How The AME Group Wins with Petra
- 133 Attacks Stopped
- In just 144 days across clients
- 56 Seconds
- Mean time-to-contain (MTTC) with Petra
- 90 Hours/Month
- Billable hours reclaimed
“From our standpoint, it's a big competitive advantage. It's autonomous, it's really quick, and it gives so much helpful information.”
Larry BrockVP of Service, The AME GroupSince 1985, The AME Group has been assisting clients to maximize revenue, reduce expenses, and reduce risk using a portfolio of award-winning IT solutions. The AME Group has more than 25 offices, operates nationwide, and is part of Lyra Technology Group.
By the Numbers
Results (August 2025 – January 2026)
- 133 BEC attacks caught with Petra (true positives).
- 6 total false alarms (false positives).
- 96% precision across incidents.
- Average response time: 56 seconds.
- Max response time: 4 mins, 12 seconds.
- 129/139 incidents have had a response time under 1 minute.
The Challenge
Pre-Petra, BECs had become the majority of attacks.
Larry Brock, VP of Service at The AME Group, found Petra at an XChange conference in August 2025. M365 monitoring was nothing new to the team — they'd bundled it into their base stack years earlier. “These attacks matter. They're the majority of how a client is going to get hit.”
The Forensic Results
Petra Scan showed some attacks had been caught 7-8 days late by prior ITDR.
I was shocked when we did the Petra trial.
“I had thought our tools were pretty solid. We'd been using SaaS Alerts and a custom setup with Elastic on top. But after some deep analysis, we found that some compromises were being caught 7-8 days late — and we hadn't even known about them, because the previous tools had said 10 or so minutes. It kicked off a big mission on our team to figure out what we should be using to protect our clients.”
Attacks caught only with Petra
Petra Live Monitoring then caught attacks that were missed by their prior ITDR.
“We did a side-by-side evaluation, and Petra caught some attacks that the other tools missed entirely, and caught all those attacks in under 5 minutes. We're known by our clients for being reliable, for being there for them. That just made it clear — this is what's going to help us be there for our clients.”
Operational Improvements
With an easy deployment, Petra is already making a huge difference.
The AME Group deployed to more than 300 tenants over the course of a day. Petra handled baselining for all 300 tenants dynamically, and produced just 2 false positives as the baselines were being created.
Operationally, we think we're probably saving 3 or more hours a day. And we're now training folks on our help desk to do what we'd previously need senior engineers to do, which costs us 50-60% less.
“It engenders a certain amount of trust. Some clients just take it for granted now, they know, ‘you guys got my back’. It's something we're proud of. That's how good our security stack is.”
Whether it's a small office of 5 employees or a conglomerate with 10,000+, The AME Group helps you focus on your business. Visit theamegroup.com or call 1-800-264-8851.
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