BRIGHT KNIGHTTECHNOLOGIESBook Assessment
Security • Defense in Depth

Layered defense.
Always-on watch.

Modern threats don't come through one door, so we don't defend just one. Bright Knight engineers a layered security posture for every client — identity, endpoint, network, data, and monitoring — so a compromise in one layer is contained by the next.

EDR / MDRDNS SecurityIdentity ProtectionBackup & DR24/7 SOC
Defense in Depth

Five layers. One coordinated defense.

Each layer of the Bright Knight stack is independently capable. Together, they create overlapping zones of protection where an attacker who breaches one layer immediately encounters another.

L5

Monitoring & Response

24/7 Security Operations Center via Huntress. Real human analysts review telemetry, hunt threats, and respond to incidents around the clock.

Huntress MDRSOC analystsIncident response
L4

Data Protection

Immutable backups via Acronis Cyber Protect. Tested recovery procedures. Ransomware rollback capability. Air-gapped retention for resilience.

Acronis Cyber ProtectImmutable storageDR testing
L3

Network & DNS

DNS-layer threat blocking via DNSFilter stops malware, phishing, and policy violations at the resolver — before traffic reaches endpoints.

DNSFilterAuvik (add-on)Network monitoring
L2

Endpoint

Endpoint detection & response active on every managed device. Patch management via NinjaOne keeps the attack surface continuously closing.

Huntress EDRNinjaOne RMMSentinelOne (premium)
L1

Identity

The new perimeter. Conditional Access policies, MFA enforcement, Intune device compliance, and identity threat detection through Huntress ITDR.

Microsoft EntraConditional AccessHuntress ITDR (add-on)
The Reality of 2026

SMBs are the new prime target.

The myth that attackers go after enterprises died years ago. Today, automation, ransomware-as-a-service, and identity-based attacks make every SMB a viable target. We help our clients understand the landscape — and prepare for it.

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of cyberattacks target small businesses
Source: Verizon DBIR (industry-wide reporting)
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of small companies fail within 6 months of a major breach
Source: U.S. National Cyber Security Alliance
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average time to identify & contain a breach without active monitoring
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report
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average global cost of a data breach in 2024
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report
What We Defend

A focused stack. Deeply understood.

We don't carry every product on the market. We carry the ones we trust, deployed by the same hands that built our internal validation environment.

Identity Protection

  • Microsoft Entra Conditional Access — enforce policies on who can access what, from where, on what kind of device.
  • MFA enforcement on every privileged identity by default.
  • Intune device compliance — unmanaged devices are denied. Period.
  • Huntress ITDR (add-on) — detects compromised identities even after credentials are lost.

Endpoint Defense

  • Huntress EDR + MDR — endpoint telemetry monitored and acted on by a 24/7 SOC.
  • NinjaOne RMM — patch management, configuration enforcement, and remote remediation.
  • SentinelOne (premium add-on) — enterprise-grade EDR for elevated risk profiles.
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (alternative add-on) for Microsoft-heavy environments.

Network & DNS

  • DNSFilter — blocks malware, phishing, and policy violations at DNS resolution.
  • Network architecture review as part of every onboarding assessment.
  • Auvik (add-on) — real-time topology, device monitoring, change tracking for complex environments.
  • Recommended firewall vendors and configurations vetted as part of stack rollout.

Backup & Disaster Recovery

  • Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud — immutable, encrypted, off-site by default.
  • Tested recovery procedures, not just configured backups.
  • Ransomware rollback capability for affected endpoints.
  • Microsoft 365 backup — because cloud doesn't mean backed-up.

Monitoring & Response

  • Huntress 24/7 SOC — the headline difference of the Sentinel tier.
  • Incident response runbooks documented in your Hudu workspace.
  • Quarterly security reviews on Sentinel tier.
  • Microsoft Sentinel SIEM (add-on) for compliance-driven log retention.

Documentation

  • Hudu — secure documentation, password vaults, network diagrams, runbooks.
  • Every change tracked in HaloPSA tickets. Audit trail by default.
  • You own the documentation — if our relationship ever ends, your environment isn't a mystery.
  • Onboarding deliverable: a populated Hudu workspace before steady-state.
Framework Alignment

We help you move toward recognized frameworks.

Whether your business is preparing for a future audit, satisfying a customer requirement, or simply benchmarking maturity, we structure our recommendations against industry-recognized cybersecurity frameworks.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology framework for managing cybersecurity risk. Our recommendations map to the six functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.

CIS Critical Security Controls

The Center for Internet Security's prioritized set of safeguards. Our standard stack is structured around the foundational and organizational controls applicable to most SMBs.

Microsoft Secure Score

Microsoft's measurable benchmark for tenant configuration. Every Bright Knight onboarding includes a baseline Secure Score and a roadmap to elevate it.

An important note about compliance.

Bright Knight Technologies helps clients align with the spirit and best practices of recognized cybersecurity frameworks. We do not certify, attest to, or guarantee compliance with any regulatory or contractual standard, including (but not limited to) HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, CMMC, ISO 27001, GDPR, or any state or industry-specific cybersecurity regulation.

Formal compliance certification requires independent third-party audit and is the legal and regulatory responsibility of the client. We are happy to coordinate with your auditor, provide documentation supporting your audit posture, and implement the technical controls a framework calls for — but the certification itself is not within our scope.

If you have specific compliance obligations, we'll discuss them honestly during your assessment and tell you exactly what we can and cannot do to help you meet them.

30 Minutes • No Obligation

See where your defenses stand. Then decide.

A free Bright Knight security assessment looks at your environment through the same five-layer lens we apply to every client — and gives you a prioritized findings document yours to keep.