The Who
You’ve heard of hiring a computer hacker to secure your computers.
We do the same for your physical security.
We look for the gaps that installers don’t see, but criminals do. A broad range of skills crossing physical, electronic and cyber security allow a truly holistic view of your security.
Some of Our Track Record:
- Specifying physical security for high risk customer office moves, based on what your adversary will do, not a checklist.
- Adversarial assessments (including physical pen testing) of existing complex sites.
- Delivering training and education – online courses and face to face, interactive training.
- Speaking engagements with hands on activities for attendees.
- Working with large manufacturers of security hardware.
- Testing and aiding development of entry tools.
- Designing kits to help train security personnel screening disabled people with sensitivity and dignity.
- Bridging the gap between the board and the technical experts.
We look for things others don’t see.
Do you use your access cards as login credentials? We can test to ensure you haven’t undermined critical SSO security.
Which parts of your physical security system are on your network? We often find exposed connections in places you’d never think to look.
The What
Security Assessments
Often it’s the simple things which allow in a criminal. We look at threats from the perspective of the criminal and can advise on how to mitigate against attacks we know and understand, without it costing the Earth.
Security Awareness Engagements
We work on the basis that a determined enough threat will get in. With experiential learning using real-world situations, we can help bring your people on board; as part of your security solution.
Specialist Services
Hospitals, education and facilities management training. We can provide bespoke services for specialist organisations. Our training shows your maintenance teams how a criminal sees your facility.
Continuous testing of controls is something often found in the cyber security space, but rarely in the physical security world. We have seen first hand how security procedures are robust on the week of a test, yet absent when we visit later to deliver a presentation.
Avoid performative security with our Miscreant as a Service (MaaS). One off yearly fee and repeated testing of controls throughout the year. Whilst not a full on penetration test, this is a simple way of keeping security teams and employees aware and testing if the basic controls and procedures are really working when nobody is looking.
The Why
Testimonial – Quantum Evolve
Over the last three years, our relationship with Styx Security has gone from strength to strength. It’s a truly collaborative partnership that ensures our clients premises are always protected. What’s always impressive is Styx’s ability to meet our specific requirements, creating a bespoke security solution for each facility and site. This includes physical security and technology systems, backed up by intelligence and their experience. Our client base includes Public Sector, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Finance, Retail, and Information Technology. Physical Security doesn’t always receive the level of attention it deserves, particularly given it is such a readily available and effective route for criminals to gain access. It is a specialist discipline, whereby a detailed level of knowledge and understanding is required to ensure that all eventualities are appropriately considered.
I have no hesitation in stating that Styx Security perform some of the most professional and diligent work I have witnessed in my 30+ years as a Security Practitioner.
Mark Child
Chief Executive – Quantum Evolve
Fixed Project Costs
When engaging a consultancy for services, the cost is often given in Pieces of String / Day. You get a day rate and an estimate of how many days, but then there are expenses and the cost can rocket quick, fast and in a hurry.
It’s just as hard to quote when you often don’t know what the customer truly needs until you hit the ground.
So how about we give you some detail about what we can do and an all-in price.
A fixed project cost gives us the freedom to explore issues on the ground as we find them, rather than have questions about time, budget and so on getting in the way of doing a complete job. The scope can creep without you incurring the cost.
Training
View our training on Only Security. Whilst there’s only so much you can do with online learning, some of the training you’ll find here normally costs thousands in face to face courses. If you’re lucky enough to catch the Miscreant Creche, you can try your new skills out on real hardware.
About Us
Learn about Styx Security, where we came from and where we’re going.
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