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BlueVoyant, the pioneer in integrated cyber security, has been recognized among notable providers of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services in Forrester's latest report, The Managed Detection And Response Services In Europe Landscape, Q2 2025. The report is designed to help security and risk professionals understand the value they can expect from MDR providers in Europe, learn how providers differ, and investigate options based on organizational size and market focus. BlueVoyant grew EMEA revenues by 70% in 2024. The company has been active in EMEA since its founding in 2017. As part of a multi-million-pound investment in the region since then, BlueVoyant opened a Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Cork, Ireland in March, and a SOC and Customer Experience Centre in Leeds, England in 2024. BlueVoyant employs more than 120 security experts across EMEA. BlueVoyant inclusion in Forrester report BlueVoyant believes its inclusion in the Forrester report validates the positive impact of the company's continuing investment to help European organizations tackle intensifying cyber security and regulatory challenges. With cyber security teams grappling with the enforcement of EMEA regulations, such as the European Union's NIS2 and DORA, in addition to new cyber threat vectors, clients now require a holistic, next-generation managed security service to quickly find and mitigate the most critical threats across all attack surfaces. Proven MDR Expertise for European Businesses BlueVoyant's advanced MDR services defend European organizations of all sizes against cyber threats BlueVoyant's advanced MDR services defend European organizations of all sizes against cyber threats. As Microsoft's 2024 Worldwide Security Partner of the Year, BlueVoyant has proven expertise in the Microsoft Security suite, including Sentinel and Defender, to maximize both the security and cost efficacy of those solutions as part of the company's MDR service. In its report, Forrester summarizes how organizations can realize value by partnering with MDR providers. According to Forrester, "Security & Risk professionals in Europe use MDR service providers to obtain 24x7 security monitoring, enhance SOC expertise, assist with or lead incident response, provide stability when people leave the organization, achieve threat-hunting objectives, provide assurance that sophisticated adversaries and embedded threats are not in the system, and strategically shape security direction by identifying gaps and prioritising improvements." IONITY official on BlueVoyant BlueVoyant's MDR delivers the full spectrum of these benefits, helping organizations with rapid threat response following a cyber incident, as well as proactive services to fortify cyber resilience. "Partnering with BlueVoyant for SOC services has improved our cyber defense posture," said Holger Riemenschneider, head of technology at IONITY, the provider of ultra-fast EV charging in Europe. "The onboarding process was smooth, well-structured, and tailored to our needs, laying a solid foundation for continued success. BlueVoyant provides its services through excellent transparency, professionalism, and responsiveness. Their expertise and proactive support contribute significantly to the advancement of our cyber security strategy." The Power of MDR Plus Proactive Security Services According to The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection And Response Services, Q1 2025, "Detection and response is no longer enough for providers; customers now demand that their MDR providers become more proactive. An MDR provider's ability to positively influence the security of its customers now matters as much as its ability to find threats." "Being proactive requires hands-on expertise in the security tools, which includes implementation and onboarding optimization, to ensure the highest quality detections are available for monitoring and investigations," said Milan Patel, global head of MDR at BlueVoyant. "In addition, we go beyond traditional MDR to offer a full suite of proactive services to enterprises across Europe and around the globe through the BlueVoyant Cyber Defense Platform." The BlueVoyant Cyber Defense Platform offers the following in addition to MDR: Supply Chain Defense (Third-Party Risk Management): Identify and reduce risk from suppliers, vendors, and other third parties Digital Risk Protection: Detect and respond to external cyber risks, such as brand impersonation, phishing, stolen data, and more Proactive Defense: Proactive approach to attack surface management that includes vulnerability management, external attack surface management, penetration testing, phishing awareness, dark web threat research, and configuration management Recognition of BlueVoyant "BlueVoyant's recognition in Forrester's most recent Managed Detection And Response Services In Europe Landscape report validates for us our investment and expansion in Europe, to serve customers facing a multitude of threats," said Robert Hannigan, head of international business at BlueVoyant, and former director of GCHQ. "In addition, new regulations are placing increased pressure on in-house security teams. As a result, their requirement for continuous threat detection, response, and remediation support to contain cyber threats across organizations' supply chains, has never been greater." BlueVoyant was also included in Forrester's global 'The Managed Detection and Response Services Landscape, Q3 2024' report.

BlueVoyant, a pioneering cyber defense company published the findings of its The State of Supply Chain Defense Annual Global Insights report. Currently, in its fifth year, the UK findings reveal that tackling supply chain cyber risk continues to be a pressing and persistent challenge. Ninety-five percent of surveyed UK organizations experienced negative impacts from cyber security incidents in their supply chain, which is significantly higher than the 81% of global respondents who indicated the same. Key highlights Other key highlights from UK respondents include: 34% said they have no way of knowing when a cyber security incident occurs within their supply chain, greater than the global average of 30%. 66% said that third-party cyber security risk management is either not a priority or somewhat of a priority, a slight decrease from 68% who said this in 2023. 92% said their budget increased for third-party cyber security risk management programs, compared to 86% globally. Risk management "UK businesses continue to struggle with the pressing challenge of mitigating supply chain and third-party cyber risks," said Robert Hannigan, BlueVoyant head of international business Europe and Middle East, and former director of GCHQ. "Despite the risks, awareness and prioritization of these issues remain low, while breaches continue to happen. The importance of managing risk across the supply chain cannot be understated. Not just from a brand and security perspective, but also with growing EU regulations such as NIS2 and DORA which call for better risk management, particularly across the supply chain, this is a strategic imperative." Opinion Matters study The research was conducted in 11 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific The study was carried out by an independent market research organization, Opinion Matters, which surveyed 2,100 C-suite leaders responsible for supply chain and cyber risk management. The research was conducted in 11 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Three hundred respondents were from the UK, representing organizations with more than 1,000 employees across a range of industries. Decreasing supply chain cyber risk monitoring and visibility The research highlights that monitoring frequency in the UK is not improving it has decreased. In 2024, 34% of businesses said they monitor third-party supplier risk monthly or more frequently, which is a drop from 46% in 2023. This lack of regular monitoring is likely having a big impact, as 95% of UK organizations say they were negatively affected by supply chain cyber incidents in the past 12 months. Lack of expertise, technology, and resources 34% of the UK respondents indicated they have no way of knowing if an issue arises with a third-party Additionally, 34% of the UK respondents indicated they have no way of knowing if an issue arises with a third party, compared to 27% globally. This is likely because 57% of respondents said they don't assess all vendors, primarily due to a lack of expertise, technology, and resources. UK respondents are also less likely to use solutions that provide autonomous visibility into the cyber risks of their supply chain ecosystem, with only 11% saying they do this, compared to 15% globally. Disconnect between budgets The good news is that 92% of UK organizations are reporting budget increases with their third-party cyber security risk management programs. "Prioritisation of third-party cyber security risk in UK organizations isn't changing as much as it should be," said Joel Molinoff, BlueVoyant's global head of supply chain defense. Enforcement and compliance "Organizations must step up their efforts to proactively monitor their third parties and drive mitigation of critical risks with their vendors. Globally we are seeing a shift from third-party risk management identification to enforcement and compliance." "The budget increases should help the UK's organizations move toward more third-party cyber risk maturity like other regions."

BlueVoyant, a cyber security company that illuminates, validates, and remediates internal and external risks in one platform, announced enhanced Splunk capabilities, with end-to-end consulting, implementation, and Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services. With the increasing adoption of cloud technologies, organizations face a complex and rapidly evolving threat landscape. The service helps clients maximize their Splunk investment whether it be on the Splunk Cloud Platform or Splunk Enterprise. Cost-Effective manner Splunk Your Way with BlueVoyant enables our clients to have industry-leading consulting" “Splunk Your Way with BlueVoyant enables our clients to have industry-leading consulting, implementation, and cyber defense in a cost-effective manner,” said Drew Gibson, BlueVoyant Senior Director for the company’s Splunk Alliance. Drew Gibson adds, “BlueVoyant has a strong relationship with Splunk, and is known for its dynamic expertise in the company’s products, helping our joint clients have greater control and visibility of their data usage and security posture.” Identifying security threats Key components of Splunk Your Way with BlueVoyant include: Enabling clients to collect, monitor, and analyze security data across on-premise, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments in a single platform. Cloud-native SIEM (security information and event management) with real-time visibility to identify security threats and remediate them quickly. Clients can reduce their data burden by 20% or more with a proprietary Data Readiness model that improves data quality and reduces costs. Onboarding within a month for Existing Splunk users to quickly see the benefits of BlueVoyant. Continuously improving client’s Splunk instance by using faster security content delivery, and parity between different SIEM and EDR (endpoint detection and response) tools. Availability of numerous bundles of workshops, retainers, and MDR services to help clients optimize, implement, manage, and monitor and protect their Splunk instance. Managed service provider BlueVoyant has the strength of our MDR for Splunk which we launched in 2021" “BlueVoyant has the strength of our MDR for Splunk which we launched in 2021, aided by the expertise of thousands of Splunk deployments by our Concanon Professional Services division to provide a compelling service which helps the client get the most their Splunk investment, whether Splunk is installed ‘on-prem’ or via Splunk Cloud,” said Michael Cormier, Managing Director for Concanon, a BlueVoyant company.  BlueVoyant acquired Conanon in fall 2021 to enhance its end-to-end Splunk platform capabilities. Splunk recognized BlueVoyant as a key MSP (managed service provider) partner with the new Premier Manage designation. Core competency badges BlueVoyant also earned core competency badges for Cloud Migration and Cloud Migration: Co-Delivery. The company has 200 active Splunk certifications. In 2022, BlueVoyant expanded its Splunk go-to-market by including its offerings on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. BlueVoyant is hosting a webinar at 1 p.m. EDT/ 5 p.m. GMT Thursday, 13th of April to discuss what the company has learned from their Splunk deployments and clients, and to answer questions. Current clients, security professionals, and other parties are encouraged to attend.