The 85% Security Gap
Your MSSP covers monitoring. Cyvatar covers everything else too.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Capability | Cyvatar | Traditional MSSP |
|---|---|---|
| Security categories covered | 20 (full-spectrum) | 3-4 (MDR, risk, awareness) |
| Vulnerability remediation | Yes — 274K+ vulns fixed | No — alerts only |
| Patch management | Yes — 1.1M+ patches applied daily | No — not in scope |
| Endpoint detection & response | SentinelOne (AI-powered EDR) | Monitors your existing tools |
| 24/7 SOC monitoring | Red Canary — trained analysts | Varies — often business hours |
| Compliance mapping | 24 frameworks continuously | No |
| NIST CSF 2.0 gap analysis | 98/102 controls | No |
| Security policy generation | 54 templates | No |
| AI-powered vCISO | Agentic vCISO included | No — advisory only |
| Email security | Deployed and managed | No |
| DNS filtering | Deployed and managed | No |
| Cloud security posture | Yes | Limited |
| Data loss prevention | Partner-delivered | No |
| Identity & access management | MFA enforcement & policy | No |
| Backup & disaster recovery | Guidance & partner referral | No |
| Dark web monitoring | Partner-delivered | No |
| Security awareness training | Yes | Sometimes |
| Post-breach recovery | Full lifecycle | Investigation only |
| Ransomware prevention record | 0 in 7+ years (797 blocked) | Not published |
| Closes the loop: detect → fix → prove | Yes | Detect → alert → hand off |
Why Your IT Company Is Not a Cybersecurity Company
A dentist and a cardiologist are both doctors. But you wouldn't go to the dentist for heart surgery. IT and cybersecurity work the same way:
- Your IT company keeps systems running — helpdesk, email, cloud, printers, backups. They are the general practitioner of technology.
- Cyvatar prevents breaches — scanning daily, patching continuously, monitoring 24/7, remediating vulnerabilities, mapping compliance, running strategy. They are the specialist.
When your IT company says "we do cybersecurity," they usually mean they installed antivirus and configured a firewall. That covers about 2 of 20 security categories. The other 18 categories are where breaches happen.
MSPs Are a Top Attack Vector
The FBI, CISA, and international intelligence agencies have issued multiple advisories warning that MSPs are actively targeted because compromising one MSP gives attackers access to all downstream clients:
- Kaseya VSA Attack (2021): One compromised MSP tool led to 1,500 businesses ransomed simultaneously
- SolarWinds (2020): Nation-state actors compromised software used by MSPs, affecting up to 18,000 organizations
- CISA Alert AA22-131A: Joint advisory from US, UK, Canada, Australia, and NZ warning MSPs are exploited as supply chain attack vectors
- 2025 Verizon DBIR: Third-party breaches now account for 30% of all data breaches — doubled from 15% the prior year
7 Questions to Ask Your Current Provider
Internal, external, cloud, and remote. If no — vulnerabilities are accumulating with 132+ new CVEs published every day.
Not monthly. Not quarterly. Daily. Every day without remediation is another day your attack surface grows.
"We check during business hours" means 16 hours per day with nobody watching. Attackers don't keep business hours.
ESET and Bitdefender cannot stop sophisticated AI-driven attacks. SentinelOne and similar next-gen EDR can.
Across NIST CSF, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and other frameworks. If no — you have no proof of security posture.
If there are no metrics and no reporting, there is no security program — just tools installed.
This is the question that matters most. If they hesitate, deflect, or cannot answer clearly — that IS your answer.
Cyvatar's answers: Yes. Yes. Red Canary 24/7 SOC. SentinelOne AI-powered EDR. Yes — 24 frameworks, 98/102 NIST controls. Yes — measurable risk reduction with board-ready reporting. No. Never. Zero. Zero customer compromises. Zero successful ransomware attacks in 7+ years.
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