Cybersecurity
Security in layers, so one bad click does not become a shutdown.
Ransomware, phishing and stolen passwords are what take small businesses offline. Talos stacks protection across your devices, email, identities and network, and real analysts watch the alerts day and night.
The short answer
Talos cybersecurity is a layered defense for small and mid-sized businesses. Every device gets endpoint detection and response, email is filtered for phishing, sign-ins need multi-factor authentication, and a security operations center staffed by human analysts watches alerts 24/7. We also scan for vulnerabilities, train your staff, keep immutable backups and follow a written incident response plan if something gets through.
Who it's for
Who it is for
Businesses that hold valuable data and cannot afford to stop. Houston's energy, healthcare, legal and professional firms are frequent targets for ransomware and email fraud, and so are similar firms anywhere in the US.
Practices holding sensitive records
Medical, dental, legal and accounting offices where one breach means notification letters, regulators and lost trust.
Vendors to large companies
Suppliers to the Energy Corridor, the Ship Channel and other enterprise buyers who must pass a security questionnaire to keep the contract.
Companies buying cyber insurance
Owners filling out an application that asks about MFA, endpoint protection, backups and an incident plan.
Owners who are not sure
Teams whose security is probably fine, who would rather know than guess.
What we cover
What's included
Each layer covers a gap the others leave open.
Endpoint detection and response
Next-generation antivirus plus EDR on every laptop, desktop and server, catching suspicious behavior that signature scanning misses.
Email security
Phishing, malware and impersonation filtering for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace mailboxes.
24/7 SOC monitoring
A security operations center with human analysts triages alerts around the clock and escalates real incidents.
Vulnerability scanning
Scheduled scans find missing patches and weak configurations so they are fixed before an attacker finds them.
Security awareness training
Short monthly lessons and simulated phishing, with per-person results you can watch improve.
Incident response
A written runbook to contain, investigate, restore and report, so nobody improvises on the worst day.
MFA and conditional access
Identity-first controls on Microsoft 365, VPN and your critical cloud apps, so a stolen password alone is not enough.
DNS and web filtering
Known malicious domains and risky sites are blocked at the network level, in the office and on the road.
Written security policies
Audit-ready policies mapped to HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2 and CMMC, written for your business rather than copied from a template.
Before / after
Where most small businesses start, and where we take them
Before
Common starting point
- One ransomware incident can stop operations and cost far more than prevention would have
- Phishing emails slip past basic spam filters every day
- Nobody can say for certain whether your systems are actually secure
- An audit or customer review turns up gaps no one knew were there
After
With Talos cybersecurity
- Defense in depth across endpoints, network and email, so one failed layer is not the end
- Behavior-based threat detection that catches attacks plain antivirus does not
- Regular vulnerability assessments that show exactly where you stand
- Trained staff who report a suspicious email instead of clicking it
How it works
How we secure your business
01
Security review
We check your devices, accounts, email, backups and network against a known baseline and show you the gaps.
02
Close the biggest gaps
EDR, MFA, email filtering and immutable backups go in first, because they stop the most common attacks.
03
Watch and train
The SOC monitors alerts 24/7, scans run on a schedule and your team gets short monthly training.
04
Respond and report
If something gets through, we follow the runbook. Either way, you get regular reports on your risk.
What to expect
Service commitments
24/7
SOC monitoring
Alerts reviewed by human analysts, not only software.
<15 min
Critical incident response
From a confirmed security incident to action.
Monthly
Micro-trainings
Short lessons that fit into a working day.
Quarterly
Phishing simulations
Per-person click rates tracked over time.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Next-generation antivirus with endpoint detection and response, email security and anti-phishing, multi-factor authentication with conditional access, DNS filtering, vulnerability scanning, 24/7 monitoring by a security operations center, security awareness training with simulated phishing, immutable backups and a documented incident response plan.
Yes. The 24/7/365 security operations center is staffed by human analysts who review alerts, escalate confirmed incidents and coordinate the response. It is not just an automated alerting tool.
Yes. We help small businesses, including Energy Corridor and Ship Channel suppliers, answer enterprise security reviews with documented controls, written policies and an evidence package the reviewer can check.
We start the incident response runbook: isolate the affected systems, preserve evidence, bring in your cyber insurer and legal counsel if you have them, restore from immutable backups and lead the cleanup. Backups that attackers cannot alter are what make a recovery in hours, rather than weeks, realistic.
Yes. The security stack and its documentation map to HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Texas data privacy requirements. We work with your auditor and provide the evidence they ask for. Your auditor, not Talos, issues any attestation.
Through short micro-trainings each month and simulated phishing campaigns each quarter. Reports show each person's click rate over time, so you can see your human risk go down.
Every Talos managed IT plan includes a security baseline of endpoint detection and response, multi-factor authentication and email security. The rest of the stack on this page is sized to your risk and any compliance requirements during the free assessment.
Know where your security actually stands
Book a free security review. We will show you your biggest gaps and the order we would close them in.
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