We are joining Coalition!
A super huge announcement about our next chapter!
Tim MalcomVetter & Jake Reynolds
Co-Founder / CEO, Co-Founder / CTO
From the blog
This is where we slow down and capture our view of the cybersecurity world into words, so that you can accelerate your security operations at Wirespeed.
Wirespeed on the VLCM Tech2Exec Podcast
Security isn't as complicated as vendors want you to believe
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Ransomware Recovery
How we work ransomware cases with IR firms
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Free the Statue
Greatness often comes from subtraction, not addition.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
How we handle Attack Simulations
What's the right way to handle these?
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
BEC: Under the Microscope
A real-time anatomy lesson of a Business Email Compromise
Josh Moore
Founding Security Engineer
Lateral Movement in 47 seconds
Your 20 minute MTTR looks pretty slow right now...
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Wirespeed on the Hubscale Podcast #91
Mission-driven. Built different. Cutting through the noise.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Wirespeed Turns 1!
Growing up so fast. Our first year out of stealth.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Jiu Jitsu Smackdown
Wirespeed is sponsoring a jiu jitsu event? At the BlackHat USA conference??
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Instant-Triage SIEM Detections
We took something everyone does and made it WAY better.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
3 Case Monte
A story of truly democratized security v.s. a coordinated attack
Josh Moore
Founding Security Engineer
This Breach was Contained for FREE!
They were quite fortunate to have a Wirespeed evaluation running when this happened.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Type 1 and Type 2 Decisions
Some things cannot be left to AI. Some things can.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Microsoft Identity Challenges
No wonder SOCs don't triage identity cases well.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Press Release: Wirespeed Seed Funding
Innovative cybersecurity startup, Wirespeed, secures funding from cybersecurity legends.
Wirespeed
Marketing
Handling an ExpressVPN Login
We turn the challenging into the mundane.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Earth Day 2025: How GREEN is your Cybersecurity Automation?
Spoiler: Wirespeed is GREEN. Agentic AI isn't!
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Press Release: Wirespeed Mass Hiring SOC Analysts
Wirespeed Abandons Automation, Hires 75 SOC Analysts Overnight—Prices Surge 97%.
Wirespeed
Marketing
Dual Singapore Phish Contained
Three employees targeted, two logged in, all contained in minutes!
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Ransomware Thwarted in 8 Minutes
The bad guys didn't get paid. Their day was wrecked!
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Our Influences: Bruce Schneier
We stand on the shoulders of giants. Bruce Schneier has influenced us in more ways than we can remember.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
My MDR Doesn't... Remember Expected Behaviors
Here's why many MDR providers struggle to learn and remember your organization...
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
My MDR Doesn't... Know my Technical Users
Many MDRs say they'll learn your org. Few do.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Wirespeed on Enterprise Security Weekly Podcast #394
Talking about automation of SecOps work at scale while maintaining quality.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Identity Crisis: Part 2
A Tale of a Mechanical Engineer's Loose Credentials.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Identity Crisis
I've got bad news for you ... with perhaps a silver lining.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Which Decision Making System is Best?
It depends on how well you know the data and how transparent you need to be.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Right to Left Override
Nice, sneaky old school meets new school attack we dealt with in just a couple mintues.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
2024 Year End Review
Wirespeed was born in 2024. We accomplished so much!
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
The Chauffer Interview Story
An allegory about risk.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
My MDR Doesn't... Know my VIP Users
Many MDRs say they'll learn your org. Few do.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
That's Not Ransomware
Sentinel One called this ransomware but we know better.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
My MDR Doesn't... Tell me Mimikatz was Contained
Not all malware is the same. Some contained malware should actually launch Incident Response.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
214 Seconds in November 2024
We hope the criminal enjoyed the 214 seconds of unauthorized credential access.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Best File Reputation Vendors of 2025
We spent hours and hours over many weeks analyzing the options so you don't have to.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Our Mission: Eliminate the Role of SOC Analyst
This is our bold mission. It's a big goal, but we're already doing it!
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
The Detection Iceberg
It's what you can't see that you have to anticipate.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
AQL - How We Do It
Steal this! The way every other industry does Quality Assurance. Now you can use it for cybersecurity, too!
Jake Reynolds
Co-Founder / CTO
Press Release: Wirespeed MDR Generally Available
Wirespeed's Automated MDR is now generally available! Try for free now!
Wirespeed
Marketing
My MDR Doesn't... Alert on Impossible Travel
Breaking down why traditional MDR approaches don't handle impossible travel and suspicious logins well.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Breaking the Fourth Wall of Cybersecurity
We do something others are scared to do.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Introducing AQL (Acceptable Quality Limits) for Cybersecurity
Steal this! The way every other industry does Quality Assurance. Now you can use it for cybersecurity, too!
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Where do Tier 1/2 come from?
Where did the concept of Tier 1 and 2 (and 3 and 4) SOC Analysts come from?
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
The Pot Roast Story
This story is an allegory. You've lived it. We all have.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Our Influences: Dan Geer
We stand on the shoulders of giants. Dan Geer is one of them.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Life of a SOC Analyst - MSSP Edition
Let's continue being thankful for those in the thankless roles.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Where do Detections come from?
There are only 3 sources for detection content.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Life of a SOC Analyst
Let's be thankful for those in the thankless roles.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Left and Right of Boom
This simple concept will make you better at cybersecurity in 2 minutes.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Choosing a Brand
What goes into choosing the name for your new start up?
Jake Reynolds
Co-Founder / CTO
Blue Teams Think in Algorithms
Everything can be done algorithmically, even responding to security alerts.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Red Teams Think in Algorithms
Everything can be done algorithmically, even responding to security alerts.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
The 5 Ways Breaches Happen
Yes, there are only 5 ways. Cybersecurity can be simple to understand.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Adversaries are Speeding Up
Which of the 3 approaches will you take to keep up?
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO
Press Release: Wirespeed Formation
Innovative new cybersecurity startup, Wirespeed, formed by Tim MalcomVetter and Jake Reynolds.
Wirespeed
Marketing
Announcing Wirespeed
Announcing Wirespeed, a new kind of security.
Tim MalcomVetter
Co-Founder / CEO