Co-Founder · ThirdPR · AI & Cybersecurity Product Leader
Building AI-Powered Security Products That Protect the World's Largest Enterprises.
I'm Elvis Hovor — a product leader with ~20 years in cybersecurity, 6 USPTO patents, and a track record of taking AI-powered security platforms from zero to enterprise scale. Currently Co-Founder at ThirdPR and Principal of Gardant Consulting Services.
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6 USPTO Patents
Foundational IP in threat intelligence, NLP-based threat extraction, and automated incident response.
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Presented at Black Hat USA, Black Hat Europe, ShmooCon, and OASIS Open Borderless Cyber.
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Writing on AI, XDR, MDR, and the future of cybersecurity product management.
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Gardant Consulting Services
AI & Cybersecurity Advisory for the Enterprise — serving enterprise security leaders since 2024.
AI Security Strategy
Most security organisations are running AI pilots without a coherent strategy. Gardant helps you define a production-grade AI security roadmap — covering agentic AI risk, model and data security, SOC automation priorities, and how to govern AI-driven decisions at enterprise scale. We bridge the gap between what vendors are selling and what your security programme actually needs.
Security Program Assessment
An independent, practitioner-led review of your security programme across people, process, and technology. We benchmark against NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and real-world attacker TTPs — not just compliance checklists. Deliverables include a maturity scorecard, prioritised remediation roadmap, and board-ready executive summary tied directly to business risk.
Threat Intelligence Advisory
Build or mature your threat intelligence capability — from STIX/TAXII architecture to operationalising threat feeds inside your SOC and XDR platform. Informed by 20+ years of practitioner experience and 6 granted USPTO patents in automated threat extraction and incident response.
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On My Mind
How agentic AI changes the economics of SOC staffing — and what that means for product teams building the next generation of MDR.
The tension between shipping fast and shipping right in enterprise security. Velocity matters, but one bad automated response can cost more than a year of slow iteration.
Whether XDR is converging with SIEM or replacing it — and how identity is becoming the new perimeter in every meaningful threat scenario.
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