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Exposure management for companies with IT coverage but no security leader.
Northstar finds the vulnerabilities that actually expose your business, prioritizes remediation with exploit intelligence and asset context, and delivers executive-ready evidence for leadership, insurers, auditors, and your MSP.
A ranked remediation plan plus evidence for leadership, insurers, and auditors.
The Platform
One system behind every engagement.
Every Northstar engagement runs on the same operating picture: what is exposed, what attackers are actively using, what to fix first, and what to show the people who ask.
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External Surface Map
Everything the internet can see
Every asset reachable from the public internet for your domains: portals, mail, VPN, cloud apps, and the forgotten test sites attackers find first. Mapped before anything else happens.
23 assets mapped · 4 flagged
Authenticated Assessment
Inside the perimeter
Authenticated internal scanning sees what perimeter tools cannot: patch gaps, misconfigurations, and lateral movement paths.
60-70% more findings
Exploit Intel Correlation
What attackers are using now
Every finding checked against CISA KEV and active exploit activity. Severity scores do not set priority here. Attacker behavior does.
1,200+ KEV entries tracked
Prioritization Engine
One ranked list
Reachability, asset value, exploit status, and remediation age converge into a single queue your team can actually work.
Critical target: 24 hours
Remediation Routing
Findings become tickets
Each finding ships with an owner, a deadline, and a verification step, packaged so your MSP or IT team can execute without translation.
FINDING→TICKET→VERIFIED
Evidence Ledger
A defensible record, built monthly
A growing record, not a one-time snapshot: every monthly exposure report adds to the documentation leadership, HIPAA audits, SOC 2 reviews, PCI-DSS, and cyber insurance renewals ask for. When someone asks for proof, it already exists.
12 reports and counting
The Exposure Workflow
Five steps. Tracked every cycle.
1
Discover
Full asset and exposure discovery: the external surface an attacker sees, plus authenticated internal assessment of every endpoint, server, and service. Most clients find assets they forgot existed.
2
Prioritize
Exploit intelligence and asset context rank what matters. A medium severity flaw with a working exploit outranks a critical one nobody is using. Your team fixes what reduces risk, not what scores highest.
3
Assign
Every finding gets a named owner, a target date, and an MSP-ready ticket. Accountability is built into the program, not bolted on after. No finding sits in a report waiting to be noticed.
4
Prove
No finding closes without a rescan confirming the fix. Verified closures become the executive evidence your insurers, auditors, and clients ask for. You always know where you stand, and can show it.
5
Review
Month-over-month trend review against the last cycle: what closed, what's new, where exposure is rising or falling. The record carries forward, so next month builds on this one instead of starting over.
Critical 24 hoursHigh 7 daysMedium 30 daysLow / Info 90 days
Recommended remediation targets · adjusted to business criticality and maintenance windows
Exploit Intelligence
Intelligence that changes remediation priority.
We monitor what attackers are actively exploiting and re-rank your remediation queue when the ground shifts. This console is live: the same CISA KEV feed that drives client prioritization.
Exploit Intelligence ConsoleLive · CISA KEV
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Microsoft CVEs
Known exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities
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Ransomware-Linked
Associated with ransomware activity
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KEV Entries
Cataloged exploited vulnerabilities
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New Additions
Added in the last 30 days
Newly Added
Ransomware Linked
Remote Code Execution
Authentication Bypass
Network Edge / VPN
Privilege Escalation
All KEV
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Which of these are reachable in your environment?
We map active exploit intelligence against your assets, exposure context, and remediation capacity so your team knows what to fix first, and what can wait.
For MSPs
You keep the client. We carry the security questions.
Northstar strengthens the MSP relationship instead of competing with it: a dedicated security advisory layer for vulnerability management, compliance evidence, and executive risk reporting. Managed IT stays yours.
Partner Program
Referral arrangements, white-label delivery, or co-engagement on existing clients. If your clients are asking security questions you cannot answer, let us talk.
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Stay the Primary Relationship
Bring Northstar in as the security advisory layer. You stay the primary IT relationship. Your client gets security coverage. You get a trusted partner for the security questions that land on your desk.
02
Compliance Questions, Handled
HIPAA, PCI-DSS, cyber insurance renewals, client due diligence requests. These questions are landing on your desk. Northstar handles the security program side so you can stay focused on IT operations.
03
No Conflict. Complete Coverage.
We advise, your team executes. Northstar never competes for the managed IT relationship. We handle vulnerability management and security advisory. You handle everything else.
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Extend Your Service Stack
Offering a security advisory partner sets your MSP apart. Give your clients a complete answer, not a referral to figure it out themselves.
Deliverables
What lands on your desk.
No 200-page technical exports. Every engagement produces documents written for the person who has to act on them.
No hourly billing. No ambiguity. Fixed engagements so you know exactly what you are getting and what it costs. Each step stands alone; together they form the program.
Step 01 · Look
External Snapshot
Free · $1,500 written scan
See what an attacker sees. A 30-minute readout of your internet-facing exposure, zero access required.
Internet-facing exposure map
CISA KEV cross-reference
30-minute readout call
No agents, no credentials
Step 02 · Baseline
Exposure Baseline
$3,000 - $7,500 one-time
Establish where you actually stand: authenticated internal assessment with a risk-ranked plan.
Authenticated internal scan
Full asset discovery
Risk-ranked remediation roadmap
Executive brief for leadership
Step 03 · Operate
Monthly Exposure Advisory
From $2,000 / month
The full command center, run for you every month: scanning, prioritization, routing, and evidence.
Monthly authenticated scanning
Exploit-intelligence prioritization
30-minute advisory session
12 documented assessments / year
Partners · MSP
MSP Partner Program
Partner terms
Offer security leadership under your brand or ours. You stay the primary relationship.
How is this different from what my IT company already does?
Your MSP focuses on operations and uptime. Northstar focuses on adversarial risk and defensibility. While your IT team handles the hands-on execution of patches, we provide the Strategic Security Layer: defining the roadmap, validating the fixes, and providing the documentation your auditors and insurers actually require.
What is authenticated internal scanning and why does it matter?
External scanners see only what is visible through your firewall - the perimeter. Authenticated internal scanning uses admin credentials from within the network to assess every asset, every configuration, and every vulnerability on every system. This surfaces the exposures attackers actually target: unpatched internal systems, misconfigured services, and lateral movement paths that perimeter scans cannot reach. Most organizations do not understand the gap until they see their first internal assessment.
I do not have a security team. How does remediation actually work?
That is exactly who this is designed for. Northstar delivers a prioritized remediation roadmap every month alongside a 30-minute advisory call. Your IT company handles the actual patching and configuration changes. We tell them exactly what to fix, in what order, and why. You do not need a security engineer on staff. You need someone who gives your IT team a clear, ranked list and holds the program accountable month over month.
What compliance frameworks does this support?
The vulnerability management program directly supports HIPAA Security Rule requirements, PCI-DSS vulnerability scanning requirements, NIST CSF, SOC 2 Type II audit readiness, and cyber insurance renewal documentation. Twelve documented monthly assessments per year is a meaningful compliance record. For organizations needing formal policy and framework alignment, the Security Program Build-Out tier covers that specifically.
How much time will this take from my team each month?
The monthly advisory call runs 30 minutes. Reading the report takes another 20. Your IT company reviews the remediation roadmap and executes patches on their normal schedule. There is no standing up infrastructure, no alert queues to manage, and no ongoing technical overhead on your side. Northstar runs the program. Your team acts on the output.
Is this the same as a penetration test?
No. A penetration test is a point-in-time engagement where a tester actively tries to exploit vulnerabilities. Useful, but it goes stale the day it finishes. A vulnerability management program runs every month and tracks remediation progress over time. A pentest tells you where you stood on one day. Northstar tells you where you stand every month and whether you are getting better.
Do you replace our MSP or IT provider?
No. Your IT provider retains full ownership of infrastructure and execution. Northstar provides the security advisory layer - prioritization, validation, and reporting. The two roles are complementary, not competing.
Do you need administrative credentials?
Authenticated assessment requires scoped admin credentials for the systems being assessed. Credential handling, permissions, and scan boundaries are defined and documented during onboarding. Credentials are used only for authorized assessment activity and are not retained afterward.
What tools do you use?
We use commercial-grade vulnerability scanning, external assessment tooling, and exploit intelligence feeds including CISA KEV. Specific tooling details are shared during engagement scoping. We do not rely on a single tool - the program combines authenticated internal scanning, external perimeter assessment, and advisor-reviewed prioritization.
What do you not do?
No 24/7 SOC. No managed IT replacement. No emergency incident response unless separately scoped. No guarantee that every vulnerability can be remediated immediately - remediation execution belongs to your IT team. Northstar is a security advisory and assessment program, not a managed security service.
What happens after the first assessment?
You receive a prioritized remediation roadmap, executive brief, and a 30-minute findings call. From there, we can transition into the monthly Exposure Management Advisory program or leave you with a standalone deliverable. The baseline is also your compliance documentation starting point.
Can you support HIPAA or cyber insurance evidence?
Yes. Monthly assessments, remediation tracking, and executive summaries directly support HIPAA Security Rule documentation, cyber insurance renewals, SOC 2 audit readiness, PCI-DSS scanning requirements, and client security questionnaires. Twelve documented assessments per year is a meaningful compliance record.
Free · Zero Access · 30 Minutes
Get a free External Exposure Snapshot.
One domain you own. Zero access to your network. A 30-minute readout of what is exposed to the internet and what to hand your IT team first. If it is useful, we talk about the rest. If not, you keep the findings.