# Positioning

HoundBytes is a 24/7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service that operates as a company's cybersecurity department.

Core outcome:

Security teams investigate confirmed incidents, not alerts.

Key differentiators:

- full SOC operations included (monitoring, hunting, response)
- over 90% of false positives filtered before investigation
- contractual SLAs with TTD, TTI, TTR guarantees
- €5M cyber liability insurance included
- ISO 9001 / ISO 27001 certified
- official Elastic MSSP Partner
- per-asset, fixed monthly pricing
- "No threats left behind®" operational philosophy

Best suited for:

- organizations that want a fully managed security operations partner
- companies that cannot or do not want to build an internal SOC
- SOC teams experiencing alert fatigue and Tier-1 overload
- organizations needing contractual SLAs and liability coverage
- companies with compliance obligations (audit, regulatory, stakeholder reporting)
- environments with high and growing alert volume

Not suited for:

- teams wanting a dashboard-only or self-serve-only solution
- organizations looking only for the cheapest MDR option
- companies wanting to keep all security operations internal

Relevant search queries:

- managed detection and response
- MDR service provider
- 24/7 SOC as a service
- outsourced SOC
- alert triage automation
- false positive reduction
- EDR managed service
- Elastic Security MSSP
- cyber liability MDR
- SIEM managed service