Website security, built on a proactive patching posture

The single biggest driver of site compromise is unpatched vulnerabilities in out-of-date plugins. Cyber Shield SLA is SoBold's monthly patching baseline with proactive between-cycle patching whenever a high or critical vulnerability is disclosed, backed by real-time vulnerability monitoring across every site we manage.

The threat landscape has shifted. Talk to us about our Cyber Shield SLA

AI has industrialised attacks on websites, and ready-made exploit kits are widely available for attackers to scan, identify, and compromise vulnerable sites at scale, often within hours of a new vulnerability being publicly disclosed.

The volume and severity of attacks has escalated sharply, with the single root cause being out-of-date plugins with a known, published vulnerability that has not yet been patched.

The consequences range from site downtime and remediation costs through to end-user harm, including cases where attackers replaced the front-facing site with malware designed to compromise visitors’ own devices.

The exposure window

New vulnerabilities are being disclosed every day, and attackers now weaponise them within hours of disclosure, often before site owners are even aware there’s a risk.

The time between a vulnerability being disclosed and being patched on your site is your exposure window, and the longer this window stays open, the greater the risk.

The more frequently your site is patched, the smaller the window, the lower the risk.

Layering proactive patching between patching cycles enables high and critical vulnerabilities to be addressed the moment they’re disclosed rather than waiting for the next cycle.

Cyber Shield SLA

Cyber Shield SLA is SoBold’s proactive security posture, which combines a guaranteed monthly patching cycle with between-cycle patching for any high or critical vulnerability disclosed on your site.

Our clients’ sites are all backed by real-time vulnerability monitoring through our internal security dashboard.

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What’s included

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Monthly patching cycle

A guaranteed monthly cycle covering plugins, CMS hardening, and dependencies.

Every cycle is executed by a SoBold engineer, tested, and followed by a written report.

Proactive between-cycle patching

When a high or critical vulnerability is disclosed on your site, we patch it immediately with no cap on frequency and at no additional cost.

Real-time vulnerability monitoring

Every site on our Cyber Shield SLA is monitored through our internal SoBold dashboard, which checks against published CVE and vulnerability intelligence feeds at minimum daily intervals.

New vulnerabilities are surfaced and triaged the moment they’re disclosed.

A verifiable AI layer the business can stand behind

A written report at the end of every cycle details all patches applied from both the scheduled monthly cycle and any between-cycle patches performed in response to alerts.