VerSprite
Cybersecurity Services

“Cybersecurity consulting” gets used to describe everything from a single penetration test to a multi-year risk program, which makes it hard to know what you’re actually buying. At VerSprite, consulting engagements are built around a simple premise: security work should be prioritized by the business impact of a credible threat, not by a generic checklist of controls. That’s the thinking behind PASTA (Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis), the risk-centric methodology our CEO Tony UcedaVélez co-developed, and it shapes how we scope every engagement — from a focused application assessment to an enterprise-wide security program.

Who Consulting Engagements Are Built For

Our consulting work concentrates in industries where a security failure has direct financial, safety, or regulatory consequences — financial services, healthcare, SaaS, retail, and manufacturing among them. That concentration matters: a threat model for a payment platform looks nothing like one for a hospital network or an industrial control system, and 16 years of engagements across those sectors informs how we scope new ones. Whether the immediate need is a single assessment or a long-term program, the starting point is the same conversation: what’s the credible threat, and what’s the actual business impact if it materializes.

What cybersecurity services does VerSprite offer?

VerSprite provides cybersecurity consulting across three areas: offensive security (Breakers), DevSecOps and secure development (Builders), and managed detection and threat intelligence (Defenders). Services include penetration testing, red teaming, application and organizational threat modeling, MDR, vulnerability management, virtual CISO, and risk and compliance support.

What do Builders, Breakers, and Defenders mean at VerSprite?

VerSprite organizes its services into three teams. Builders integrate security into development and cloud environments through threat modeling, automation, and CI/CD security. Breakers emulate real-world attacks through penetration testing, red teaming, and adversary simulation. Defenders detect and respond to threats using managed detection and response, threat intelligence, and open-source intelligence.

What is PASTA threat modeling?

PASTA (Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis) is a risk-centric, seven-stage threat modeling methodology co-created by VerSprite CEO Tony UcedaVélez. It aligns security with business impact and real-world attack scenarios, prioritizing threats based on the magnitude of impact they could cause rather than technical severity alone.

What are the seven stages of PASTA threat modeling?

The seven stages are: define the business context of the application, technology enumeration, application decomposition, threat analysis, weakness and vulnerability identification, attack simulation, and residual risk analysis.

How does VerSprite differ from other cybersecurity firms?

VerSprite takes a risk-based rather than compliance-driven approach, examining credible threats to measure potential business impact instead of only assessing security controls. With over 16 years of experience and as developers of the PASTA methodology, VerSprite tailors each engagement to a client’s specific environment, assets, and business priorities.

What industries does VerSprite serve?

VerSprite serves industries where security failures translate directly to financial loss, safety risk, or regulatory exposure, including financial services and FinTech, healthcare and life sciences, SaaS and technology providers, retail and e-commerce, and manufacturing and critical infrastructure.

Is VerSprite CREST accredited?

Yes. VerSprite holds CREST accreditation for web and mobile application security testing, alongside team certifications including CISSP, CISA, CISM, and GIAC.