Reference materials, frameworks, and downloadable assets shared with Cyvatar customers and partners.
Frameworks, operating models, and reference guides used across Cyvatar engagements. More resources will be added over time.
Roles & responsibilities framework showing who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed across every Cyvatar-managed security function — from vulnerability scanning to incident response.
Download RACI (PDF)How a top-3 U.S. debt relief company turned 800+ unknown vulnerabilities into 100% asset visibility and fully automated threat response — and why their CTO now cites cybersecurity as a growth enabler.
Download Case Study (PDF)How an early-stage identity-security SaaS team passed SOC 2 Type 2 with no in-house security headcount — pen test, TVM, and patch automation in one subscription, BYOD environment included.
Download Case Study (PDF)How a Wisconsin/Iowa community bank replaced its MSSP with Cyvatar Secure Endpoint Management on 29 endpoints — lower cost, no onsite appliances to babysit, and a banker-friendly support team.
Download Case Study (PDF)BEC cost U.S. businesses $2.8 billion in 2024. In 2025, 82% of phishing went AI-generated, voice clones defeated callback verification, and deepfake CFOs authorized real wire fraud on live Zoom calls. The verified statistics from FBI IC3 + Verizon DBIR 2025, the attack chain, and the 10 controls that actually stop AI-BEC.
Read ArticleMicrosoft disclosed Storm-2949 in May 2026. No malware. No payload. Just Self-Service Password Reset abuse, a phone call, and an MFA prompt that looks like a routine IT request. What it does, who is at risk, and what to fix in your Entra ID config today.
Read ArticleEmail bomb. Teams call. Quick Assist screen share. Black Basta ransomware. The Storm-1811 playbook turns the most trusted interaction in your business into the kill chain. The full attack flow and what to disable in your tenant today.
Read ArticlePersonal devices in the workplace create invisible attack surfaces. This article breaks down the real risks of Bring Your Own Device policies and what to do about them.
Read ArticleMDR, XDR, and SIEM tools alert you. Continuous remediation actually closes the gaps an attacker walks through. A plain-English definition of the category, how Cyvatar's ICARM methodology works, and why alerts alone never stopped a breach.
Read ArticlePrevention-only programs miss what gets in. Response-only programs find out too late. The decisive work is the continuous remediation between them. Includes a 4-question checklist to evaluate any vendor.
Read ArticleA fair head-to-head for the renewal-shopping IT leader: monitoring-first MDR versus ransomware continuous remediation. How the Red Canary detection backbone works, and a parallel-deploy switching plan that de-risks the move.
Read ArticleA practical week-by-week recovery plan in four stages: contain and preserve, eradicate and rebuild, restore, then close the gaps so it cannot happen again. Mapped to the full lock down in 30 days or less delivery target.
Read ArticleFocused endpoint and identity detection for teams with their own responders, versus full-stack continuous remediation done for you. An honest decision guide for SMB IT leaders, with a 5-minute checklist to self-qualify.
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