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Cybersecurity Services
Antivirus and a firewall are where cybersecurity starts. A security program adds two things around them: people watching what those tools report, and a plan for acting when something gets through.
Signs Your Business Needs Cybersecurity Services
You have antivirus and a firewall, but no clear picture of what either one is catching.
If any of these describe your business, this service is usually the right place to start.
- Your cyber insurance renewal asked questions you couldn't answer.
- A customer sent a security questionnaire and you're not sure what to write.
- You hold patient records or financial data and want to know what protects it.
- You already have security tools and don't know whether anyone is watching them.
Benefits of a Managed Cybersecurity Program
- You can see what's being blocked and by what.
- A bad afternoon stays a bad afternoon and doesn't become a week of downtime.
- Your staff learn to spot the message that starts most incidents.
- Insurance and customer questionnaires get answers you can stand behind.
Our Layered Approach to Cybersecurity
Security works in layers because any single control can be worked around. We put protection on devices, accounts, the network and email, then watch what each layer reports.
The watching is what most small companies are missing. Security tools generate alerts all day, and an alert nobody reads protects nothing. People review ours, and the ones that matter get acted on.
We also work on the parts that aren't software, like who holds administrator rights and whether your staff can recognize a convincing email. Most incidents we see start with a person clicking or approving something they shouldn't have.
What Our Cybersecurity Services Include
Managed detection and response
Protection on every endpoint, monitored continuously, with a team that investigates what it finds. Our managed detection and response page covers what that team does.
Email security
Filtering for the messages that carry the payload, plus the domain authentication records that make your company harder to impersonate. See email security.
Identity and access
Multi-factor authentication and conditional access for every account, and a review of who holds administrator rights and whether they still need them. Our post on multi-factor authentication without the daily fight covers how we keep it from annoying staff.
Backup you can recover from
Kept separate from your production systems, so a ransomware attack ends with a restore from a clean copy. Backup and business continuity covers how it's built.
Security awareness training
Short, regular sessions built around what your staff actually receive. See security awareness training.
Incident response
A written plan for who does what, agreed before you need it, and our people on the phone when you do.
How We Build Your Security Program, Step by Step
- We find out what protects you nowAntivirus, firewall, email filtering, mail rules and who has access to what. Most companies have more than they think in some places and nothing at all in others.
- We close the gaps that matter firstRanked by what an attacker would actually use. You see the list and decide the order we work in.
- We watch it and act on what we seeDetection is only worth as much as the response behind it, so alerts reach a person who acts on them.
- We keep testing the human sideSimulated phishing and short training sessions, because most incidents start with someone being asked politely to click something. Our post on why phishing keeps getting past your filter explains why software alone doesn't stop it.
Cybersecurity for Cyber Insurance and Customer Questionnaires
A growing share of this work starts with someone else asking. Insurers now ask specific questions about multi-factor authentication, backups, endpoint protection and email filtering, and larger customers pass their own requirements down to suppliers.
We help you answer accurately, and we'd rather close the gap than help you word around it. What your cyber insurance application is really asking walks through the common questions and what each one is checking for.
Where a framework applies, CMMC and HIPAA compliance builds on this work. Client data raises the stakes for healthcare practices, finance and insurance firms, law firms and defense suppliers alike. We hold CyberCert SMB1001 Bronze certification ourselves.
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Cybersecurity Services FAQ
How are cybersecurity services priced?
Per user and per device, because that's what the protection is applied to. Each layer is priced separately, so you can see what each one costs and decide what you want.
Assessments and remediation projects are quoted on their own after we've looked, and they're never rolled quietly into the monthly fee.
Is cybersecurity overkill for a company our size?
No. Small companies get targeted because they're reachable. The controls that matter most are also the least exotic: multi-factor authentication, tested backups, monitored endpoints and staff who can spot a bad email. That covers most of the value, and it's well within reach for a business your size.
Can you guarantee we will not be breached?
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. What we can tell you is exactly what protection is in place, what it's watching, what it has caught and what we'd do on the day something gets through. That's more useful to have than a promise.
Do we have to rip out what we already have?
Not necessarily. Some of what you own is fine and we'll keep it. We start by finding out what's actually deployed and what it's doing, which in most first engagements turns out to be less than the license count suggests.
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