Huntress is an American cybersecurity company specializing in threat detection and incident response delivered as managed services. Based in Maryland, it primarily targets small and medium-sized businesses, as well as organizations whose IT teams have limited resources. Its approach combines monitoring tools with shared human expertise to detect intrusions and help customers contain their impact.
A company born out of intelligence experience
Founded in 2015, Huntress counts Kyle Hanslovan, a former cyber operations specialist in the US intelligence community, among its co-founders. The company starts from a simple observation: attack techniques do not target only large corporations, yet investigative capabilities often remain beyond the reach of smaller organizations. It initially developed tools to identify signs of compromise that traditional defenses can miss, particularly the mechanisms that allow an attacker to maintain access to a machine.
To reach this fragmented market, Huntress relies heavily on managed IT service providers, or MSPs. These intermediaries administer systems for multiple customers and can integrate security monitoring into their offerings. This distribution model is central to its growth, complementing its direct relationships with companies’ IT teams.
Software backed by analysts
The core offering focuses on protecting workstations and servers, with endpoint detection and response capabilities, known by the acronym EDR. The collected data is analyzed to identify suspicious behavior. Analysts at Huntress’s security operations center then step in to assess alerts, document incidents, and guide or carry out remediation actions, depending on the service involved.
The company has gradually expanded its scope to include protection for identities and Microsoft 365 environments, as well as the centralization and analysis of security logs. It also offers security awareness training, an activity strengthened by the acquisition of Curricula in 2022. The aim is to cover several entry points for attacks: compromised machines, hijacked accounts, and human behavior exploited by fraudsters.
The service’s value lies less in the accumulation of alerts than in their operational handling. For a service provider or a small IT team, access to contextualized investigations and corrective measures reduces the work needed to distinguish a harmless event from an actual intrusion.
What’s next?
Huntress operates in a competitive market, where endpoint protection vendors and managed service specialists are expanding their offerings. Its challenge will be to maintain ease of operation while covering more environments. The quality of investigations, speed of response, and ability to work with IT service providers will remain decisive factors in winning over organizations with tight budgets.