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Virtual Guardian Now Integrates Torq HyperSOC’s Case Management Capabilities to Automate, Manage, and Monitor Critical SOC Responses at Machine Speed
Saint Paul, MN, May 27, 2025—Virtual Guardian, a leading provider of comprehensive cybersecurity solutions and services, and Torq, the autonomous security operations leader, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at empowering organizations with unprecedented levels of cybersecurity automation and efficiency. Meeting the highest levels of security and data protection, the combination of Virtual Guardian’s SOC and cyber resilience expertise with Torq HyperSOC and its cutting-edge autonomous case management capabilities is a firm commitment to delivering top-tier protection in today’s digital landscape.
Torq HyperSOC is a purpose-built solution that harnesses the power of the AI-driven Torq Hyperautomation Platform to automate, manage, and monitor critical SOC responses at machine speed. It uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to initiate and accelerate security event investigation, triage, and remediation at scale, deliver comprehensive case management capabilities with unprecedented ease, and automate complex processes. Torq HyperSOC also delivers cutting edge Agentic AI capabilities, including a comprehensive OmniAgent capable of deep research, planning, and execution. Torq HyperSOC harnesses this OmniAgent to coordinate and collaborate with multiple AI Agents to deliver near human-level critical analysis and precision auto-remediation.
Torq HyperSOC’s autonomous case management intelligently prioritizes alerts by severity and impact, allowing security analysts to focus on their most critical cases. Torq’s simple onboarding process allows organizations to begin their automation journey with industry-leading speed, and smooth integration with every tool in their clients’ existing security stack. This partnership with Virtual Guardian will provide expert analysts with the tools to deliver high-quality protection with enhanced detection speed that will further minimize remediation time and potential losses.
Virtual Guardian brings over a decade of SOC experience and cybersecurity framework excellence (including NIST assessments, ISO certifications, and PCI DSS) that will be bolstered by Torq’s HyperSOC. Utilizing Torq’s hyperautomation capabilities, Virtual Guardian’s experienced analysts will be able to sharpen their focus to high-alert issues while allowing the augmentation of Tier 1 cases using AI. By combining Torq’s ability to hyperautomate complex security workflows at scale with Virtual Guardian’s deep understanding of threat landscapes and customer needs, the partnership will enable clients to significantly enhance their security posture by automating repetitive and time-consuming security tasks, allowing security teams to focus on strategic initiatives and proactive threat hunting.
The joint solution will be offered as part of Virtual Guardian’s comprehensive suite of managed security services, providing clients with a seamless and integrated approach to cybersecurity automation. Both organizations look forward to building a more efficient approach to high-quality security for their clients through this partnership.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Torq to bring hyperautomation capabilities to our clients,” said Bill Stub, President, Virtual Guardian. “By integrating Torq HyperSOC into our security operations, we can dramatically accelerate response times, streamline remediation processes, and unlock meaningful cost efficiencies. Torq’s innovative use of AI and seamless tool integrations align perfectly with our mission to deliver smarter, faster, and more resilient cybersecurity outcomes for our clients.”
“Partnering with Torq is a game changer for our SOC,” said Tommy Koorevaar, SOC Manager, Virtual Guardian. “What used to take weeks to automate can now be done in hours using Torq HyperSOC. This provides more time to our analysts to focus on threat hunting, incident response, and spending time with customers.”
“Torq HyperSOC’s purpose-built, comprehensive case management offering reduces Virtual Guardian’s SOC analysts’ workload through AI-driven automation and dramatically enhances response times,” said Eldad Livni, CINO and co-founder, Torq. “We’re pleased to have Virtual Guardian incorporate Torq Case Management into its SOC offering to intelligently prioritize alerts by severity and impact, and allow its security analysts to focus on the most critical issues without being overwhelmed by infrastructure and security tools noise.”
About Virtual Guardian
Virtual Guardian provides cybersecurity solutions and services to organizations ensuring digital assets and systems are protected against internal and external threats. Additionally, Virtual Guardian Inc.© offers the VG Security Operations Center (SOC) as an extension of its clients’ security teams. The company also specializes in governance & compliance, risk management, and incident response. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of ESI Technologies with responsive and experienced professionals with a range of capabilities as a one-stop-shop for cyber resilience. www.virtualguardian.com
About Torq
Torq is transforming cybersecurity with its agentic AI security operations solutions. Torq empowers enterprises to instantly and precisely detect and respond to security events at scale. Torq’s customer base includes major multinational enterprise customers, including Abnormal Security, Armis, Check Point Security, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inditex (Zara, Bershka, and Pull & Bear), Informatica, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Telefonica, Valvoline, Wiz, and ZoomInfo, as well as Fortune 100 consumer packaged goods, financial, hospitality, and sports apparel companies.
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