Ascent Solutions

Ascent Solutions is a cybersecurity consultancy founded in 2008 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm specialises in the Microsoft security ecosystem, helping organisations tackle difficult security problems with practical, scalable solutions. It employs 50-200 professionals and has grown from a small consultancy since its founding.

Its work spans the full range of Microsoft's security stack - Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Purview - alongside Zero Trust architecture, continuous threat exposure management and security posture management. Of particular relevance to technical staff is the firm's applied use of machine learning and automation: it architects AI-powered security solutions, builds intelligent security workflows and develops risk exposure analysis intended to yield clear, actionable data rather than static compliance documentation.

Service lines include optimisation of existing investments in Microsoft's security tooling, deployment of Zero Trust frameworks, ongoing management of threat exposure and the design of AI-driven security architectures measured by delivered business value. The team draws on experience from both corporate and Department of Defense environments. The firm describes its approach as pragmatic: meeting clients where they are on their security journey and prioritising solutions that work in practice over checklist compliance. Operations are United States-based, centred on Minneapolis.