The cyber threat landscape continues to evolve at a relentless pace, with sophisticated attacks becoming increasingly commonplace – and business losses continuing to climb. For MSPs, this reality underscores the critical importance of offering robust cybersecurity solutions as a core component of their service portfolios.
Their clients, facing a barrage of threats ranging from ransomware to data breaches, are looking to their MSPs not just for IT management, but also for comprehensive security expertise and proactive protection. In this environment, choosing the right cybersecurity partners is not just beneficial for MSPs – it's a fundamental difference-maker in their ability to effectively safeguard their clients and build trust. A strong security posture, validated and continuously improved, is a key differentiator, enabling MSPs to attract new business, retain existing clients, and demonstrate tangible value.
The same, of course, holds for MSSPs and enterprises running in-house security solutions. They also need to ensure their security postures are ready to handle the continuous barrage of attacks that don’t are likely to hit them at any moment.
OnDefend understands this imperative and has recently announced significant enhancements to its BlindSPOT breach and attack simulation (BAS) platform. More specifically, it has added new feature sets for threat detection validation and threat response validation.
Threat detection validation and threat response validation are critically important because they provide tangible proof that an organization's security investments and operational processes are actually working as intended in the face of real-world attack scenarios. They move beyond theoretical security to provide operational assurance, answering the question, “If an attacker tries X, will we see it, and will we stop it effectively?” Without this continuous validation, organizations are essentially operating on assumptions about their security postures – a dangerous and potentially costly gamble in today's threat landscape.
“Penetration testing is like checking your home window and door locks, but it doesn’t tell you if your alarms notify response teams. BlindSPOT continuously tests detection and response capabilities to prove your organization is protected. If your home provider did that daily, wouldn’t you sleep better at night?” — Chris Freedman, CEO and co-founder, OnDefend.
BlindSPOT is designed to provide security leaders with the operational assurance and visibility they need between traditional penetration tests. It works by continuously simulating various attack scenarios, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, to test the effectiveness of an organization's security controls. This allows for the ongoing validation that detection tools are triggering alerts as expected and that security teams, whether internal or third-party, are responding effectively and within defined timeframes.
BlindSPOT tracks key metrics like Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR), and provides real-time failure alerts, ensuring that security gaps are identified and addressed proactively, before malicious actors can exploit them.
Businesses and the MSPs/MSSPs that serve them invest heavily in tools like EDR, XDR, SIEM, and also SOC teams and MDR providers. Knowing these investments should work is different from having continuous proof that they are working as intended in real-world attack scenarios. BlindSPOT bridges this gap by providing that continuous validation.
This assurance is invaluable for clients, and by offering it, MSPs can solidify their position as trusted security advisors. While penetration testing remains a crucial element of a comprehensive security strategy, identifying perimeter vulnerabilities, BlindSPOT complements this by validating what happens after a potential breach. It answers the critical questions of whether threats are detected and whether response mechanisms are effective. By partnering with OnDefend and leveraging BlindSPOT, MSPs can provide their clients with a more robust, continuously validated security posture, leading to stronger client relationships and new opportunities for growth in an increasingly security-focused market.
Edited by
Erik Linask
