DivisionHex drives forward the evolution of Coalfire, going beyond compliance to double down on offensive and defensive security strategies, ensuring clients are secured on all sides

Coalfire is introducing its new cybersecurity services and team, DivisionHex, building on the company’s long-time expertise with new specialties in vulnerability management and advanced threat detection. Headed by a team of security stalwarts including former IBM X-Force leaders, DivisionHex identifies weaknesses before adversaries can exploit them.

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DivisionHex’s leadership team includes Charles Henderson, who brings extensive experience in threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing and more gained from his tenure leading IBM X-Force and Trustwave SpiderLabs. It also includes Neil “Grifter” Wyler, vice president of defensive services and former IBM X-Force member, and Bart Stump, managing principal of defensive services, who both run the NOC at Black Hat USA each year. Heading up offensive security is Vice President John Hendley, ex–Navy officer, former global strategy lead for IBM X-Force, OSCP-certified, and hardwired for attacker logic. Michael Raibick, who built global Red and Purple Team operations at CrowdStrike, is at the helm of engineering pressure-tested playbooks.

DivisionHex helps enterprises fear no future, by staying ahead of modern threats with specialized threat modeling and penetration testing designed for the AI/ML-powered world. The team’s experienced testers bring a hacker’s perspective to help clients identify real-world risks and remediation actions, leveraging advanced methodologies to provide actionable insights to reduce risk, enhance security posture and safeguard critical assets.

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Charles Henderson, executive vice president of DivisionHex, said: “We’re not here to wait and react. We’re here to strike first. Our new name reflects the truth of who we are: an elite division of hackers and defenders who don’t flinch in the face of evolving threats. We don’t fear the unknown; we hunt it.”

DivisionHex will operate at the core of Coalfire’s cyber services portfolio, supporting enterprises in industries ranging from cloud and healthcare to financial services, retail, manufacturing, and beyond. Whether simulating nation-state-level attacks or helping teams prepare for the next wave of AI-driven threats, DivisionHex is designed to meet the moment, and stay ahead of threat actors.

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Source: prnewswire