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Specialist focus over broad bundling
Whether your provider's entire business is security, or whether security is one of several services competing for attention alongside help desk, infrastructure and app development.
Talanos vs ThreatSpike
Bundled IT is not the same as specialist security.
ThreatSpike packages IT support, infrastructure, application development and security into a single fixed-price subscription. Talanos is a dedicated security partner: vendor-neutral, independently accredited, and built to strengthen the tools and providers you already trust.
ThreatSpike
All-in-one IT and security platform on a single proprietary subscription.
Bundled IT, dev and security
Single proprietary platform
Replaces your existing stack
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Talanos
Specialist managed SOC focused on security outcomes and your independence.
Pureplay security specialist
Vendor-neutral, best-of-breed
Strengthens your existing stack
Buyer priorities
The differences customers should care about first
An all-in-one subscription is convenient, but security is not just another line item in an IT bundle. The questions that matter most are about focus, independence and ownership.
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Independent assurance
Whether the team testing and assuring your defences is independent of the platform being tested. Independence avoids the conflict of a single vendor marking its own homework.
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No vendor lock-in
Whether you keep ownership of your tools, data and telemetry, or hand everything to a single proprietary platform that is difficult to move away from later.
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Works with what you have
Whether the SOC strengthens your existing investments and providers, or forces a rip-and-replace of tooling you have already paid for and trained your people on.
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Depth of security expertise
Whether analyst time is spent defending you, or split across general IT tasks. Concentrated expertise tends to mean faster, sharper detection and response.
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Resilience for the business
Whether the provider supports legal, regulatory, PR and insurance readiness during an incident — not just the technical layer — so the whole organisation can respond.
Direct comparison
Talanos vs ThreatSpike
A customer-focused comparison of operating model, independence, integration, commercial flexibility and resilience. Both providers run a 24/7 SOC and hold strong accreditations — the real difference is in the model, not the basics.
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ThreatSpike
Talanos
Operating model
All-in-one
Bundles IT help desk, infrastructure, application development and security into one subscription.
Bundles IT help desk, infrastructure, application development and security into one subscription.
Specialist
Pureplay security specialist focused on detection, containment and resilience — not a general IT provider.
Pureplay security specialist focused on detection, containment and resilience — not a general IT provider.
Technology approach
A single proprietary platform built in-house. Your security runs on ThreatSpike's own software and agent.
Vendor-neutral and best-of-breed — works with leading SIEM and XDR, plus the tools you already own.
Your existing stack
Designed to replace your existing tooling and consolidate everything onto their platform.
Augments and strengthens your current investments rather than ripping them out.
Vendor lock-in
Deep dependency on one vendor's platform, proprietary agent and data format.
No lock-in — your tooling, data and telemetry remain yours and portable.
Testing independence
Offensive testing performed by the same vendor that built and operates your security platform.
Independent assurance — testing is separated from the platform it assesses, avoiding marking your own homework.
Coverage
24/7/365 SOC spanning IT and security operations.
True 24/7 security operations with analyst-led containment — no general IT queue to compete with.
Incident response
Runbooks, incident bridges and forensics delivered within their platform by an AI.
Analyst-led active containment, incident command, and coordination across your other providers and the business.
Depth of expertise
Broad generalist scope across IT, development and security.
Concentrated security depth — every analyst hour goes to defending you, not running a help desk.
Data & integration
Feed-agnostic ingestion into their own platform.
Unlimited data sources integrated into a consolidated SIEM and XDR view across your environment.
Commercial model
Flat per-user or per-device fee covering the whole IT and security bundle.
Transparent security pricing — unlimited engineering changes and onboarding data sources at no extra cost.
Deployment
Requires their proprietary agent deployed across the estate, deepening dependence on their support.
No new agents required. Full deployment handled by Talanos using your existing telemetry.
Change management
Changes managed within the boundaries of their platform.
Unlimited changes at no extra cost as your environment evolves.
Reporting
Monthly static reports and review meetings focused on AI stats.
Monthly reports plus interactive presentations for governance discussion and continuous improvement.
Security scope
Vulnerability detection delivered within the platform.
Asset, vulnerability and dark web monitoring included as standard.
Incident readiness
Focused on the technical platform layer.
Supports legal, regulatory, PR and insurance coordination — so the business can respond, not just IT.
Accreditation
ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and Cyber Essentials Plus. CREST-approved penetration testing provider only.
CREST-accredited SOC and penetration testing. ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certified.
Independence & ownership
What vendor neutrality really means
A single platform that does everything is convenient — until you want to change it. The more of your IT and security a vendor owns, the harder it is to leave, and the fewer independent eyes there are on your defences.
✓You keep ownership of your data, tooling and telemetry
✓Your security is not tied to one company's proprietary agent
✓Independent assurance — testing is separate from the platform
Operating model
The real difference: who owns your security?
Both models can keep a business secure. The question is whether security is a specialism delivered by an independent partner, or one feature of an all-in-one platform you become dependent on.
ThreatSpike
An all-in-one provider that owns IT, development, infrastructure and security on one platform.
- Security is bundled alongside IT support and app development
- Everything runs on a single proprietary platform and agent
- Designed to replace your existing tooling and providers
- The same vendor builds, runs and tests your security
Talanos
A specialist managed SOC built around security outcomes and your independence.
- Security is the whole job — not one service among many
- Vendor-neutral, working with the best tools for your environment
- Strengthens your existing stack instead of replacing it
- Independent assurance, with no lock-in to one platform
See the difference for your business
Bundled IT is not the same as specialist security.
If you are weighing an all-in-one platform against a specialist security partner, we will walk you through exactly how Talanos would protect your environment, work with the tools you already have, and keep you in control.