Security 1st Title Case Study: Building a More Resilient Security Program with Next Level MDR

In this video, Kevin Lyerias, Chief Information Officer at Security 1st Title, explains how eSentire MDR helps them take their security program to the next level.

Company Description: Security 1st Title has ~530 employees across 88 locations to provide title insurance and closing services throughout Kansas, Missouri, and Nevada.

Security Challenges:

• Limited resources leaving them unable to monitor the complete attack surface 24/7 or build & maintain an internal SOC
• Previously had an incident that had a devasting impact and needed to limit the possibility of another attack
• Needed a trusted partner that could provide expert security guidance and support for threat response and remediation
• Wanted protection against third-party cyber risk they face with multiple parties involved in closing real estate transactions
• Required support to identify, evaluate, and address vulnerabilities
• Needed a comprehensive program designed to enhance their organization’s resilience against phishing attacks and social engineering tactics as these are the largest threat their organization faces

eSentire Services Engaged:

• Managed Detection and Response (MDR) including MDR for Endpoint, MDR for Network, and MDR for Log
• Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) Services including Managed Vulnerability Services (MVS) and Phishing and Security Awareness Training (PSAT)
• Emergency Incident Response Services

The eSentire Difference:

eSentire quickly became an extension of the Security 1st Title team by providing:

• Around-the-clock security event monitoring with 24/7 threat detection, investigation, and response
• Cyber expertise supporting incident handling, complete threat response and remediation efforts from SOC team members who have an average tenure of 6 years and hold advanced certifications including SSCP, CSAP, CISSP, Security+, Network+, Linux+, Server+, & more
• Proactive threat intelligence, original threat research, and regular updates to runbooks, detection rules and machine learning models through eSentire's industry-leading Threat Response Unit (TRU) to help Security 1st Title be more cyber resilient and stay ahead of the latest threats
• 15-minute Mean Time to Contain
• Vulnerability scanning and guidance to track, prioritize and remediate cyber risk
• Help identifying risk and testing user resilience to enable behavioral change with employees through Phishing and Security Awareness Training
• Emergency IR services with best-in-class forensic tools to quickly contain a breach and get a comprehensive evaluation of the extent of their disruption