Case Study: FiscalNote strengthens security and gains 24x7x365 protection with Expel

FiscalNote extends assurance of trust with Expel

FiscalNote, a global intelligence company, faced escalating security challenges as it grew rapidly and prepared to go public. Its VP of Cybersecurity & DevOps needed to manage "unknown unknowns," secure assets from new threats, and create a repeatable process for integrating the security of numerous acquisitions, all without the time or budget to build a large in-house 24/7 security team. To address this, the company partnered with Expel for its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service.

Expel integrated with FiscalNote's existing platforms like AWS, Okta, and GitHub to provide enriched security alerts with critical context, eliminating countless false positives. The solution enabled rapid security improvements company-wide, streamlined the onboarding of acquisitions, and successfully identified a potential breach involving unauthorized user accounts. This partnership resulted in significant cost savings—less than half the cost of building an equivalent in-house team—and freed up the internal team to focus on high-value projects by handling the heavy lifting of 24/7 monitoring and alerting.

FiscalNote

Andy Keller

Sr. Director, Information Security