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Hedgehog Security is a privately-held, self funded professional services company located in Staffordshire, Staffordshire, UK.

The company was founded in 2010 by Peter Bassill, to address several key challenges in Information Security and Penetration Testing for small and medium sized businesses in and around the Midlands area. Specifically, the inability of small and medium sized businesses to survive data breaches and the lack of focus being given to compliance and regulatory controls. The company's product range expanded to include the Hedgehog Scanner, a vulnerability scanner designed specifically for the SME. The core services of the company are the virtual CISO program and Penetration Testing.

Hedgehog Security Product Suite
Hedgehog Security has a family of products providing vulnerability assessment for the purposes of reducing the risks of a data breach and meeting compliance regulations related to sensitive data. Hedgehog Security enables customers to find ways to protect information systems such as Microsoft Office, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, MySQL, Linux, etc without interfering with their day to day operations.

Hedgehog Security Enterprise Activity Monitoring
The company's monitoring solution, Enterprise Activity Monitor provides the core monitoring capability based on Splunk. The Enterprise Activity Monitor manages compliance reporting for all PCI-DSS requirements as well as providing alerts in real time for pertinant events.

Hedgehog Security Virtual CISO
Announced in November, 2011, the company's Virtual CISO program offers senior level people with 5 years plus experience in the role of the Chief Information Security Officer to small and medium sized businesses. Hedgehog Security's virtual CISO program guides businesses along the path to compliance, performing staff security awareness training, and preparing blueprints to support the businesses Security Strategy. This is an important position that helps businesses reduce time spent on information security and permits more time to be spent on important items such as doing business.

The company guarantees that during the engagement they will assist clients in reducing their risk. In a unique turn within the IT industry, Hedgehog Security backs this guarentee in a meaningful manner.

Hedgehog Security Penetration Testing
Hedgehog Security offer a holistic penetration testing service following the Penetration Testing Execution Standard.

Information Security Apprenticeships
One of the unique aspects of Hedgehog Security is their apprenticeship program. Each year, working with local education, Hedgehog Security offer 2 places on a 4 year Apprenticeship scheme designed to take school leavers through different aspects of Information Security. Apprentices receive during their 4 years, training and examination for the CISSP as well as a string of technical and more hands on qualifications.