Huntress

Huntress sells a security outcome rather than a security tool. Every licence includes a managed detection and response service: lightweight agents on endpoints feed a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center that investigates alerts, verifies threats, and provides detailed, actionable incident reports, so small businesses without in-house security expertise only ever see the alerts that matter. On Windows and macOS the agent layers on top of built-in defences like Microsoft Defender rather than replacing them; on Linux it provides standalone EDR.

The platform has expanded from endpoints into identity: Huntress MDR for Microsoft 365 actively monitors logins, configuration, and mail rules for business email compromise, with instant lockdown capabilities for compromised accounts. The company adds early-detection mechanisms such as ransomware canaries and persistent-foothold detection, and the vendor claims under 1 percent false positives. Huntress is sold primarily through managed service providers and priced per endpoint at levels accessible to small organizations. Detection-rate and false-positive figures are vendor-reported; I have not independently tested them.

1. Sign up through huntress.com directly or via your managed service provider.
2. Deploy the lightweight agent to endpoints (Windows, macOS, Linux) and connect your Microsoft 365 tenant.
3. The Huntress SOC begins 24/7 monitoring; investigated incidents arrive with remediation steps.
4. Approve one-click remediation actions or let the SOC contain threats directly.