Brier & Thorn
Track on RadarAcquired by Knight Group · 2015 · news
Multilingual MDR and SOC services provider augmenting client SecOps teams.
- Total raised
- —
- Employees
- 14
- Founded
- 2010
- Momentum
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Data updated August 2026
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Brier & Thorn is a cybersecurity company specializing in Security Operations, founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Diego, United States. It employs about 14 people and was acquired by Knight Group in 2015.
Brier & Thorn (BT) is a managed security services provider operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Knight Group. The company functions as a Security Operations Center (SOC) and positions itself as an extension of its clients' existing SecOps teams, offering services designed to augment in-house security capabilities rather than replace them. BT's service portfolio includes Managed Detection and Response (MDR), threat hunting and correlation, risk assessments, internal audits, adversarial emulation (penetration testing), and vulnerability scanning and remediation. The company's stated mission is to make MDR capabilities accessible to organizations of varying sizes, not only large enterprises. A notable operational characteristic is BT's multilingual SOC, which employs native Spanish-speaking analysts and threat hunters. This enables the company to serve Spanish-speaking clients across North America, including markets in Mexico, with offices in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. BT's operational philosophy centers on human expertise over tool accumulation, emphasizing analytic depth and proactive threat analysis as the foundation of its detection and response strategies. The company acknowledges a common industry challenge — that increased cybersecurity investment does not necessarily reduce breach frequency — and frames its human-led approach as the response to that gap.
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When was Brier & Thorn founded?▾
Brier & Thorn was founded in 2010.
Where is Brier & Thorn headquartered?▾
Brier & Thorn is headquartered in San Diego, United States.
Is Brier & Thorn public or private?▾
Brier & Thorn is a privately-held company.
How many employees does Brier & Thorn have?▾
Brier & Thorn has approximately 14 employees.
What does Brier & Thorn do?▾
Brier & Thorn (BT) is a managed security services provider operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Knight Group. The company functions as a Security Operations Center (SOC) and positions itself as an extension of its clients' existing SecOps teams, offering services designed to augment in-hous…