Beacon Security

RFP Response:
Enterprise SIEM/SOC Platform

A comprehensive proposal addressing your security operations requirements, compliance mandates, and operational efficiency objectives.

Prepared for Fortune 1000 Financial Services RFP

Executive Summary

Three Reasons Beacon Wins This Evaluation

Beacon Security delivers measurable advantages across each of your five scoring criteria, with particular strength in financial services expertise, implementation velocity, and total cost of ownership.

1

Pre-Built Financial Services Compliance

Out-of-the-box content packs for SOC 2, NYDFS 500, FFIEC, and PCI-DSS reduce compliance workload by 60% and eliminate custom rule development.

2

11-Week Implementation Playbook

Our proven financial services deployment methodology delivers full production capability in 11 weeks—compared to the 6-9 month industry average.

3

35-40% Lower TCO at Scale

Transparent $/EPS pricing with no hidden ingestion penalties delivers predictable costs and significant savings versus incumbent Splunk deployments.

RFP Criterion 1

Technical Capability

35%

Core Platform Capabilities

Real-time correlation engine processing 500,000+ EPS with sub-second alert latency
400+ pre-built integrations including all major financial services platforms (FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry, Temenos)
Native SOAR capabilities with 200+ automated response playbooks
ML-powered behavioral analytics with 94.7% true positive rate
Hot/warm/cold tiered storage with 7-year retention at 1/10th traditional cost

Financial Services Content Packs

SOC 2 Type II: 127 pre-mapped controls with automated evidence collection
NYDFS 500: Full Section 500.14 monitoring with quarterly certification reports
FFIEC CAT: Automated maturity assessment across all five domains
PCI-DSS 4.0: Real-time Requirement 10 compliance dashboards

60%

Reduction in compliance rule development

RFP Criterion 2

Implementation Timeline

20%

Beacon's financial services implementation playbook has been refined across 47 enterprise deployments. Our methodology delivers production-ready capability in 11 weeks—78% faster than industry benchmarks.

Beacon Security

11 Weeks

Proven playbook with dedicated financial services implementation team

Industry Average

6-9 Months

Traditional SIEM implementations in financial services

Implementation Commitment

Beacon commits to a contractual 11-week implementation timeline with defined milestones, weekly executive status reporting, and financial penalties for delays attributable to Beacon.

RFP Criterion 3

Reference Customers in Financial Services

15%

Eight Fortune 1000 financial services organizations currently operate production Beacon deployments. References are available upon request for any of the following customers.

FC

First Continental Bank

Regional Bank · $89B Assets

AW

Atlantic Wealth Management

Wealth Management · $240B AUM

PF

Pinnacle Financial Group

Investment Bank · $156B Assets

MC

Meridian Credit Union

Credit Union · 2.1M Members

SL

Sterling Life Insurance

Insurance · $67B Premiums

NB

National Bancorp

Commercial Bank · $203B Assets

CP

Coastal Payment Systems

Payment Processor · 14B Transactions/Year

HI

Heartland Insurance Corp

P&C Insurance · $34B Premiums

RFP Criterion 4

Total Cost of Ownership

15%

Save 38%

Beacon Security

$2.40

per 1,000 EPS / month

Transparent, predictable pricing
All compliance packs included
Unlimited users and dashboards
7-year retention included
24/7 premium support included

Incumbent (Splunk)

$3.85

per 1,000 EPS / month (effective)

Ingestion-based pricing with overages
Premium apps sold separately
User-based dashboard licensing
Archive storage additional
Premium support tier additional

3-Year TCO Comparison at 250,000 EPS

Beacon

$2.16M

Splunk

$3.47M

RFP Criterion 5

Security & Compliance Certifications

15%

Beacon Security maintains an extensive certification portfolio, with all attestation reports available upon request under NDA.

SOC 2 Type II

Current

Annual attestation covering Security, Availability, Confidentiality. Last audit: October 2024.

ISO 27001:2022

Current

Information Security Management System certification. Certified by BSI.

FedRAMP Moderate

Current

Full FedRAMP Authorization to Operate. Enables federal financial regulator deployment.

PCI-DSS Level 1

Current

Payment Card Industry compliance for service providers. Validated by Coalfire.

CSA STAR Level 2

Current

Cloud Security Alliance certification for cloud security controls maturity.

SOC 3

Current

Public-facing trust services report for general distribution and marketing.

Implementation Detail

11-Week Deployment Playbook

1-2

Discovery & Design

Architecture review, data source inventory, compliance mapping

3-4

Core Deployment

Platform installation, authentication integration, initial data sources

5-7

Data Integration

Full data source onboarding, parsing validation, baseline establishment

8-9

Analytics & Compliance

Detection rule deployment, compliance content activation, tuning

10-11

Go-Live & Training

SOC analyst training, runbook development, production cutover

47

Financial Services Deployments

100%

On-Time Delivery Rate

4

Dedicated Implementation Engineers

1

Named Customer Success Manager

Proposed Next Steps

Moving Forward Together

1

60-Minute Technical Deep Dive

Live platform demonstration addressing your specific use cases, compliance requirements, and integration questions. We propose scheduling within the next 10 business days.
2

Reference Calls

Direct conversations with two financial services customers of comparable size and regulatory profile. We will facilitate introductions upon request.
3

Proof of Concept Definition

If selected for finalist stage, we propose a 2-week controlled POC with defined success criteria against your top 3 priority data sources.

Your Beacon Team

Account Executive: Sarah Mitchell, Senior Director, Financial Services
Solutions Architect: David Chen, Principal Engineer, Enterprise Security
Customer Success: Jennifer Park, Director, Strategic Accounts

We are available to respond to clarification questions within 24 hours throughout the evaluation period.

RFP Response:Enterprise SIEM/SOC Platform

Three Reasons Beacon Wins This Evaluation

Pre-Built Financial Services Compliance

11-Week Implementation Playbook

35-40% Lower TCO at Scale

Technical Capability

Core Platform Capabilities

Financial Services Content Packs

Implementation Timeline

Beacon Security

Industry Average

Implementation Commitment

Reference Customers in Financial Services

Total Cost of Ownership

3-Year TCO Comparison at 250,000 EPS

Security & Compliance Certifications

11-Week Deployment Playbook

Moving Forward Together

60-Minute Technical Deep Dive

Reference Calls

Proof of Concept Definition

Your Beacon Team

RFP Response:
Enterprise SIEM/SOC Platform