8 hrs
to first engineer onboarded
11
SOC & DevSecOps hires in 30 days via EOR onboarding
62%
lower annual team cost vs. US
6 Weeks
to full 24/7 SOC coverage
Client Details
Company
Confidential
Headquarters
Boston, United States
2011
Manifest Global
Industry
Cybersecurity SaaS Security Platform
Company Size
Series C, $20 mn Revenue
Website
Employer of Record (EOR) Oingoing since 11.2 yrs
What Do They Do?
Our client builds a SaaS security platform used by mid-market and enterprise customers, and had committed to offering round-the-clock threat monitoring as part of its product roadmap.
Delivering on that promise meant standing up a real 24/7 Security Operations Center not a rotating on-call schedule stretched thin across a single time zone.
The Challenge
The math didn’t work with a US-only team. Cybersecurity is one of the tightest talent markets in tech: the global workforce gap sits at roughly 4.8 million unfilled positions, and close to half of security organizations report an active SOC analyst shortage.
Building a 24/7 SOC entirely from US-based hires would have meant:
- An estimated $1.5M+ in annual fully loaded US salaries for a team large enough to cover three shifts
- Opening an India entity as the alternative a 4–6 month process carrying roughly $35,000 in setup costs before a single engineer could be hired
- No guarantee that IP, source code, and access-control obligations would be watertight without in-house India legal expertise
- A leadership team unwilling to launch 24/7 coverage as a customer commitment until the staffing model was actually solvable
How Husys Resolved The Challenge
The company engaged Husys as its Employer of Record to build the SOC and DevSecOps bench in India, without opening an entity.
- Husys activated EOR employment for 11 engineers 8 SOC Analysts (L2/L3) and 3 DevSecOps Engineers across Bangalore and Hyderabad within 8 working hours of each contract signing
- Every contract carried IP assignment, an NDA covering security methodologies, and SOC 2 Type II-aligned access-control clauses non-negotiable for a team with direct access to client security infrastructure
- Background verification (education, employment history, criminal record checks) was completed for every hire before day one, at no extra cost
- PF, ESI, professional tax, TDS, and gratuity were registered and activated automatically through Husys’ compliance team, with contracts also carrying DPDP Act 2023-compliant cross-border data clauses given the team’s access to international client data
- Hiring was staggered by shift priority rather than done in one block, so the highest-need coverage windows were filled first
The Results
enterprise sales conversations.
- 11 engineers onboarded and productive in under 30 days, with the first hire live within 8 working hours of signing
- $0 entity setup cost, against a budgeted $35,000+ and 4–6 month timeline the entity route would have required
- 62% reduction in annual SOC team cost versus equivalent US hiring, consistent with current market benchmarks of 60–70% savings for India-based security engineers and SOC analysts
- 24/7 SOC coverage live within 6 weeks of engagement start
- Zero compliance violations or missed statutory filings since the engagement began
“Our on-call rotation was quietly costing us senior SREs. We needed a real team in India, not another rotation band-aid.”
How Husys Can Help Your SaaS Company
Husys is an ISO 27001 and ISO 9001-certified Employer of Record built specifically for security companies where a generic EOR’s boilerplate contract isn’t good enough.
If a 24/7 SOC or DevSecOps build-out is stuck on a US budget line, we can get your first India hire under a compliant, IP-protected contract in 8 working hours.
For more info write to us at reach@husys.com
