Summary: How did Kiloverse end threats "firefighting"? By adopting NordStellar, they prevented five cyber incidents, reduced false security alerts by 50% and saved weeks of IT work.
Kiloverse is an internal Kilo™ business development ecosystem. It provides all the necessary infrastructure for the rapid and sustainable growth of startups. This includes everything from marketing and technology to data analysis tools, as well as teams of experts in R&D, nutrition, scientific research, and legal and regulatory compliance.
Based in Vilnius, the Kilo™ Group currently employs over 500 people and has more than 10 million consumers using its products worldwide.
For a global brand serving millions, protecting user data is non-negotiable. Kiloverse’s Head of Security Artūras Kesleris, recognized that his team needed to break free from a reactive loop. They were constantly responding to floods of alerts from multiple tools that made it difficult to identify real threats.
With growing pressure from compliance requirements such as GDPR, Kiloverse knew it was time to take a more strategic approach. That need for visibility and control led them to seek a comprehensive solution like NordStellar to map and manage their external exposure.
Kiloverse’s security, IT, and DevOps teams jointly manage threat detection. Before implementing NordStellar, however, they relied on fragmented tools and open-source feeds, which made it difficult to maintain a unified, real-time view of threats.
The problem wasn't the volume of alerts but the lack of context. This left gaps in security visibility, resulting in a reactive, “firefighting” approach that limited efficiency.
The team's resources were constantly burned up solving immediate, short-term problems, often without knowing which alerts posed the greatest danger. This meant there was no time left to focus on strategic, long-term initiatives, such as strengthening GDPR compliance.
Artūras Kesleris explains what the issue was before they deployed NordStellar:
"Our approach was mostly reactive. We had plenty of alerts and data points, but not enough context to see what really happened."
Kiloverse chose NordStellar to get a real handle on external threat visibility and exposure management. The setup was incredibly fast, delivering actionable insights in only a few days.
The Kiloverse team now uses NordStellar’s Dark web monitoring, Data breach monitoring, and External attack surface management. This transition lets them address security issues before they escalate, instead of just reacting.
"The most impactful risks we found after deploying NordStellar weren't the obvious failures, but the overlooked assets and exposure points that could have led to serious problems down the line."
NordStellar delivered immediate value by uncovering previously unknown risks. The platform swiftly identified a few exposed legacy pieces of information that were simple to remediate once flagged.
This instant visibility into overlooked assets and threats instantly showed Kiloverse’s security team their priorities. This let them quickly build a more resilient system.
"Thanks to NordStellar’s insights, we’ve tightened access and updated our internal workflows to keep threat visibility consistent.”
Before deploying NordStellar, Kiloverse’s security team faced challenges in gaining consistent, reliable visibility into their threat exposures. Dark web monitoring directly mitigated this risk. It also gave them the confidence that threats, such as leaked credentials, can be identified promptly, before cybercriminals could ever use them.
This proactive threat oversight finally broke the emergency cycle, which reduced the team’s stress and allowed them to focus on strategic security initiatives.
"Now we have peace of mind when it comes to credential leakage monitoring, knowing it will be caught in a timely manner, before threat actors can act on it.”
The insights from NordStellar about external threats weren't just for the security team. They helped technical teams and company leaders get on the same page about security risks.
This data-driven clarity makes it easier to secure funding for important security projects. The team can now make informed decisions based on real-world risks instead of assumptions.
"NordStellar has helped us make security decisions based on real risk rather than assumptions. We can now see which issues have the biggest business impact and allocate our time and resources accordingly."
Switching to NordStellar delivered measurable results for Kiloverse's security and operational efficiency:
"NordStellar has given us a clear picture of what’s happening externally when it comes to threats and reduced that sense of “firefighting”."
NordStellar was the right solution for Kiloverse because it delivered immediate value without a complex setup.
By combining Dark web monitoring, Data breach monitoring, and Attack surface management into a single, easy-to-use platform, NordStellar provided the team with the centralized visibility into threats they needed to get ahead of them.
Artūras Kesleris shared three recommendations for other organizations that want to improve their security posture:
For Kiloverse, security isn’t just about compliance–it’s a promise to the entire Kilo Group and the 10 million customers who trust them. The old “firefighting” model wasn’t just inefficient; it was a risk they couldn’t afford to take. They chose NordStellar to move from reacting to alerts to acting on threat intelligence.
By providing a unified, clear overview of external exposures and compromised data, NordStellar helped Kiloverse reduce the attack surface.
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Joanna Krysińska
Senior Copywriter
A writer, tech enthusiast, dog walker, and amateur pastry chef, Joanna grew up in a family of engineers and mathematicians, so a techy mind is in her genes. She loves making complex tech topics less complex and digestible. She also has a keen interest in the mechanics of cybercrime.
