insurance

Our insurance

$5 million in cyber and professional liability cover. Certificate on request.

$5 million in cyber and professional liability cover. Certificate on request.

Access

Access

Read-only wherever possible. Every action we take is logged and appears in the monthly report.

Read-only wherever possible. Every action we take is logged and appears in the monthly report.

Thirty minutes to find out who is watching your network tonight.

Bring your last insurance questionnaire or audit finding. We tell you in plain words where you are exposed after hours and what closing it would cost, then send a written quote within two business days.

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