CYBERSECURITY TESTING

Compromise
Assessment Services.

Search for evidence of attacker activity before it becomes the next incident. World Computing performs a time-bounded, hypothesis-led review of endpoint, identity, cloud and network telemetry to identify active compromise.

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Threat HuntingHypothesis-Led Analysis

Full TelemetryEndpoint, Identity & Cloud

Zero DisturbanceNon-Disruptive Review

Clear EvidenceActionable Threat Report

Rapid ResponseImmediate Escalation

PROACTIVE THREAT HUNTING

A time-bounded, hypothesis-led forensic review.

A clean vulnerability scan does not show whether an attacker is already present. We bring together evidence from endpoints, identity systems, cloud audit logs, email, DNS, proxy, firewall, VPN, and security tools.

Endpoint & Memory Evidence

Process execution, services, scheduled tasks, autoruns, files, registry changes, and security-tool telemetry that reveal attacker execution or persistence mechanisms.

Process Execution Autoruns & Persistence EDR Artifacts

Identity & Authentication Logs

Analyzing sign-in patterns, multi-factor authentication events, privilege escalations, token or session anomalies, service account activity, and high-value identity risks.

MFA Events Token Anomalies Privilege Changes

Cloud & SaaS Audit Telemetry

Reviewing cloud audit events, administrative modifications, access key creation, application consent grants, mailbox forwarding rules, and unusual data access patterns.

M365 Audit Logs OAuth Consents Access Keys

Network Traffic & Flow Analysis

DNS queries, proxy logs, firewall rules, VPN remote access sessions, and network flow evidence that reveal command-and-control, staging, or lateral movement.

DNS Telemetry VPN Sessions Command & Control

When This Service Is Useful

Exposure to a vulnerability known or suspected to be actively exploited.
Suspicious sign-ins, endpoint behaviour, mailbox activity or administrator actions.
Concern following credential theft, phishing, malware or an exposed management interface.
Assurance before or after a merger, acquisition, investment or high-risk change.
A need to validate whether existing monitoring missed relevant attacker behaviour.
Post-incident confidence building after containment and recovery actions.

HUNTING DOMAINS

What we investigate.

We correlate events across multiple systems to distinguish isolated anomalies from a coherent intrusion path.

ENDPOINT

Endpoint Evidence

Processes, services, scheduled tasks, autoruns, files, registry settings, and security telemetry for persistence.

IDENTITY

Identity & Auth

Sign-in patterns, MFA events, privilege escalations, token anomalies, and service account misuse.

CLOUD

Cloud & SaaS

Audit events, administrative changes, access keys, application consents, and mailbox forwarding rules.

NETWORK

Network Telemetry

DNS, proxy, firewall, VPN, remote access, and netflow evidence showing C2 or lateral movement.

INTEL

Threat Intelligence

Matching relevant Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), vulnerable product lists, and actor behaviors.

EVASION

Persistence & Evasion

Mechanisms designed to survive reboots, blend into legitimate administration, or disable controls.

LATERAL

Lateral Movement

Remote execution paths, credential dumping, unusual administrative routes, and archive creation.

TIMELINE

Timeline Analysis

Correlating log timestamps across systems to construct a verified attack timeline and impact view.

METHODOLOGY

How the engagement works.

A hypothesis-led investigation framework aligned with NCSC CAF and NIST SP 800-61 Revision 3 standards.

STAGE 01

Define the Concern

Agree trigger events, relevant threats, target timeframes, critical assets, and escalation contacts.

STAGE 02

Assess Readiness

Confirm telemetry sources, retention windows, endpoint coverage, clock sync, and telemetry gaps.

STAGE 03

Form Hypotheses

Translate the concern and threat intelligence into testable behaviors, entities, and search queries.

STAGE 04

Collect & Analyse

Review evidence across endpoint, identity, cloud, and network sources while preserving audit trails.

STAGE 05

Validate & Escalate

Investigate suspicious findings, reduce false positives, and immediately escalate active compromises.

STAGE 06

Report & Improve

Present executive conclusions, confidence levels, timelines, urgent actions, and detection improvements.

ENGAGEMENT DETAILS

Requirements & Deliverables.

Clear input requirements and actionable forensic findings delivered upon investigation completion.

What We Need From You

The trigger reason for concern, key dates, affected products, and known IoCs.
Read access to EDR, SIEM, identity, cloud, email, and network telemetry.
Asset, identity, and administrative ownership details.
Existing incident notes, alerts, tickets, and previous containment actions.
Authorized decision-makers for urgent containment or escalation.

What You Receive

Executive outcome statement with assessed confidence levels.
Evidence sources, coverage period, limitations, and material log gaps.
Confirmed and suspicious findings with supporting event context.
Incident timeline or relationship view supporting the findings.
List of affected or high-risk accounts, hosts, services, and data areas.
Immediate containment actions separated from long-term detection improvements.

Important Scope & Safety Note

A compromise assessment is not a guarantee that no attacker has ever been present. Conclusions are limited by telemetry quality, retention and coverage. If active compromise is identified, containment actions can destroy evidence or alert an attacker, so changes should be authorised through incident-response leadership. Evidence containing personal or sensitive information must be handled under agreed access, retention and disclosure rules.

WHY WORLD COMPUTING

Evidence-led threat hunting.

Evidence-Led Reporting

Clear, evidence-backed reporting designed for technical teams, developers, and executive decision-makers.

Threat-Informed Analysis

Investigations focused on real-world actor behaviors and tactics rather than relying solely on atomic IoCs.

Actionable Containment Guidance

Immediate containment steps clearly separated from long-term monitoring improvements.

Collaborative & Discreet

A collaborative approach that supports internal security teams while maintaining strict confidentiality.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Compromise Assessment FAQ

How is this different from a penetration test?

A penetration test attempts to find and validate weaknesses. A compromise assessment looks for evidence that unauthorised activity may already have occurred. The two answer different questions and complement each other.

Can you confirm that we are completely clean?

No investigation can prove an absolute absence of compromise. We provide a conclusion and confidence level based on the sources, retention period, coverage and limitations recorded in the report.

What data access is required?

The assessment commonly needs read access to endpoint, identity, cloud, email and network telemetry. Access is minimised to the agreed sources and managed under confidentiality and data-handling requirements.

What if you find an active attacker?

We promptly use the agreed escalation route. The organisation can then authorise incident-response actions such as containment, forensic preservation, legal or regulatory advice and recovery planning.

How far back can you investigate?

Only as far as useful evidence has been retained. Different systems may have different retention periods, so evidence readiness is assessed before conclusions are drawn.

Does the assessment improve future detection?

Yes. Hunt queries, evidence gaps and observed behaviours can inform new detections, logging changes, triage procedures and recurring threat-hunting hypotheses.

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