Huntress was built with a mission most cybersecurity companies ignore: protecting small and mid-sized businesses that can’t afford dedicated security teams. Founded in 2015 in Ellicott City, Maryland by Kyle Hanslovan, Chris Bisnett, and John Ferrell — all former NSA cyber operators — the company provides managed detection and response specifically designed for managed service providers (MSPs) and the small businesses they serve.
The platform covers endpoint detection, Microsoft 365 security monitoring, and security awareness training, all backed by a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center. When Huntress detects a threat on a customer’s endpoint, real analysts investigate and provide actionable remediation steps — not just automated alerts that overwhelm understaffed IT teams. The company’s ThreatOps team publishes detailed incident reports that explain what happened, why it matters, and exactly what to do about it, making sophisticated threat intelligence accessible to IT generalists.
Huntress has raised over $200 million in funding and protects more than 125,000 businesses through its MSP partner channel. The company’s growth has been extraordinary, driven by the painful reality that ransomware gangs and cybercriminals increasingly target small businesses as easy prey. Huntress’s pricing model is designed for the MSP business model, making advanced security economically viable even for a 20-person accounting firm or dental practice. The company’s founders bring genuine operator credibility from their intelligence community backgrounds, and that expertise shows in the quality of their detection engineering and threat research.
