Who are Talon Outdoor?
Talon Outdoor is a leading Out-of-Home (OOH) media specialist, delivering innovative, data-driven solutions for advertisers. By combining creativity with cutting-edge technology, Talon plans, buys, and optimises OOH campaigns that deliver measurable impact across global markets.
The company’s proprietary platforms and strategic partnerships empower brands to connect with audiences in meaningful ways, making data integrity and platform security absolutely critical to their operations.
To ensure its systems remain resilient against emerging cyber threats, Talon conducts regular external penetration testing as part of its governance and compliance framework. Seeking to modernise and streamline this process, Talon turned to OnSecurity.
We sat down with Anant East, CTO at Talon Outdoor, to hear about his experience using OnSecurity so far…
The Security Challenge
Talon’s annual penetration testing program is a key component of its governance and compliance processes. They conduct annual external penetration testing of their networks and platforms to maintain system integrity, protect client data, and ensure resilience against threats.
Working with several providers in the past, OnSecurity stood out for its flexibility, transparent pricing, and high-quality platform.
“OnSecurity’s approach is modern, efficient, and far less cumbersome than traditional vendors that we’ve used. Over the last two years, they’ve consistently delivered better value and responsiveness compared to others we’ve tried.”
Traditional providers required time-consuming scoping calls, fragmented communication, and static PDF reports that were difficult to distribute and integrate into workflows.
Talon needed a faster, more collaborative approach, one that could evolve alongside its technology stack.
The Solution
After evaluating multiple vendors, Talon selected OnSecurity for its modern, flexible, and platform-driven testing delivery.
“Each engagement has resulted in actionable findings that we’ve been able to remediate quickly. For example, issues like outdated components, missing security headers, and file upload checks were identified and addressed across multiple platforms. This iterative process has significantly reduced our exposure to common vulnerabilities.”
Key Reasons for Choosing OnSecurity
- Automation + Human Expertise: OnSecurity’s pod-based testing model assigns multiple specialists to each engagement, ensuring depth, diversity of skills, and comprehensive coverage.
- Centralised Collaboration: The OnSecurity platform consolidates all conversations, evidence, and reports – eliminating messy email threads and manual file exchanges.
- Ease of Integration: Alerts can be delivered directly into Slack, and findings can be exported into Jira, streamlining remediation for development teams.
- Transparent Pricing: OnSecurity’s cost-effective subscription model is 25–50% more affordable than comparable vendors, without compromising quality.
Implementation and Collaboration
OnSecurity worked closely with Talon’s teams throughout the testing lifecycle, from initial scoping to post-test reviews.
“Collaboration was smooth and efficient,” notes East. “OnSecurity provided clear reports and worked closely with us during scoping and follow-up discussions. Their guidance on prioritising fixes helped us integrate remediation directly into our development sprints without disruption.”
The platform’s real-time visibility also allowed Talon’s engineers to monitor progress, download specific findings, and communicate with testers as needed, significantly reducing bottlenecks.
Results and Measurable Impact
1. Stronger Security Posture
Each engagement has led to tangible improvements in Talon’s security posture.
“We’ve been able to identify and remediate issues like outdated components, missing security headers, and file upload checks across multiple platforms,” says East.
“This iterative process has significantly reduced our exposure to common vulnerabilities.”
2. Real-Time Efficiency Gains
OnSecurity’s platform enabled Talon to view and act on vulnerabilities in real time, a significant leap from the legacy PDF model.
“Previously, we’d have to wait until the end of a multi-week test before seeing results,” East explains.
“Now, we can review findings the same or the next day and pass them directly to the relevant team. It’s saved us weeks compared to legacy processes.”
3. Simplified, Actionable Reporting
OnSecurity’s structured, prioritised findings, complete with risk ratings and clear remediation guidance, made it simple for Talon’s engineers to take action.
“The findings were well-structured, clear, and easy to integrate into our Jira workflow,” says East.
“That clarity has driven faster turnaround on medium and high-risk issues.”
4. Seamless Collaboration and Communication
The integration with Slack has made team coordination effortless:
“All the alerts come through Slack, so our engineers are immediately aware of what’s going on,” says East. “Even without full Jira integration yet, it’s far quicker to triage and assign actions.”
5. Cost and Time Savings
OnSecurity’s automated testing model and real-time platform access have delivered substantial efficiency gains.
“The ability to run scans on demand and access results instantly has saved us weeks compared to older manual processes.”
Customer Feedback and Future Plans
Talon values OnSecurity’s openness to feedback and product development roadmap.
One area of enhancement discussed was the ability to group assets or filter alerts by test type to streamline notifications, a feature now under development.
“It’s great that OnSecurity actively builds customer feedback into their roadmap,” says East.
“The ability to group assets or route alerts to the right teams will make things even smoother next year.”
Talon continues to engage OnSecurity for its annual penetration tests and is exploring expanding the partnership toward continuous testing as its security maturity evolves.
In Summary
Talon Outdoor’s Outcomes with OnSecurity:
- Strengthened security posture and faster remediation
- Streamlined communication through Slack integration
- Clear, actionable reports directly feeding into Jira
- Real-time vulnerability visibility and on-demand scanning
- Cost savings of up to 50% compared to legacy providers
- High-quality, efficient service with minimal administrative overhead
“It’s a high-quality service at an affordable price, delivered efficiently,” says Anant East, Chief Technology Officer, Talon Outdoor.
“After two years of hassle-free testing, there’s no reason to change what’s working so well.”
