Proactive Risk Announces Authorized Binary Defense Partnership to Strengthen MANAGEIT™ MDR Services

Proactive Risk Announces Authorized Binary Defense Partnership to Strengthen MANAGEIT™ MDR Services

Denville, New Jersey : September 5, 2026 : Proactive Risk, Inc., an intelligence-led cybersecurity and risk-management firm, is pleased to announce its new status as an Authorized Binary Defense Partner. The partnership strengthens Proactive Risk’s MANAGEIT™ managed security services offering with Managed Detection and Response (MDR) capabilities.

The collaboration brings together two organizations with a shared mission: helping clients proactively identify, defend against, and respond to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

For mid-market organizations, cybersecurity is no longer only an IT concern. A ransomware event, compromised account, or extended service interruption can affect operations, customer confidence, and financial performance. This partnership is intended to help Proactive Risk clients strengthen around-the-clock monitoring and response support through the MANAGEIT™ service portfolio, subject to final scope, executed agreements, applicable terms, and the client’s environment.

Why the Partnership Matters

Many organizations have security tools in place but limited internal capacity to monitor and investigate alerts continuously. The Authorized Binary Defense Partner relationship is significant because it enhances Proactive Risk’s ability to bring managed detection and response capabilities, security operations support, and advisory coordination together in a more unified offering.

In practical terms, the partnership is designed to help eligible clients improve visibility, accelerate investigation, and support response decisions with experienced analyst oversight while maintaining Proactive Risk’s business-aligned, intelligence-led approach.

“At Proactive Risk, our mission has always been to help organizations manage risk while enabling business growth. Partnering with Binary Defense allows us to bring an exceptional level of detection, response, and security operations expertise to our clients. Together, we can deliver the proactive protection businesses need to stay ahead of modern threats while maintaining the personalized advisory experience our clients value.”

: Tom Brennan, Founder and CEO, Proactive Risk, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran

About Binary Defense

According to Binary Defense’s public materials, the company was founded by David Kennedy, a cybersecurity leader, company founder, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Binary Defense provides managed detection and response services that combine 24/7 monitoring, analyst-led investigation, threat hunting, and response support across key parts of a client environment. Public information also describes support for areas such as endpoints, cloud infrastructure, identity, email, network telemetry, and existing EDR and SIEM technologies.

Binary Defense also describes its NightBeacon platform as AI-powered security operations technology that assists with alert processing, threat-intelligence correlation, evidence-backed findings, and analyst decision-making. As described publicly, the platform is designed to support human analysts, not replace human accountability for escalation or containment decisions. More information is available at binarydefense.com and its Managed Detection and Response page.

Strengthening the MANAGEIT™ Platform

MANAGEIT™ is Proactive Risk’s managed security services offering. Through this partnership, the MANAGEIT™ portfolio may be enhanced with capabilities such as 24/7 security operations monitoring, managed detection and response, threat hunting, incident response support, broader security visibility, and executive-oriented reporting, depending on the client’s environment and agreed scope.

For clients, the business relevance is straightforward: stronger monitoring and response support may help reduce operational blind spots, improve security visibility, and give leadership clearer information for decision-making. These are intended benefits, not guarantees, and outcomes depend on scope, technology, coverage, response authority, and client-specific conditions.

Next Steps

Organizations evaluating MDR or seeking to strengthen security operations are invited to schedule a no-obligation Security Strategy Discussion / Risk Briefing with Proactive Risk to determine whether MANAGEIT™ is appropriate for their environment.

Schedule a Risk Briefing or contact Proactive Risk.

Partnership and Service Disclaimer

The Authorized Binary Defense Partner relationship and any services described in this announcement are subject to final scope, executed agreements, applicable terms, client requirements, technology compatibility, and the client’s environment. Neither Proactive Risk nor Binary Defense guarantees compliance, complete coverage, incident prevention, risk reduction, uninterrupted operations, or any specific business outcome.

About PROACTIVE RISK

PROACTIVE RISK Intelligence-Led Cybersecurity & Risk Management ANTICIPATE. DEFEND. PREVAIL.

Proactive Risk is an SDVOSB-certified cybersecurity firm headquartered in Denville, New Jersey, providing intelligence-led cybersecurity and risk-management services nationwide, including vCISO leadership, managed detection and response, CATSCAN® adversarial penetration testing, third-party risk management, and compliance services.

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