UltraViolet Cyber
McLean, United States
Practitioner-led offensive and defensive security for Global 2000 and Federal
Red teamingSOC & MDR monito…Application secu…+1 more
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- 1
- team
- 200-500
- founded
- n/a
Blue team services from John Strand's South Dakota shop
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Black Hills Information Security is a L2-verified AI-implementation provider based in Spearfish, SD, United States, delivering red-team, pentest, threat-hunting. Ranked on proof, 1 verified records on the Trustgent index.
What they build
Black Hills was founded in 2008 by John Strand and runs a dedicated blue team services line alongside its better-known offensive work. Defensive engagements include purple team exercises with narrated attacker actions, Atomic Controls Evaluation, and Active Directory architecture reviews. The team also builds internal detection capability with clients rather than delivering a report and leaving. Strand is a SANS Senior Instructor and the shop contributes heavily to open-source defensive tooling.
Quick facts
- HQ
- Spearfish, SD, United States
- Founded
- 2008
- Team
- 50-200
- Languages
- Stack
Capabilities
- Red teaming
- Penetration testing
- Threat hunting
- Blue team & detection engineering
Industries served
- Financial services
- Healthcare
Regulatory readiness
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About Black Hills Information Security
What does Black Hills Information Security build?
Black Hills Information Security is a L2-verified AI-implementation provider on Trustgent, delivering Red teaming, Penetration testing, Threat hunting.
Where is Black Hills Information Security based?
Black Hills Information Security is headquartered in Spearfish, SD, United States.
How is Black Hills Information Security verified on Trustgent?
Black Hills Information Security has an EARNED verification level of L2 on Trustgent, with 1 contributing verified records (most recent verification: 2026-07-05). Verification is independent of any subscription, plan tier is never a ranking input.
How is Black Hills Information Security ranked?
Rank is a pure function of three EARNED signals: verification level (dominant), record count, and recency. No plan, fee, spend, or paid placement is ever an input. See https://trustgent.com/how-we-rank.
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