Know when important security updates are missing.
See which systems need attention before patching gaps become a risk to the business.
Security Health. Visibility. Confidence.
ITSC Pulse uses the dashboard to gather the signal, but the real value is expert review, practical guidance, and help with remediation from an experienced security engineer.
About IT Security Cork
IT Security Cork is built around practical security advice for Irish SMEs, drawing on years of enterprise endpoint security, security operations, and governance experience.
Billy O'Sullivan is a Cork-based cybersecurity professional with experience across endpoint security, security operations, incident response, and governance. Pulse brings that background into a service designed for smaller businesses that want clarity, confidence, and straightforward guidance.
The goal is simple: help businesses understand whether they are secure, explain what needs fixing, and provide ongoing oversight in a practical way.
The dashboard is there to support that service. It helps collect the results, but those results are then reviewed, explained, prioritised, and turned into sensible next steps so customers are not left on their own with a technical tool.
Read More About IT Security CorkWhat Is Pulse?
Pulse is not sold as another dashboard. It is an ongoing security monitoring and advisory service powered by the Pulse platform, giving small businesses visibility into what needs attention and what to do next.
The dashboard surfaces the findings, report history, and device detail that make the service useful. It is there to support visibility and action, not to burden customers with another tool they need to learn.
Why Businesses Need Pulse
Many security issues are mundane until they matter: missing updates, disabled protection, weak settings, or devices that quietly fall behind. Pulse helps surface these issues in a way that is easy to understand.
See which systems need attention before patching gaps become a risk to the business.
Identify issues with settings such as Defender, firewall, BitLocker, and core device posture.
Get a clear view of which devices are healthy, stale, offline, or carrying unresolved findings.
Monthly reporting is written to support decisions and remediation, not just tick a box.
Pulse is backed by IT Security Cork, so customers get oversight and guidance along with the tooling.
Prioritised findings help focus effort where it reduces risk fastest.
What Pulse Monitors
Pulse looks after the kinds of issues that often go unnoticed in smaller environments until someone asks, “Are we sure these devices are in a good place?”
See when devices are behind on important security updates.
Know when endpoint protection is disabled, unhealthy, or misconfigured.
Check that key protection controls are enabled where they should be.
Highlight device access issues that can increase risk if left unmanaged.
See which devices are active, stale, offline, or carrying unresolved problems.
Track whether things are improving, drifting, or starting to slip over time.
How It Works
Pulse is structured as a recurring service so customers continue receiving visibility, reports, and support rather than a once-and-done scan.
Customer devices report back on relevant endpoint security checks.
Missing updates, weak settings, and posture issues are surfaced in one place.
Findings are interpreted with context so the business is not left to decode raw technical output.
Reports focus on security health, exposure, and practical actions.
Customers understand what should be fixed first and why it matters.
Quarterly or monthly reviews help keep momentum and accountability around improvements.
Pricing
Three clear service tiers with per-device pricing, short minimum terms, and a setup fee that covers initial consultation, onboarding, and getting the service properly in place. Pulse is designed for Irish SMEs running Windows devices and wanting a practical level of ongoing oversight.
Includes kickoff consultation, onboarding, and initial baseline setup.
A simple, affordable way to keep an eye on the security health of your Windows estate.
Includes kickoff consultation, onboarding, initial baseline setup, and rollout planning.
Proper ongoing oversight for growing SMEs that want to know what actually needs fixing.
Includes consultation, onboarding, rollout planning, and a deeper initial review of the environment.
A higher-touch, consultative service with the broadest oversight, regular review, and hands-on support.
| Feature | Monitor | Protect | Assure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dashboard access, posture checks, core checks, findings, monthly report | Included | Included | Included |
| Trend tracking over time | No | Included | Included |
| Recurring issue and risk-pattern analysis | No | Included | Included |
| Executive summary reporting | No | Included | Included |
| Prioritised written remediation guidance | No | Included | Included |
| Hands-on remediation walkthrough support | No | No | Included |
| Website vulnerability scanning | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Review call cadence | No scheduled call | Quarterly | Monthly |
| Compliance, policy, and playbook guidance | No | No | Included |
| Incident response advice | No | No | Included |
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