Cyberattacks are relentless, with thousands occurring every day. Yet despite billions spent on defense, breaches persist, leaving organizations reeling from financial and reputational damage. The harsh reality? Many cybersecurity tools fail because they aren’t built for today’s dynamic threat landscape.
I founded Stairwell to challenge that status quo—not by adding to the noise but by fundamentally rethinking how organizations approach security. Stairwell isn’t just another tool; it’s a philosophy rooted in empowering defenders to stay ahead of threats, not just react to them.
The False Sense of Security in Traditional Tools
Organizations often trust that their tools will protect them, but that optimism is misplaced. Conventional cybersecurity solutions are reactive, designed to address threats only after they’re detected. Worse, they overwhelm teams with endless alerts, offering little actionable insight while attackers remain undetected.
These tools fail for several reasons:
- Point-in-Time Blindness
Traditional tools focus on detecting threats in real time, overlooking the critical need for historical context. Dormant threats go unnoticed, and retrospective analysis becomes impossible without costly, long-term data storage. If malware entered your environment six months ago and self-deleted, you’d likely never know it. - Inefficient and Overwhelming
Security teams are buried in alerts that demand time and resources, often chasing false positives. These tools don’t just waste time—they undermine focus. Data should empower decisions, not hinder them. - Evasion by Design
Attackers are relentless in adapting to outsmart security tools. If your solution needs constant updates to stay relevant, it’s admitting defeat every time it updates. Reactive updates create gaps that attackers are all too eager to exploit. - Limited Visibility
Many tools focus narrowly on processes, logs, or specific file types, leaving blind spots. Incomplete data visibility means critical threats slip through undetected.
Stairwell: A Paradigm Shift in Cybersecurity
Stairwell isn’t just a tool—it’s a mission to transform how organizations approach security. Our platform empowers defenders to think proactively and use their data as an advantage. Here’s how:
- Run Every Threat to Ground
Stairwell doesn’t just scan; it provides full visibility into your environment across time and file variants. By continuously reevaluating your data against the latest intelligence, we ensure nothing slips through the cracks. - Clear, Definitive Answers
Our threat reports don’t leave you guessing. If malware has ever existed in your environment, you’ll know. This clarity transforms how teams approach threat intelligence, turning noise into actionable insight. - Empowered Teams, Streamlined Workflows
Stairwell amplifies your team’s capabilities without adding headcount. Our intuitive platform enables analysts to operate at an expert level, finding and neutralizing threats faster than ever before.
Why We Built Stairwell
I didn’t create Stairwell to iterate on existing tools. I built it out of frustration with their failure to deliver on the promises their marketing teams make. The people who build these other tools are smart and well-resourced, but the fundamental way they attempt to provide value is flawed from the start. Breaches that could—and should—have been prevented weren’t. Stairwell exists to ensure organizations never have to say, “We didn’t see it coming.”
Our mission is clear: empower security professionals to proactively hunt threats, analyze their environments, and stay ahead of attackers.
Cybersecurity Needs a New Playbook
The evolving threat landscape demands more than reactive solutions. Organizations need tools that work for them, not against them—tools that empower security teams to own their defense strategy. Security isn’t flag football; it’s full contact. We have to move beyond being passive consumers of alerts and active participants in our own defense. Stairwell is that solution.
