Security-First IT for Modern Small Businesses
Most small businesses treat security as something to add later. By the time it feels urgent, the gaps are already there.
We build and protect your secure digital foundation (identity, endpoints, cloud, and web presence) so you can focus on running your business.
What We Are
We're a security-first IT and risk partner. We combine fractional security leadership with managed operations and cloud governance, built for the 1–100 employee business that needs a real program, not a helpdesk.
Security roadmap, risk assessments, policy development, and advisory. Structured security leadership without a full-time hire.
Microsoft 365 and Entra administration, endpoint oversight, EDR coordination, and access lifecycle management. Security is the first filter on every decision.
AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud environments designed with IAM least privilege, monitoring configuration, and cost controls built in from the start.
Conditional access, MFA enforcement, and least-privilege design as the foundation for everything we build and manage.
Why SMBs Are Engaging Now
Most businesses don't plan to invest in security. They respond to a specific moment of clarity. These are the most common ones we hear.
A questionnaire arrived. You couldn't answer it.
An enterprise client or partner sent a vendor security assessment, and the honest answer to too many questions is "we don't have that."
Your insurer wants to know what's actually in place.
Your insurer is asking new questions about MFA, EDR, backups, and access controls. The renewal is coming, and the gaps are becoming visible.
Your tool count grew faster than your access controls.
Your stack has grown faster than your access governance. People have access they shouldn't, to tools your team barely remembers adopting.
HIPAA, PCI, or SOC 2 is on the horizon.
A HIPAA audit, a PCI obligation, or a SOC 2 inquiry is creating urgency around controls and documentation you haven't formalized yet.
Cloud and AI adoption outpaced your governance.
New cloud services and AI tools are being adopted across the business, and the security and governance implications aren't keeping pace.
Something went wrong. You want it to never happen again.
A phishing attempt that almost worked. A terminated employee who still had access. A moment that made the risk feel real. You want to make sure it doesn't happen again.
How We Protect Your Business
Virtual CISO & Security Leadership
Strategic security guidance, risk assessments, and policy leadership. Built for the SMB that needs a CISO without hiring one.
Learn MoreManaged Secure IT Operations
Security-first management of your Microsoft 365, endpoints, and identity environment. Operations that protect, not just maintain.
Learn MoreCyber Insurance Readiness
Prepare for renewal, close coverage gaps, and maintain the controls and documentation your insurer requires. So you qualify for coverage and can actually collect when it matters.
Learn MoreSecurity Awareness Training
Phishing simulations, role-based training, and compliance documentation. Building the security culture that protects your business where technology alone can't.
Learn MoreIncident Readiness & Response Planning
A practical incident response plan, facilitated tabletop exercises, and tested readiness that turns a crisis into a manageable event.
Learn MoreNew Business Security Setup
A fixed-scope ~30-day project that builds your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace environment with identity, email security, devices, and core policies configured correctly from day one. Starting at $3,000.
Learn MoreSimple, Outcome-Driven Plans for Every Stage
Three tiers. Clear outcomes. No surprise bills.
Quarterly advisory, posture reviews, starter policy library, annual phishing simulation, and cyber insurance readiness checklist. Built for the 1–15 employee business establishing its first real security program.
Outcome: A documented, reviewed, and insurance-ready starting point, with the advisory relationship that grows with your business.
Starting-point estimate
Everything in Sentinel, plus monthly vCISO advisory sessions, a 12-month security roadmap, risk register, one active compliance framework, incident response plan, and quarterly phishing simulations.
Outcome: A proactive security program that grows with your business and prepares you for customer, investor, and regulatory scrutiny.
Starting-point estimate
Everything in Guardian, plus dedicated vCISO time (12–16 hrs/month), executive digital protection, security testing oversight, two facilitated tabletop exercises per year, and same-day priority advisory access.
Outcome: A leadership-ready security posture with a dedicated security authority behind every decision that matters.
Starting at — custom scoped
All engagements are scoped to your environment. Starting prices reflect a typical baseline.
Security Leadership You Can Rely On
We're founded on experience across regulated industries and complex organizational environments, delivering security program leadership that typically requires a full-time executive hire.
Our background spans security program development in regulated contexts, cloud architecture governance, and executive advisory across leadership teams that include boards, legal counsel, and operational leadership. We bring that experience to the SMB, right-sized and plainly spoken.
- Security program design and leadership across regulated environments
- Cloud governance experience across AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud
- Executive and leadership reporting in plain business terms
- Incident response planning and security program governance
What Sets Phylaxion Apart
Discretion as a Feature
We operate with the quiet confidence of a trusted advisor. Your security posture, your risk profile, and your vendor relationships stay with us.
Built for SMBs, Not Enterprises
Every service, package, and recommendation is sized for the 1–100 employee business. Nothing retrofitted from an enterprise playbook.
Outcome-Led Engagement
We measure success by what changes: reduced risk, cleaner operations, faster response, and a security program you can actually explain to your board or your customers.
Security-First Operations
We're not an IT helpdesk that bolts on security. Security informs every decision we make, from platform selection to identity policy to vendor review.