# Vendor-neutral security advisory

Model providers, cloud platforms and large consultancies all have a stack to sell. We do not. We choose the smallest set of tools that gets the security outcome, including your existing tools and sometimes no AI at all.

Complexity is where attackers hide. Every platform we help you avoid is one less thing to secure, integrate and staff. And because we build, our advice comes from running these systems, not reading about them.

## Questions we help answer

-   Which SIEM, UEBA or SOAR platform fits our data, team and budget?
-   Which AI models and providers should we trust with security work and sensitive data?
-   What can we remove from our stack without losing coverage?
-   What should the next twelve months of our security roadmap be?

## How it works

We build and prepare everything along the way. A person always makes the final call before anything moves on.

1.  ### Frame the decision
    
    The problem, constraints and success criteria, written down before any demo.
    
2.  ### Shortlist
    
    Vendors, open source and do-nothing options, filtered against your constraints.
    
3.  ### Prove it
    
    A hands-on proof of concept with your data and your use cases.
    
4.  Human checkpoint
    
    ### You decide
    
    We recommend, with trade-offs and total cost. The decision stays yours.
    

## What we offer

-   ### Platform evaluations
    
    In-depth SIEM, UEBA and SOAR comparisons against your real use cases, not vendor demos.
    
-   ### Proof-of-concept support
    
    Success criteria, test data and hands-on evaluation, so the decision rests on evidence.
    
-   ### AI provider selection
    
    Model and provider choices across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, open-weight and local models, weighed on data boundaries, cost and portability.
    
-   ### Architecture simplification
    
    Find overlapping tools, unclear ownership and brittle integrations, and plan a simpler design.
    
-   ### Roadmaps
    
    A practical, prioritized plan that your team can execute.
    

## How it works

1.  01
    
    ### Understand
    
    Interviews, current architecture and the decisions actually on the table.
    
2.  02
    
    ### Evaluate
    
    Hands-on testing against criteria agreed up front.
    
3.  03
    
    ### Recommend
    
    A clear recommendation with trade-offs, costs and an implementation path.
    

## What you get

-   Decisions backed by hands-on evidence
-   No commission or reseller bias
-   A simpler, cheaper stack where possible
-   A roadmap your team can execute

## Often paired with

-   [Secure Infrastructure](/services/secure-infrastructure)
-   [Forward-Deployed Security Engineering](/services/forward-deployed-security-engineering)
-   [Accelerated Patching & Remediation](/services/accelerated-patching)

## Tell us what's stuck.

If we can materially improve the outcome, we'll come back with a concrete first step. On-site in Toronto or remote.

[Start a conversation](/contact)

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Source: https://shadesec.com/services/security-advisory