Defense-focused cybersecurity operations and red team services for government
Adapt Forward operates a government-focused cybersecurity services practice built around DoD missions, NSA-certified red teaming, and incident response. The stack is heavily Windows/Active Directory/Splunk-based—reflecting mature enterprise SOC operations—while projects span detection engineering (correlation searches, IDS/IPS signatures), forensics, and large-scale incident response. Hiring is minimal and junior-heavy, suggesting either stable staffing in a mission-critical role or capacity constraints in handling tier-1 analysis quality and insider-threat workloads.
Adapt Forward is a cybersecurity services provider headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, serving government agencies—primarily the Department of Defense—since 2015. The company specializes in defensive security operations, NSA-certified red team engagements, incident response, and custom cyber tool development. With 51–200 employees, Adapt Forward operates as a Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) with deep expertise in compliance (DISA STIG), classified environments, and purple-team exercises. Core service areas include SOC operations, digital forensics, cyber hunts, and infrastructure security across cloud and hybrid environments.
Windows Server, Active Directory, Splunk Enterprise Security, Elasticsearch, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, Azure Defender, AWS, SQL Server, and Corelight for network telemetry and correlation search automation.
Splunk dashboard development, correlation search tuning, IDS/IPS signature development, digital forensic investigations, large-scale incident response campaigns, and CSSP capability enhancement.
North Charleston, South Carolina. The company was founded in 2015 and currently operates with 51–200 employees focused on U.S. government and Department of Defense cybersecurity missions.
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