Sudo Group / cybersecurity · technology · AI
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Operate service

Build security operations that find, prioritise and reduce real exposure.

We turn scattered tools and alerts into a proportionate security capability: define what matters, collect useful evidence, test exposure and create a response route people can operate.

direct promise

A security operating model with named assets, useful telemetry, prioritised findings and an owned route from detection to remediation.

Best fitSOC maturity assessmentSOC design or improvementVulnerability scanning
Shape the brief

What security capability needs attention?

Choose the closest situation. This changes the context carried into your brief.

Scope

Know what the work produces.

The exact statement of work follows discovery; these are the normal components and outputs of this service.

01 / included work

What we usually do

  • SOC maturity and security-capability assessment
  • Security objectives, assets and threat-context discovery
  • SOC target operating model and responsibility design
  • Log-source, SIEM and detection-use-case planning
  • External and internal vulnerability scanning
  • Authorised infrastructure and application penetration testing
  • Prioritised remediation, retesting and operational handover
02 / outputs

What exists afterwards

  • SOC maturity scorecard and target state
  • Security capability and asset baseline
  • SOC operating model and service catalogue
  • Logging, detection and escalation design
  • Vulnerability or penetration-test report
  • Risk-ranked remediation plan
  • Retest evidence and operational runbook
Responsibility model

Managed does not mean ambiguous.

Final ownership and coverage are written into the service schedule. This example shows how boundaries are made visible.

ActivitySudo roleClient or supplier role
Testing authority and scopeSudo documents and follows rules of engagementSystem owner gives written approval
Scanning and validationSudo performs the agreed technical workClient provides accurate assets and exclusions
Risk and remediation prioritySudo supplies evidence and recommendationClient owns business impact and acceptance
Special assurance requirementsSudo coordinates the agreed routeAssured provider retains its formal role

Scan, penetration test or SOC?

Vulnerability scanning finds and tracks likely weaknesses at useful scale.

Penetration testing uses authorised human-led testing against defined objectives and rules.

A SOC capability continually connects telemetry, detection, triage and response.

Working agreement

Responsibilities before, during and after.

PlatformsTool-independent design spanning identity, endpoints, networks, cloud services, applications and central logging, with products selected only after the operating need is clear.

AfterwardsMonitoring, exposure review, remediation tracking and controlled retesting can continue under a defined managed security schedule.

What we need from you

  • Named system owner and written authority to test
  • Confirmed scope, exclusions, environments and testing window
  • Relevant architecture, asset and supplier information
  • People able to assess business impact and approve remediation

Boundaries to make explicit

  • Scanning and penetration testing begin only after written authorisation and rules of engagement
  • A vulnerability scan is not presented as a penetration test
  • CHECK-assured testing is provided only through an appropriately assured provider where the buyer or system requires it
  • Continuous or 24/7 monitoring exists only where explicitly contracted
  • Testing reduces uncertainty; it does not prove that a system is free from vulnerabilities
Delivery path

A service-specific sequence with decision gates.

  1. 01

    Frame

    Define assets, threats, outcomes, authority and constraints.

  2. 02

    Baseline

    Map controls, telemetry, exposure, ownership and current response routes.

  3. 03

    Design

    Set the operating model, test plan, detection needs and decision gates.

  4. 04

    Test

    Collect evidence through approved scanning, validation or authorised testing.

  5. 05

    Prioritise

    Translate technical findings into risk, owners and sequenced remediation.

  6. 06

    Verify

    Retest agreed fixes and hand over the operating evidence and next cadence.

Common questions

Clarify the service before the first call.

The exact scope follows discovery. These are the questions that usually need an early answer.

What does the first conversation cover?

The current situation, the outcome you need, the systems or evidence in scope, the decision owner and any deadline or assurance requirement.

Can Sudo work with our internal team or existing suppliers?

Yes. We make responsibilities, access, handoffs and retained ownership explicit rather than assuming a replacement model.

What happens after the assessment or delivery work?

We agree whether the result is handed to your team, supports a defined remediation project or moves into a separately scoped ongoing service.

next / brief

Ready to make cyber security concrete?

Bring the current system, constraint or decision. The selected context will already be in the brief.

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