Security-Only System Integrator Running a Follow-the-Sun MDR SOC

7Layers is an Italian cybersecurity company established in 2012 that describes itself as a security-only system integrator, meaning it does not carry general IT infrastructure lines alongside its security practice. It employs more than 80 people and sells into enterprise, financial services, manufacturing, energy, legal, and strategic asset sectors. The company is a member of Trusted Introducer, the European accreditation scheme for incident response teams, which requires demonstrated process maturity in handling security incidents.

The managed detection and response service runs from a security operations centre staffed on a follow-the-sun model, with analysts distributed across three time zones so coverage does not depend on shift handover in a single location. Analysts draw on multiple telemetry sources to build visibility across a client's cyber footprint, then triage down to the alerts that carry real impact rather than passing raw volume onward. Investigations aim to establish how an intrusion is progressing and what response it requires.

The practice stays technology-agnostic at the detection layer, with delivery across Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft 365 Defender, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, FireEye Helix, and ArcSight, so clients can keep an existing SIEM rather than migrating to a proprietary one. 7Layers is a Palo Alto Networks partner and delivers an MDR service built on Cortex on a worldwide basis, alongside integration work covering next-generation firewalls and Prisma Cloud.