Incident response and digital forensics
Containment that does not destroy the evidence, eradication that finds every foothold, and forensics documented to a standard that survives an insurer, counsel, or a regulator.
Bought under NAICS 541519. For an active incident, call rather than filling in a form.
Report it on the contact form and choose “Incident response” as the topic; those are triaged ahead of everything else. Before we speak: isolate affected systems from the network rather than powering them off, stop anyone from wiping or rebuilding, and preserve logs immediately — particularly cloud and identity logs, which often have short retention windows.
Evidence destroyed in the first hour cannot be recovered later, and without it you cannot establish scope. Not knowing the scope is what turns a contained incident into a notifiable breach.
How a response runs
Select any stage to see what happens there. The order matters: scoping before containment, and containment sequenced so it does not destroy what forensics needs.
Aligned to the NIST SP 800-61 incident handling lifecycle.
What you receive
- Containment actions taken, with timestamps and authority
- Forensic timeline reconstructing what happened and when
- Scope determination: which accounts, systems, and data were affected
- Indicators of compromise for your own and your partners' detection
- Written root-cause analysis
- Eradication verification confirming persistence is gone
- Support for regulatory, contractual, and insurer reporting obligations
Retainer or emergency
A retainer buys agreed response times, pre-signed terms so contracting is not happening mid-incident, and a responder who already knows your environment. It is included in the Fortress and Apex managed security tiers.
Without a retainer we will still take your call, but the first hours go on paperwork and discovery rather than containment, and that is time you do not get back.
Evidence is acquired and handled under documented chain of custody from the first image onward, because the decision about whether it will matter legally is usually made long after the acquisition.
Who performs the work
Swif7Edge is small on purpose. The people who scope your engagement are the people who run it.
Our practice was founded by U.S. Army veterans. The security side is led by a combat veteran and former NSA contractor with 26 years in security engineering, who has built and led teams of more than 130 engineers, stood up global security operations centers, and directed offensive security work for the Defense Intelligence Agency, the FBI, and the U.S. Marine Corps.
That background is company-stated. Specific engagements are covered by non-disclosure terms and in most cases by the sensitivity of the work itself, so we do not detail them publicly. We will substantiate it directly during a procurement, with references and whatever contract detail can be released.
The strategy side brings more than 20 years across the Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, and Fortune 500 operations, managing portfolios above $150 million and cross-functional teams of up to 2,500 personnel.
Credentials held on the team
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
- GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
- GIAC Assessing and Auditing Wireless Networks (GAWN)
We do not publish client names, logos, or case studies. The work is mostly covered by non-disclosure terms, and a small firm that lists logos it cannot substantiate is making a claim it cannot stand behind. The certifications and registrations above are independently checkable, and the methodologies on each service page are named rather than described. Everything we say about our own history is company-stated and we label it that way.
Do not wait for an incident to find our number
A retainer costs a fraction of an emergency engagement and removes the contracting delay at the worst possible moment.
Common questions
If what you need is not here, ask us directly rather than filling in a form.
Report it on our contact form and choose "Incident response" as the topic; those are triaged ahead of everything else. Do not wipe or rebuild anything yet, do not power systems off if you can isolate them instead, and preserve logs before any retention window closes. Destroying evidence in the first hour is the most common and most costly mistake, because it removes your ability to establish scope.
You can call us either way. A retainer buys agreed response times, pre-signed engagement terms so legal work is not happening during the incident, and an environment we already understand. Without one, the first hours are spent on paperwork and discovery instead of containment.
Yes. Many policies require the insurer to approve the responder, so tell us your carrier early. We routinely work under direction of counsel where privilege matters, and our forensic process is documented to support that.