Cybersecurity

Security that earns its keep

Most security spending is fear-driven. Buy the product, sleep better, hope nothing happens. Real security is harder and more boring: figure out what you have, what is at risk, what controls actually reduce that risk, and put them in place. We help organizations do that work without selling them the most expensive thing on the shelf.

What we do

Security assessments

Inventory of what you have, mapping of where the data lives, identification of where the controls have gaps. Output is a written report with prioritized findings and a remediation plan. We do these annually for clients in regulated industries, every two to three years otherwise.

Endpoint protection

Modern EDR (not signature-based antivirus) on every workstation and server. Behavioral detection, response automation, and a SOC reviewing the alerts that matter. Different products for different risk profiles; we pick what fits.

Identity and access

Multi-factor authentication everywhere it matters. Conditional access policies that block obvious bad behavior. Privileged access management for admin accounts. Documented offboarding so departing employees don't keep their access for months.

Email security

Anti-phishing, anti-malware, DMARC, and the configuration changes in Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace that most tenants leave at default. Reviewing spoofed-domain reports and acting on them.

Backup and recovery

Backup strategy that survives ransomware. Offline copies. Tested restores, on a documented schedule. The phrase "we have backups" is meaningless until someone has actually restored from them; we make sure the restore works.

Employee training

Phishing simulations, security awareness training, and the actual conversations with leadership about why the standards matter. Training that doesn't make people roll their eyes.

Incident response

When something goes wrong: containment, eradication, recovery, and the post-incident report that explains what happened and what to change. We are not a 24/7 SOC, but we have relationships with ones we trust, and we coordinate with cyber insurers, law enforcement, and forensic firms when the situation calls for it.

Compliance support

CMMC for defense industrial base contractors. CJIS for organizations handling criminal justice information. HIPAA for healthcare. PCI for payment data. We help organizations get to and stay at the required maturity level, with documentation suitable for audit.

How engagements work

Most security work happens in three phases: assessment, remediation, and ongoing. Assessment is a fixed-fee engagement that produces a written report. Remediation is a series of projects, prioritized from the report. Ongoing is monthly retainer for monitoring, training, and the steady work of keeping a security program current.

Who this is for

Organizations that have something to lose, which is most of them. Particular focus on government contractors with CMMC obligations, county and state agencies handling sensitive data, healthcare practices, financial services, and any business that has decided "we are too small to be a target" is no longer a defensible position.

Get in touch

For a security conversation: hello@alebrijedigitalservices.com or (970) 237-5600.