What Are Managed Cybersecurity Services?
Managed cybersecurity means a security team sets up your protections, keeps them current, monitors alerts, and responds, so your staff doesn't have to become security experts. Buying security software is the easy part. Configuring it correctly, updating it, noticing when something looks wrong at 2 a.m., and knowing what to do next is the work that actually stops attacks. That's what Advent takes off your plate.
Signs It's Time to Get Serious About Security
- Your cyber insurance renewal is asking about MFA, endpoint detection, or tested backups.
- You handle patient, financial, payment, or student data.
- Phishing emails keep landing in people's inboxes.
- Nobody watches security alerts after hours.
- You've had an incident or a close call, and you don't want a second one.
How We Protect You, Layer by Layer
No single tool stops every attack. Each layer below covers a different way in, so a threat that slips past one gets caught by the next.
|
Layer |
What it stops |
Included in |
Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Computers and user identities |
Ransomware, malware, hijacked accounts |
Every AdventCare plan |
Endpoint and identity threat detection and response (EDR/ITDR) — Huntress |
|
|
Phishing, impersonation, spam |
AdventCare PC (basic) and PC Secure+ (advanced) |
Proofpoint |
|
Web browsing |
Malicious websites and domains |
PC Secure+ and Server Secure+ |
DNS filtering — WebTitan |
|
Logins |
Stolen and reused passwords |
PC Secure+ |
Multi-factor authentication — Cisco Duo; password management |
|
Applications and network access |
Unauthorized software and access |
PC Secure+ and Server Secure+ |
ThreatLocker; Zero Trust Network Agent |
|
People |
Clicking the wrong link |
PC Secure+ |
Security awareness training |
|
Exposed credentials |
Employee logins for sale online |
PC Secure+ |
Dark web monitoring |
|
Weak spots |
Unpatched and misconfigured systems |
PC Secure+ and Server Secure+ |
Vulnerability scanning — Cavelo |
|
Servers |
Undetected intrusions and downtime |
Server Secure+ |
24/7 SOC monitoring and SIEM |
|
Data |
Data loss and ransomware recovery |
PC Secure+ and Server Secure+ |
Backup, business continuity and disaster recovery — Datto |
|
Network edge |
Intrusions at the firewall |
Firewall maintenance add-on |
Fortinet |
These protections are packaged in our AdventCare plans, priced per PC or per server.
Compliance and Cyber Insurance
We support customers with the security obligations that come with their industry. Compliance is your organization's responsibility; our job is to implement the technical safeguards.
|
Requirement |
Who it applies to |
Where Advent helps |
|---|---|---|
|
HIPAA |
Healthcare providers, health plans, and the vendors that handle their patient data |
Access controls, MFA, endpoint protection, email security, backup |
|
PCI DSS |
Any organization that accepts, processes, or stores payment cards |
Network segmentation, firewall maintenance, vulnerability scanning, endpoint protection |
|
CMMC |
Defense contractors and suppliers handling Department of Defense information |
MFA, endpoint detection and response, logging and monitoring, vulnerability scanning |
|
FTC Safeguards Rule |
Non-bank financial businesses such as auto dealers, tax preparers and mortgage brokers |
MFA, encryption-ready email security, monitoring, security awareness training |
|
CJIS |
Police, courts, public safety agencies and the vendors that access criminal justice information |
MFA, access controls, logging and monitoring |
Cyber insurance: Insurers increasingly ask about MFA, endpoint detection and response, email security, backups, and backup testing before they'll write or renew a policy. AdventCare PC Secure+ and Server Secure+ cover those controls, and we'll help you answer the questionnaire accurately.
How Advent Secures Your Business
- Assess. Start with our free IT Security & Network Risk Assessment. You get a one-page report with your overall risk score and the top five improvements we recommend.
- Prioritize. We turn the report into a plan, closing the biggest gaps first.
- Deploy. We install and configure the protections while your team keeps working.
- Monitor. Threat detection, email filtering, and dark web monitoring run continuously, and servers on Server Secure+ are watched 24/7 by a security operations center.
- Respond. When something gets through, our team works to identify the problem, communicate next steps, and restore operations as quickly as possible.
- Stay current. Ongoing vulnerability scanning finds new weak spots, and our optional vCIO service reviews your security posture with you on a regular schedule.
25
years in business
2,000+
active customers
24/7
server monitoring through a security operations center
Compliance
support for HIPAA · PCI DSS · CMMC · FTC Safeguards · CJIS
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Advent an MSP or an MSSP?
Is my business too small to be a target?
What is a SOC, and do we need 24/7 monitoring?
What happens if dark web monitoring finds our passwords?
Can you help us meet compliance or cyber insurance requirements?
What should we do if we think we've been breached?
Can we buy only part of this?
Works Best With
Know Your Risk. Know What to Fix.
Our experts closely review your environment and identify potential vulnerabilities across your cybersecurity and network infrastructure.
- Are employee credentials exposed?
- Are your endpoints protected?
- Is your email secure?
- Are you doing DR testing?
- How vulnerable are you to ransomware?
- Is your firewall properly configured?
- Are your networks appropriately segmented?
- Could unauthorized users gain access?
- Is your Wi-Fi infrastructure secure?
- Where are your biggest points of failure?
You'll receive a simple one-page report with your overall risk score and the top five security improvements Advent recommends addressing.
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