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Giant Stride
Reinforcing the Security Perimeter of SMEs

Lefteris Karafilis, Founder, Giant Stride, Giant StrideLefteris Karafilis, Founder, Giant Stride
Today, users, devices, and apps have exponentially grown in numbers, and so has the amount of sensitive or confidential data they generate. This has amplified the technical complexity with which hackers execute their malicious attacks. The direct implication is the need for a robust cybersecurity strategy to safeguard firms against cyber threats orchestrated to access, modify, discard or extract their sensitive information.

This need can be addressed by Giant Stride, a firm that provides fully managed security as a service to its customers and assists them by regularly monitoring and managing their security environment.

Giant Stride caters to the cybersecurity essentials of numerous small to medium-sized businesses across various industries with an emphasis on the five pillars of security; identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover.

“We treat every client like they are our only client to ensure we collaborate closely with each of them and uphold a long-lasting relationship,” says Lefteris Karafilis, founder of Giant Stride.

Giant Stride prioritizes the convenience of its customers in its security services. It swiftly responds to inquiries, evaluates the challenges, and provides the most effective cybersecurity solutions to address them. It accurately delivers the appropriate remedy for any unique or intricate cybersecurity issues of its clients and safeguards their systems and network by monitoring them routinely and fortifying them with security products to spare them the aggravation of unanticipated troubles.

The cybersecurity firm fortifies its users’ corporate network with endpoint security products, firewalls, VPNs, and vulnerability scans as a preemptive measure to defend against malicious attacks. It leverages the expertise of its team of highly qualified cybersecurity specialists to constantly inculcate vital knowledge in its users to identify and respond appropriately to any suspicious activity.

Using Giant Stride’s services, users are enabled to encourage safe workplace behaviors in terms of actions, reactions, mannerisms, and general conduct. It guides them in creating clear and concise written policies for using and discarding sensitive data and identifies, tracks, and encrypts their employees’ devices like smartphones, USB drives, tablets, and laptops to promote secure remote working.


We treat every client like they are our only client to ensure that we collaborate closely with each of them and uphold a long-lasting relationship

Giant Stride’s innovative and automated procedures reduce recurring problems in its users’ infrastructure and offer an incident response strategy upon threat detection. In the unfortunate case of a user losing their data, it also includes backup and disaster recovery solutions to retrieve their data.

The cyber security firm additionally provides robust cloud solutions that assist its customers with migrating their on-premise infrastructure to the cloud. It works closely with them to comprehend their security objectives and conducts due diligence to help them discover dependable and appropriate cloud services for their organizations.

It offers users a proactive and holistic approach to tackling better-and lesser-known cyber risks, considering the constantly evolving environment of cyber threats. Giant Stride will continue to assist SMEs in fortifying their IT infrastructure and business operations against cyberattacks and the best of cybercriminals.

Company
Giant Stride

Headquarters
Athens, Greece

Management
Lefteris Karafilis, Founder, Giant Stride

Description
With an emphasis on the five pillars of security; identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover, Giant Stride provides fully managed security as a service to its customers and assists them by regularly monitoring and managing their security environment

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