Soteria

Soteria is a cybersecurity consultancy established in 2014 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. The firm was founded by a team with deep-seated experience from leading roles in private industries, state governments, and federal intelligence communities. This collective expertise forms the foundation of the company's approach to cybersecurity. The company's business model is centered on providing expert advisory services, consulting, and customized solutions to help clients prevent, detect, and respond to security incidents. Revenue is generated through these fee-based services, which cater to a diverse client base that includes state and local governments, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and organizations within the financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, and insurance sectors.

The company's service portfolio is comprehensive, encompassing managed detection and response (MDR), offensive security assessments like penetration testing and red teaming, incident response, and strategic advisory services. Soteria Defense, a key offering, provides clients with 24/7 access to a team of security experts, effectively extending the capabilities of a client's in-house security team. This service focuses on proactively monitoring endpoint and application threats to filter out noise and deliver critical intelligence. Soteria distinguishes itself by moving beyond compliance-driven, "box-ticking" exercises. Instead, it focuses on identifying genuine points of weakness and developing practical remediation strategies that align with a client’s specific workflows and resources. The firm emphasizes clear communication, capable of delivering strategic insights to C-suite executives and detailed technical recommendations to IT personnel.

Soteria's market positioning is built on tailoring its solutions to meet the specific security needs and infrastructure of each organization, from small startups to large enterprises. The company serves clients across all industries, helping them protect against cyber threats and meet regulatory compliance requirements such as SEC, FINRA, NYDFS, and GLBA. For manufacturers, services are geared towards protecting operational technology and intellectual property, while in healthcare, the focus is on safeguarding sensitive patient data. This client-centric and industry-aware approach is encapsulated in the company's guiding principle, "Security is for Everyone." Keywords: cybersecurity consulting, managed detection and response (MDR), incident response, penetration testing, security advisory, compliance services, vulnerability management, offensive security, risk assessments, threat hunting, cybersecurity for finance, healthcare cybersecurity, manufacturing security, government cybersecurity, private equity cybersecurity, Soteria Defense, endpoint security, application security, Microsoft 365 security, strategic security