Network Security Engineering
Senior engineering depth most consultancies don't have.
The argument
Security strategy is worthless if it can't be implemented. Most cybersecurity consultancies are advisory firms — they assess, recommend, and produce reports. When the time comes to actually deploy a next-generation firewall, configure a SIEM, design a zero-trust network architecture, or stand up identity protection, they hand you off to an integrator or your MSP.
VALO is built differently. The same person who develops your security strategy can also implement the controls. Our principal has spent approximately a decade as a senior network security engineer in production environments across federal healthcare, state public health, and major banking. The platforms we recommend are platforms we've operated, not platforms we've read about.
Platforms and depth
Next-generation firewall design and deployment, security policy development and rule base optimization, Cortex XDR and XSIAM for extended detection and response. Production experience across federal healthcare, state public health, and banking environments.
Cloud security posture management across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Misconfiguration and compliance assessment, visibility and monitoring deployment, workload protection planning. Backed by the Palo Alto Networks Certified Prisma Cloud Security Engineer credential (PCCSE).
Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM and SOAR. Integration into Microsoft 365 environments and Azure tenants.
DNS-layer security, secure web gateway, virtual appliance deployment. Particularly relevant for healthcare and education environments with distributed sites.
Engagement formats
A focused engagement assessing your current security architecture against best practice and your regulatory requirements. Output: an architecture assessment document with prioritized recommendations.
A scoped project to design, deploy, and validate a specific security control or platform — for example, Palo Alto NGFW migration, Microsoft Sentinel deployment, or Cisco Umbrella secure internet gateway rollout.
Ongoing senior engineering capacity for organizations that need access to a senior security engineer without hiring one. Hours-based or block-of-hours pricing.
VALO is a consultancy, not a 24/7 network operations center. We design, deploy, and validate. Ongoing operations — monitoring, incident triage, ticket management — sit with your IT team or a partnered managed service provider. We can recommend MSP partners for ongoing operations.
Pricing is engagement-specific and depends on the scope of work, what platforms are involved, and whether the engagement is a focused architecture review, a defined deployment project, or ongoing engineering capacity. We'll discuss it during a scoping call so the number you hear reflects your actual scope, not a generic rate card.
Schedule a conversation about your environment.
We'll discuss your current architecture, what platforms you're running, and where the gaps are — and whether there's a fit for VALO to help close them.
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