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Managed Detection & Response
Continuous monitoring across endpoints, cloud, and identity — with human-led triage that separates real threats from noise.
- 24/7 SOC coverage
- Threat hunting
- Rapid containment
Cybersecurity, refined to a standard.
Obsidara is a South African cybersecurity firm helping businesses of every size protect their accounts, data, and systems — with practical security and expert guidance that lets you operate with confidence.
Senior-led
Every engagement
Fixed-scope
No surprise invoices
Retest included
Fixes verified
Plain-language
Board-ready reporting
Aligned to the standards our clients are measured against
POPIAISO 27001SOC 2NIST CSFPCI DSSGDPR
Most breaches aren't sophisticated. They're the result of small gaps no one was watching. Obsidara exists to watch.
What We Do
Three disciplines, one standard.
Detection, offense, and advisory work best together. We run them as a single program so nothing falls between the seams.
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Offensive Security
Penetration testing and red teaming that mirror a real adversary — then hand you a fix path, not a 90-page PDF.
- Web, network & cloud
- Adversary simulation
- Retest included
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Security Advisory
Fractional CISO guidance, architecture reviews, and compliance readiness scaled to where your business actually is.
- vCISO
- SOC 2 / ISO readiness
- Risk roadmaps
How We Operate
The difference is in the discipline.
Tools are commodities. The judgment around them is not. These principles shape every engagement we take.
Signal over noise
Every alert we escalate has been validated by a human. You hear from us when it matters, not when a dashboard turns yellow.
Adversary mindset
We test the way attackers operate — chaining small gaps into real compromise — instead of checking boxes against a list.
Plain-language reporting
Findings are ranked by business impact and written so an engineer and a board member both know what to do next.
In Their Words
Trusted where it counts.
What clients say once the work is done. (Replace with real, attributed quotes before launch.)
They found a path into our environment three prior vendors missed — then sat with our engineers until it was closed. That's the difference.
Head of Engineering
Fintech platform
The report was the first one our board actually read. Ranked by impact, written in plain English, no theater.
Chief Technology Officer
Healthcare SaaS
When we had an incident at 2am, they were already scoping it before we finished the call. Calm, fast, accountable.
VP of Infrastructure
E-commerce
Questions
What people ask before they engage.
Most begin with a scoped conversation and a focused assessment of your current posture. We map what you actually need to protect before recommending anything — no boilerplate, no upsell to services you don't need.
We work to fixed-scope, fixed-price engagements wherever possible, so you know the number before we begin. Ongoing services (monitoring, advisory) are billed on a predictable retainer. No surprise invoices.
Both. We stay deliberately lean so we can scale an engagement to where your business actually is — from a first penetration test to a full managed security program.
Everything is covered under NDA before work begins. Findings are shared through secure channels, and we're glad to exchange encryption keys before anything sensitive changes hands.
A prioritized, plain-language report you can act on — findings ranked by business impact, clear remediation steps, and a retest to confirm the fixes held. Not a 90-page PDF nobody reads.
If something has already gone wrong, reach us on the incident line and we'll move immediately to scope and contain. Speed matters most in the first hours, and we plan for that.
Security is a standard. Let's set yours.
Start with a no-obligation assessment of your current posture.
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