Popular opinions suggest that cyber security awareness and related services is a matter of concern for only large businesses and enterprises as they are more vulnerable to threats and have more at stake than an inchoate or fledgling business. However, a start-up or a small business is just as vulnerable to cyber threats as a large corporation. Unlike large corporations, startups and small businesses, have limited knowledge and budget and often overlook spending on cyber security, considering it as a secondary issue or an additional expense. This mindset attracts cybercriminals who consider them to be easy targets and know how to bring their business to a halt for quick and convenient monetary gains.

Hyderabad headquartered Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), Shieldify is focused on helping SME customers by offering(Cyber & Information Security) consulting, technology professional services, and managed SOC services. Shieldify helps SMEs by establishing their current security posture, before embarking on a journey to secure them using a combination of people, process and technology interventions. “We look at cyber security as a business problem and not something related to technology alone.

Our team, which has deep understanding of different business verticals, looks at risks which uniquely impact different organizations and build solutions to address them”, says Shravan Karpuram, CEO, Shieldify Solutions. Shieldify has an experienced team with an in-depth real world experience around how information security breaches impact businesses.

Shravan is an industry stalwart with over 25 years of experience, working in areas ranging from IT, Healthcare, Logistics, Networking, Blockchain and Cyber security. He has a rich entrepreneurial experience and has been an integral part of multiple start-ups as a founder and co-founder. With Harvard University and the University of Florida as his alma mater, he has a strong academic pedigree to go with his vast experiential knowledge and his penchant for technology, making him uniquely placed to lead the way in the Cyber Security space.

Shieldify offers a wide range of services including consulting, advisory services, security standards implementation, technology professional services, managed security operations center (SOC) and IoT security services. Under the Advisory Services, Shieldify helps customers implement various standards such as ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOC-2 and others. Shieldify also offers cyber security assessment services for organizations.

As part of their consulting practice, Shieldify establishes customers’ current security posture, identify gaps against industry best practices like ‘zero trust architecture’ and provides remediation plan. Once gaps are identified and documented, Shieldify will work with customers to implement technology solutions to address them using their Professional services team. Shieldify’s Managed services team will take care of day-to-day security monitoring and management needs of clients as part of Managed Security Operations Center (M-SOC) Service.

Shieldify has grown rapidly with an unwavering focus on the SME segment’s security needs. In the near future, Shieldify intends to build a world class Security Operations Center and offer 24/7/365 threat monitoring and threat management solutions to their customers

Shieldify is adept in working with CxOs and understand their business goals and challenges. Identifying various business risks, isolating those related to information/cyber security and ranking those risks as per business needs and goals; ability to put together a right solution for customers based on budget and needs; and partnering with various OEM vendors to put together a cyber security solution which is the right fit are some of the key differentiators and Unique Selling Points (USPs) of Shieldify.

Shieldify has grown rapidly with an unwavering focus on the SME segment’s security needs. In the near future, Shieldify intends to build a world class Security Operations Center and offer 24/7/365 threat monitoring and threat management solutions to their customers. At the same time, the firm also eyes to expand in the US, European and Middle East Markets. One of the most crucial goals will be to become a thought leader who understands cyber security needs of India and other developing nations.