Level 1 Deep Dive: Foundational & Reactive
Building the Walls of Your Digital Fortress
The Reality of Level 1
At the Foundational & Reactive stage, your organisation is aware of cybersecurity risks but lacks comprehensive visibility.
You have installed the basic "locks on the doors," but your IT team is entirely reactive—only responding to threats after the alarm has sounded.
In this stage, systems are often siloed, and security processes rely heavily on manual intervention or ad-hoc individual efforts.
The Challenge
Management has little to no visibility into the expanding digital attack surface, and many organisations are unaware that 9 out of 10 cyberattacks begin with a phishing link. Without a baseline understanding of your environment, it is impossible to protect it effectively.
The Geeks on Tap Solution Stack (Level 1)
To establish your baseline and build a strong perimeter, we deploy our foundational stack:
Visibility & Benchmarking
We start with our bespoke Workspace Security Tool (workspacesecurity.tools). This tool conducts a comprehensive analysis of your Google Workspace environment to benchmark your current posture and check policy enforcement against best practices.
Perimeter Defence
As a Sophos Gold Partner, we implement Firewalls to provide robust Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) perimeter security with stateful inspection.
Basic Endpoint Protection
We deploy foundational Antivirus and anti-malware using either Sophos Intercept X or the alternative CrowdStrike endpoint protection to secure user devices.
Domain Security (Monitoring)
We integrate Sendmarc domain security services in monitoring mode (p=none). This gives us critical visibility into who is sending emails on your behalf without blocking legitimate traffic.
Reactive Support
Our MSP services via geeksonchat.com.au provide essential, on-demand IT and security support to help you put out fires as they arise.
Where does your organisation stand?
If you aren't yet at a Level 3, your digital assets are at serious risk.
Contact us today to assess your current maturity and let us help you build a proactive, AI-ready defence strategy.
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