People over platforms
A tool doesn't investigate an incident at 3am — our people do. We lead with expertise and make the platform serve it, never the other way around.
About us
We started We Build SOCs to do this properly.
After years building and running security operations inside some of Australia's largest organisations, we kept seeing the same thing: smaller businesses face the same adversaries, with none of the budget, people or round-the-clock cover. We exist to close that gap — a real Security Operations Centre for Australian business, run by people who've done it at the top end.
Who we are
Operators, not commentators.
We're a team of analysts, engineers and incident responders who've spent our careers in the trenches — detecting, hunting and responding to real threats, not writing about them. We've built SOCs from the ground up, rescued ones that weren't working, and stood watch through incidents that never made the news.
We're vendor-agnostic by principle and intelligence-led by practice. We bring enterprise-grade tooling and the hard-won judgement to run it — sized to your risk and budget, with no waste and no lock-in. And as a Dunn.International company, we hold ourselves to the strictest standards of integrity and confidentiality.
What we stand for
The standards we hold ourselves to.
Intelligence-led
We base detection and response on what real adversaries are doing, tracked continuously — not static rules sitting in a box gathering dust.
Integrity, always
We're trusted with our clients' most sensitive systems and data. We treat that trust as the job itself — confidential, honest and accountable.
Leadership
The people behind the watch.
David Hartley
Founder & Managing Director
Sets the direction and the standards, drawing on a career building and running security operations for large Australian organisations.
Priya Nair
Head of SOC Operations
Leads our round-the-clock detection and response team — and the standards every analyst on shift works to.
Ben Whitlock
Threat Intelligence Lead
Tracks live adversary tradecraft and turns it into the detections and hunts that keep clients a step ahead.
Sarah Donnelly
Head of Advisory
Helps organisations design, assess and uplift their SOC — translating risk into a clear, right-sized plan.
Talk to the people who'll actually watch over you.
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