Specialist security work for MSSPs and MDR providers on a subcontractor basis. When a case demands kernel forensics, custom detection logic, or vulnerability research beyond the current team's depth, Valhguard steps in under the partner's brand.
Direct access to the researcher doing the work. No six-week onboarding.
Four scenarios where subcontracting specialist depth makes more sense than hiring for it.
When an IR case escalates to kernel-level forensics or exploit analysis, Valhguard is the specialist on call. No full-time researcher needed on payroll for incidents that happen twice a year.
The partner SOC handles L1-L2 alerts. Valhguard writes detection rules for L3 threats vendor stacks miss. Custom Sigma, KQL, and YARA tuned to actual client telemetry.
While the team recruits and ramps threat hunting capacity, Valhguard delivers production-quality work starting the following week. End clients never see a gap in service.
Valhguard covers the platforms and layers the partner team does not: Windows kernel, driver-level analysis, or cross-platform research. Enterprise clients stop hearing that part of their estate is out of scope.
Define the engagement: per-project deliverable or ongoing retainer. White-label terms agreed upfront.
Valhguard works under the partner's brand, report templates, and communication channels. End client sees one team.
Expand coverage as client needs grow. Detection engineering, threat hunting, exploit development, DFIR, reverse engineering.
Full technical scope and engagement models on the Services page.
NIS2 and DORA in Spain
These organizations need to demonstrate detection and incident response capabilities to regulators. Most are turning to their existing MSSP to fill that gap.
The problem: most MSSPs built their service catalog around perimeter monitoring and alert triage. The regulatory bar now requires documented detection engineering, threat-led penetration testing, and incident response procedures that go beyond vendor escalation.
Subcontracting specialist work is the fastest way to close that gap without a twelve-month hiring cycle.
Valhguard's work is backed by credentials held by a fraction of the global security community, and by independently discovered vulnerabilities in hardened targets across Windows and Apple platforms.
The research blog at s4dbrd.github.io is the full technical portfolio. Methodology, tooling, and results from real vulnerability research across Windows drivers and Apple system services.
The open-source sigma-evasion-corpus documents how common Sigma rules fail against real operator tradecraft, with tested evasion variants and hardened replacements.
Security providers that need specialist depth on specific engagements can reach Valhguard for a direct technical conversation about scope and fit.
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