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Active protection — SME focused

Hackers stopped. Business protected.

Enterprise-grade cybersecurity, scaled for growing businesses. 20+ years of experience, military intelligence roots, and certified expertise — applied directly to your threat landscape, without the enterprise price tag.

hackerstopped@soc ~
$ ./assess --target your-business
$ » Scanning attack surface...
$ » Mapping active threat actors...
$ ⚠ 3 exposure risks detected
$ ✓ hackerstopped protection deployed
$
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Security services that protect
what matters most

Every service is delivered by a seasoned principal analyst — not a junior team reading from a playbook.

Managed SOC
24/7 threat detection and response for your business. Powered by Huntress, extended with custom detections tailored to your environment — not a recycled generic ruleset.
Continuous coverage 24 / 7 / 365
Incident Response
When an attack lands, speed is everything. Rapid triage, containment, evidence preservation, and post-incident review — minimising damage, downtime, and regulatory exposure.
Rapid response
Threat Intelligence
Know what's coming before it arrives. We monitor threat actor activity, map TTPs to your environment, and translate raw intelligence into protective actions your team can act on.
Proactive defence
Detection Engineering
Custom detection rules built for your exact stack. Every rule is tested, tuned to reduce noise, and mapped to MITRE ATT&CK — so you know precisely what it covers and what it costs.
Precision detections
Security Assessments
Identify gaps before attackers do. We assess your security posture across people, process, and technology — delivering a clear, prioritised roadmap your team can actually execute.
Risk visibility
OSINT Investigations
Uncover what the open internet knows about your adversaries — and your own business. We conduct structured open-source intelligence investigations to profile threat actors, map your external digital exposure, identify leaked credentials, and surface intelligence that sharpens your defensive posture before attackers can exploit it.
Intelligence-driven

Boutique firm. Enterprise expertise.

We're not a large reseller or a generalist IT shop that does "a bit of security". We do one thing and we do it to a high standard.

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Military intelligence. Civilian-grade results.

Johan's threat-hunting instincts were built in military intelligence before being applied across 20+ years of corporate security. That adversary-first thinking — profiling actors, anticipating moves, closing gaps — is embedded into every engagement. You're getting a certified principal analyst (ISC2 SSCP, CompTIA CySA+, EC-Council), not a junior following a playbook.

02

Built for your threat landscape

SMEs face real, targeted threats — ransomware operators, business email compromise, supply chain attacks. We build protection strategies around what actually targets businesses like yours, not generic framework checklists.

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No jargon. Clear reporting.

Technical depth where it counts, plain language where it matters. Whether you need a board-ready risk summary or a granular Sentinel rule, we match the output to the audience — every time.

The analyst behind hackerstopped

hackerstopped is the consultancy of Johan Brider — a principal information security analyst, ex-Military Intelligence operator, and certified cybersecurity practitioner with over 20 years of hands-on experience spanning detection engineering, threat intelligence, incident response, and MSP security leadership.

Johan's security instincts were forged in military intelligence before being applied across two decades of corporate environments — from running his own 18-year cybersecurity consultancy (Brider Security) to leading SOC engineering at enterprise level with NTT DATA. That adversary-first mindset is what separates hackerstopped from generalist IT providers.

Every engagement is personal and direct. No account managers, no handoffs — just principal-level expertise applied to your specific threat landscape.

ISC2 SSCP  — Systems Security Certified Practitioner
CompTIA CySA+ & Security+  — Cyber Security Analyst & Practitioner
EC-Council CEH  — Certified Ethical Hacker
EC-Council ECIH  — Certified Incident Handler
Qualys Certified Specialist  — VMDR & Patch Management
ex-Military Intelligence  — adversary profiling & OSINT
18 years  running own cybersecurity MSP (Brider Security)
Head of Alert Africa  — Wolfpack Information Risk community initiative
Industry Experience 20+ years
MSP Leadership 18 years
Certifications SSCP · CySA+ · Security+
Analyst Level Principal
Background ex-Military Intel
Detection Platform Microsoft Sentinel
SOC Delivery Huntress · 24/7/365

CVE Threat Analyzer

Deep vulnerability reconnaissance, free to use. Paste any CVE ID for a full threat intelligence breakdown — CVSS scoring, EPSS probability, CISA KEV status, Metasploit/ExploitDB detection, GitHub PoCs, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and a plain-English business risk summary you can send straight to a client. Or upload a bulk scan file to triage hundreds of CVEs at once.

🛡️ Advanced Threat Intelligence & Batch Triage

Analyze individual CVEs for Deep Reconnaissance, or upload a CSV to instantly prioritize vulnerabilities.

📄 Upload CSV/TXT Scan
Extracting CVEs and running Bulk Threat Triage… Please wait.

Bulk Vulnerability Triage Results

Ranked by CISA Known Exploitation and EPSS Probability.

CVE IDRisk LevelCISA KEV StatusEPSS ScoreAction
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Whether you've had an incident, suspect you're exposed, or just want to understand your risk — let's have a conversation. No hard sell, no jargon, no obligation.

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