PRACTITIONER-LED · PLANO, TEXAS
Strace is a cybersecurity firm built around one principle: when threats hit, expertise has to respond. Fast, decisively, and with the technical depth to solve the problem.
Built by practitioners. Trusted when it counts.
WHAT WE DO
Strace leads with incident response and digital forensics, and builds the practices organizations need around it: offensive testing that proves where you're exposed, senior security leadership on a defined cadence, and hardening for the Microsoft cloud your business runs on.
01 · RESPOND
See practiceWhen the breach happens, every minute changes the cost. We contain, trace, recover — and hunt for what is already there.
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02 · ASSESS
See practiceAuthorized adversarial testing across external networks, internal networks and Active Directory, and web applications. We prove what an attacker could actually reach, with findings your engineers can reproduce.
03 · ADVISORY
See practiceFractional CISO leadership, security strategy roadmaps, governance and risk advisory, and cyber insurance readiness for firms without an in-house security executive.
04 · MODERN
See practiceIdentity, email, and cloud configuration gaps remain common paths into modern business environments. We assess Microsoft 365, Azure, and cloud identity posture against the gaps attackers actually exploit.
HOW ORGANIZATIONS START WITH STRACE
WHO WE SERVE
Mid-market organizations
Companies large enough to be targeted, without enterprise-scale security staff. Leadership accountable for cyber risk, IT teams stretched across everything else.
Defense & government contractors
Organizations in the Defense Industrial Base and the government supply chain, operating under security requirements that flow from primes, agencies, and contracts.
Channel & engagement partners
MSPs needing senior security depth, legal counsel coordinating incident response, and cyber insurance stakeholders directing policyholders to hardening work.
Our work concentrates in these segments; engagements span industries and geographies.
OUR APPROACH
01 — Practitioner-led
Engagements led by senior cybersecurity practitioners with military and enterprise backgrounds. Senior practitioners stay accountable from scoping through delivery.
02 — Built for response friction
Pre-negotiated contracts, standardized methodology, and practitioners who've done this exact work before. Clear intake, fast leadership reporting, no learning on your environment.
03 — Cost-controlled engagements
Fixed deliverables, clear timelines, and pricing you can defend internally. No surprise hours. Scope changes are agreed before additional work proceeds.
INSIGHTS
2026.05
ADVISORY
The job description rarely matches the actual work. The first three months of a fractional CISO engagement are less about strategy decks and more about answering the questions leadership did not realize they had.
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2026.04
CLOUD
Most business breaches we investigate begin with identity, email, or Microsoft 365 configuration gaps. These are five settings that close common exposure paths.
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2026.03
IR
Most retainer agreements look the same on paper. The differences only show up when the phone rings outside business hours.
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READY WHEN YOU ARE
Schedule a 30-minute consultation: no obligation, no scripted sales call, just a direct conversation with a senior practitioner.