Managed Cybersecurity Services Matched to Your Company's Risk

CompassMSP’s managed cybersecurity services combine continuous monitoring, threat detection, human analyst validation, and response capabilities, with coverage determined by your engagement. Core Defense and Complete Security provide different depths of detection, investigation, and response through the Apex Security Platform. Managed IT, Compliance & Risk Management, and vCISO advisory add operational support, compliance guidance, and executive leadership where needed. Your scope defines which services, responsibilities, and response commitments are included.

 An MSP, or managed service provider, manages IT operations, including uptime, support, infrastructure, and user productivity. An MSSP, or managed security service provider, focuses on security monitoring and management, with investigation and response capabilities varying by provider. CompassMSP connects managed IT operations with security detection, investigation, and response. When Compass manages both, security findings can move directly into containment, patching, and remediation through the teams responsible for your environment. Your engagement establishes who owns each action. 

 The Apex Security Platform is CompassMSP’s tiered detection and response model. Essentials provides the security baseline included with Compass Managed IT. Core Defense adds continuous monitoring, AI-assisted triage, human analyst validation, and scoped containment. Complete Security adds dedicated analyst support, deeper investigation, continuous forensics, threat hunting, and executive reporting. Enterprise addresses more complex environments with a tailored operating model. The tiers share a security foundation, while investigation depth, reporting, and response commitments reflect your selected coverage. 

 Choose the level of protection your business risk requires. Consider the sensitivity of your data, operational dependencies, regulatory obligations, internal resources, and potential impact of an incident. Core Defense suits organizations that need continuous detection, analyst validation, and scoped response. Complete Security supports environments that require deeper investigation and forensic evidence, while Enterprise addresses greater scale or complexity. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides a useful structure for identifying priorities. Compass helps connect those priorities with appropriate coverage and compliance requirements. 

A security operations center, or SOC, monitors security activity across connected endpoints, identities, networks, and cloud services. Analysts investigate suspicious behavior, distinguish real threats from false positives, and initiate response actions within their authority. The Compass security operations center is staffed around the clock by analysts based entirely in the United States, so detection and response do not wait for business hours and never leave the country. Compass’s 24/7 managed detection and response gives your organization ongoing oversight beyond business hours. Effective SOC operations also connect detection with preparation, containment, recovery, and improvement, consistent with NIST’s incident response guidance. 

 Possibly. Compass Managed IT includes an Essentials security baseline covering foundational protections and operational controls. Dedicated managed cybersecurity adds security analysis, investigation, reporting, and response capabilities beyond that baseline. Whether you need additional coverage depends on your data, contractual obligations, regulatory exposure, and the business impact of downtime. Comparing your existing scope with Core Defense helps identify who reviews threats, when analysts are available, and what happens when an incident requires action. 

Continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) is a recurring process for identifying and reducing the weaknesses attackers could exploit. IBM’s explanation of CTEM describes five stages: scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization. The process considers software vulnerabilities, exposed accounts, configuration errors, and other conditions that could put the business at risk.

CompassMSP’s closed-loop model connects security investigation, advisory, and IT remediation so findings have a path to corrective action. The team evaluates business impact, coordinates the appropriate fix, and verifies the result. Assessments and testing support that process according to the scope of your engagement.

Explore the five CTEM stages and how CompassMSP connects findings to action.

 Yes. Core Defense, Complete Security, and Enterprise can be scoped as security-only engagements alongside your existing IT team or provider. Compass evaluates supported integrations, available telemetry, and the access needed to monitor and respond in your environment. In a security-only engagement, remediation responsibilities are coordinated with your operating teams. When Compass also provides managed IT, those responsibilities can sit within the same organization. Essentials remains the baseline included with Managed IT rather than a standalone security service. 

 Compass helps organizations validate threats, contain affected systems, investigate what happened, coordinate recovery, and identify improvements after an incident. Support can involve your internal IT team, legal counsel, cyber insurer, and other response partners. Existing clients and organizations new to Compass can request assistance. Compass’s incident response information explains that incident response is billed separately, with reduced hourly rates available to eligible cybersecurity clients. This work connects immediate response with longer-term improvements, as described in NIST’s incident response recommendations. 

 CompassMSP’s Compliance & Risk Management practice supports organizations working toward requirements associated with HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, CMMC, NIST CSF, FINRA, and NYDFS Part 500. Depending on your needs, an engagement can include readiness assessments, control mapping, gap remediation, documentation, and audit support. These programs serve different purposes: the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, for example, helps organizations manage cybersecurity risk. Compass helps identify applicable requirements and prepare supporting evidence; services alone do not confer certification or guarantee an audit outcome. 

 A vCISO, or virtual chief information security officer, provides executive-level security leadership on a fractional basis. Responsibilities can include strategy, risk prioritization, governance, investment planning, and board reporting. A vCISO is useful when security decisions lack a clear owner, spending is difficult to connect with risk reduction, or leadership needs a defensible plan. The role can also help address customer, insurer, or regulatory expectations for documented security oversight without requiring a full-time executive hire. 

 Compass helps organizations identify AI use, assess data exposure, establish approved-use policies, and implement appropriate access controls, monitoring, and reporting. Technical protections depend on the AI applications, integrations, and service scope involved. The Compass Shadow AI Playbook explains practical steps for governing AI adoption. These activities also address themes covered by the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, which helps organizations identify and manage AI-related risks throughout the technology’s lifecycle. 

 Yes, subject to compatibility, licensing, and access requirements. Compass evaluates your endpoint, identity, cloud, and other security tools to determine which data sources can support monitoring and investigation. The goal is to connect useful signals with analyst oversight and clear response responsibilities. Where replacing or consolidating tools would improve coverage or reduce unnecessary cost, Compass explains the trade-offs. vCISO & Security Advisory can help align those decisions with your broader security strategy. 

 Deployment timing depends on your environment, selected services, existing tools, and readiness to provide access. Onboarding includes connecting data sources, deploying required components, validating visibility, and establishing escalation and response procedures. Detection tuning and documentation continue as Compass learns your environment. Your onboarding plan should identify when each capability becomes active and who handles incidents during the transition. Discuss your deployment needs with Compass to establish a realistic schedule and clearly defined coverage from the outset.