Cybersecurity services for regulated organizations

Strengthen visibility.Validate controls.Reduce risk.

HardenPoint Security helps cloud-first organizations turn security requirements into practical, measurable protection: monitoring that catches what matters, testing that proves what is exploitable, and audits that show examiners your controls work.

Every engagement delivers:

  • Actionable findings
  • Executive and technical reporting
  • Audit-ready documentation
  • Knowledge transfer to your team
Why HardenPoint

Security work that holds up in front of an examiner

Regulated organizations do not just need to be secure. They need to prove it. We design every engagement so the result is both a stronger environment and the evidence to show for it.

Built for regulated environments

Financial institutions, defense suppliers, and SaaS providers under audit are our home ground. We work fluently in GLBA and FFIEC, SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and NIST CSF and CMMC, and we map every finding to the control your auditor or assessor will ask about.

Deep in the Microsoft cloud

Sentinel, Log Analytics, Defender, Entra ID, Azure DevOps, Service Bus, Logic Apps. We engineer monitoring where your workloads actually run, not from a generic template.

Evidence, not opinions

Automated scan output is a starting point. Every finding we report is manually validated, rated by real-world exploitability, and paired with a fix your team can act on this quarter.

Your team leaves stronger

Documentation, runbooks, and hands-on training are part of the scope, not an upsell. When we finish, your people can operate and extend what we built.

Services

Three practices, one goal: safeguards that demonstrably work

From Microsoft Sentinel engineering to independent testing and control assurance, each service stands alone or combines into a complete program.

Microsoft cloud security

Sentinel Engineering

Design, deploy, and operationalize security monitoring across your Microsoft cloud so the right signals reach the right people with context attached.

A good fit ifYou have Sentinel licensed but under-tuned, alerts nobody trusts, or an examiner finding about detection coverage.

What we do

  • Microsoft Sentinel and Log Analytics architecture, data connectors, and cost-aware ingestion design
  • Monitoring for Azure DevOps, Service Bus, Logic Apps, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365
  • Analytics rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, incident grouping, and alert tuning to cut noise
  • Threat-hunting queries, workbooks, and automated response playbooks
  • Validation testing to confirm detections fire on real attacker behavior

What you receive

Offensive security

Assessment & Testing

Find and validate exploitable weaknesses before an attacker does, then hand your team a prioritized path to close them.

A good fit ifYou need an annual penetration test, a pre-audit assessment, or independent assurance after a major change or migration.

What we do

  • Internal and external vulnerability assessments
  • Internal and external penetration testing with defined rules of engagement
  • Service discovery and configuration review of exposed infrastructure
  • Manual validation of every automated scan result to eliminate false positives
  • Cloud and identity configuration review for Azure and Microsoft 365

What you receive

Governance, risk, and compliance

Internal IT Audit

Evaluate whether your security controls are designed well and operating effectively, and leave with workpapers your examiners will accept.

A good fit ifYou lack an internal audit function, want an independent review before a regulatory exam, or need to validate remediation of prior findings.

What we review

  • Security governance, policies, and risk management practices
  • Identity, authentication, and access controls including privileged access
  • Account lifecycle and periodic user access reviews
  • Endpoint, server, perimeter, and patch management controls
  • Backup, recovery, and business continuity assurance

What you receive

How an engagement runs

Scoped tightly, executed carefully, handed off completely

Every engagement follows the same five steps so you always know what happens next and what you will have at the end.

  1. Discover

    A short working session on your environment, regulatory drivers, and what keeps leadership up at night.

  2. Scope

    A fixed-price statement of work with clear boundaries, rules of engagement, timeline, and named deliverables.

  3. Execute

    Engineering, testing, or fieldwork with weekly check-ins. Critical issues are escalated the day we find them.

  4. Report

    Executive and technical readouts, delivered live, with evidence packaged for your auditors.

  5. Transfer

    Documentation, runbooks, and training so your team owns the outcome, plus a retest or follow-up where it applies.

What clients say

Trusted by teams who answer to regulators

Our Sentinel workspace went from thousands of ignored alerts to a handful a day that actually mean something. The runbook they left behind is what our team uses every morning.
Director of ITRegional credit union
The penetration test report was the first one our board could read without a translator. Findings were real, prioritized, and already partly fixed by the time the readout happened.
Chief Information Security OfficerMortgage lender
Our examiner accepted the audit workpapers as-is. That alone saved us weeks of back and forth before the exam.
VP, Risk and ComplianceCommunity bank
FAQ

Common questions before an engagement

Do you only work with Microsoft environments?

Our monitoring practice is built around Microsoft Sentinel and the Microsoft cloud because that is where most of our clients run. Assessment, penetration testing, and internal audit engagements cover hybrid and multi-cloud environments, on-premises networks, and third-party SaaS.

How long does a typical engagement take?

External penetration tests usually run two to three weeks including reporting. Sentinel deployments and internal IT audits typically run six to ten weeks depending on the number of systems and controls in scope. We confirm the timeline in the statement of work before anything starts.

Will testing disrupt production systems?

Every test is scoped with written rules of engagement, approved testing windows, and an emergency stop contact on both sides. Exploitation is validated manually and never pushed to a point that risks availability or data integrity. Denial-of-service testing is excluded unless you request it explicitly.

Can your reports be given directly to auditors or examiners?

Yes. Reports are structured to serve as evidence: scope, methodology, findings, risk ratings, and remediation status are presented in the form FFIEC examiners, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 auditors, and CMMC assessors expect, and we can join a call with them to walk through methodology.

Do you offer ongoing support after a Sentinel deployment?

We offer retained engineering and tuning support so detections stay current as your environment changes. If you later bring the work in-house, you already hold the documentation, source-controlled configuration, and training to do it.

How do you price engagements?

Assessments and audits are fixed-fee after a short scoping call. Sentinel engineering is phased, with a fixed price per phase so you can stop at any milestone. Retained support is a flat monthly fee with no hourly surprises.

Start a conversation

Build a stronger, more defensible security program

Engagements are tailored to your environment, risk profile, and regulatory needs. Tell us what you are working toward and we will come back within one business day with a recommended approach.

  • 30-minute scoping call, no obligation
  • Fixed-price proposal within a week of scoping
  • Mutual NDA available before any detail is shared

Email us to get started

One message is enough. We reply within one business day to set up a short scoping call.

Email contact@hardenpointsecurity.com

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  • Your organization and the service you are considering
  • What is driving the timing: an exam, a finding, a migration, a customer request
  • A rough sense of environment size (users, servers, cloud subscriptions)
  • A few times that work for a 30-minute call

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