What sold us on cAIberOps was how they explained everything without making us feel like we needed a computer science degree. Most cybersecurity companies throw around buzzwords and acronyms until you just nod and sign whatever they put in front of you. cAIberOps broke down exactly what our risks were, what was protecting us and what wasn’t, and what each service actually does in plain English. We ended up going with their managed email and endpoint protection and finally feel like we understand what we’re paying for and why. They send monthly reports that actually make sense instead of dashboards full of numbers nobody reads. If you’re a local business owner who’s been avoiding cybersecurity because it feels overwhelming, these are the people to talk to. They make it simple without dumbing it down.
About cAIberOps (SY-ber-ops)
A managed security service provider in McLean, Virginia, built for small and medium businesses that need enterprise-grade protection without an in-house security team. We secure the AI your staff use, defend your email and protect your endpoints, and we put the people behind the tools, not just the licenses. We are not the MSP that forwards an alert and opens a ticket, or the MSSP that floods your inbox with false positives. When something gets through, we own it: we investigate it, resolve it, and tell you in plain English what happened. Nationwide, including Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland.
At a glance
Founded: January 2026, McLean, Virginia. A Virginia LLC.
Services: Managed Email Security, Managed Endpoint Protection, Managed AI Security.
Platform: Check Point. Authorized partner since January 2026.
Team: US-based. Investigation with no time cap.
Coverage: Nationwide by remote delivery; on site in the DC area when needed.
Reviews: Read our Google reviews.
Built for the businesses that are easy targets, so they stop being easy
cAIberOps was founded with one mission: bring enterprise-grade security operations to companies that do not have a security team of their own, from a ten-person office to a firm with several hundred staff. The same platforms the large enterprises run, with the same discipline, at a price per user or per endpoint that a growing business can carry. Small and medium businesses are the easy targets today, and much of what makes them easy is not a lack of tools but a lack of someone watching the tools.
So each of our services is the license plus the team running it, at one price per user or per endpoint. The AI in our name has been there since day one: when we launched in 2026 we found almost no providers running AI usage security as a fully managed service, so we built ours as one of the first in the United States, and we run managed email security and managed endpoint protection the same way.
The team brings hands-on experience from enterprise security operations on leading platforms: investigating phishing, business email compromise, malware and ransomware for organizations far larger than our clients. That experience is why the service is built around investigation with no time cap rather than a dashboard and a ticket queue.
No complexity
Clear, actionable guidance in plain English. The monthly report reads the same for an owner, an IT manager or a CISO, and goes to an insurer or an auditor without editing.
No black boxes
Full visibility into your environment. You own your data and your tools; we bring the expertise to run them, and we change your tenant only with your approval.
No lock-in
No onboarding fee, no multi-year contract, a simple yearly subscription with renewal only on your approval. We keep clients by being useful, not by a clause.
Real people
The platform detects at machine speed; people decide. A US-based team that knows your environment, answers the phone and investigates until it is resolved. 24/7 monitoring and support.
What working with us looks like
A 15-minute call
You talk to the people who will run the service. We hear what you are facing, where protection is thin, and which of the three services fills the gap. No slides, no surprise quote.
A free look first
Email: two weeks in Monitor only on your tenant, no MX change.
AI: the free Shadow AI Discovery.
Endpoint: a 30-day trial set up with you.
Onboarding in two sessions
Policy set with you, the agent or the connector rolled out a few machines at a time around your hours, and no change made in your tenant without your approval.
Then the work
24/7 monitoring and support. Investigation with no time cap when something gets through, and a monthly report that reads the same for an owner, an IT manager or a CISO.
Saying no to the wrong work
A short list, so you can compare us accurately and the call holds no surprises.
✓We do
- Run managed email, endpoint and AI security: the license and the people, at one price per user or per endpoint.
- 24/7 monitoring and support, with investigation with no time cap when something gets through.
- Set and tune the policy with you, and change your tenant only with your approval.
- Provide controls that support HIPAA, FTC Safeguards, NIST 800-171 and CMMC, SEC Reg S-P and CJIS requirements.
- Write the AI acceptable-use policy with you, because we enforce it.
- Report monthly in plain English, written for an owner, an IT manager or a CISO.
✕We do not
- Penetration testing or vulnerability scanning. If you need it, we say so and you hire a tester.
- Certify compliance. We are not a C3PAO and we do not certify anyone.
- Write WISPs, System Security Plans or general policies.
- Forward alerts. A forwarded alert is not a managed service.
- Touch your MX records. Email security connects through your tenant's API.
- Lock you in. No onboarding fee, no multi-year contract, no renewal without your approval.
- Flood you with false positives and call it work. Tuning is part of the service, not an extra.
Industries we serve
We work with organizations that treat security as part of the work itself. The data they hold is their clients' trust and their own intellectual property, and keeping it safe is a condition of doing business, not a line item.
Government contractors
Contract data and CUI under NIST 800-171 and CMMC expectations.
Law firms
Client confidences and case files; confidentiality is the business.
Healthcare practices
Patient records under HIPAA; one mailbox is the whole story.
Real estate
Wire instructions and closing funds; wire fraud starts in the inbox.
Manufacturers
Drawings, designs and trade secrets; ransomware stops the line.
Financial advisors
Client account data under SEC Reg S-P.
Nonprofits
Donor records and grant funds on a lean team's budget.
Professional services
Client data on your laptops and in your email, with your name on it.
Accounting and CPA firms
Tax records and client financials under FTC Safeguards.
What you can check
Virginia LLC
cAIberOps LLC, established January 2026, McLean, Virginia. Registered with the Commonwealth's eVA procurement system. Fairfax County business license on file.
Insured
Professional and cyber liability coverage in force, written for a managed security provider. A certificate of insurance is available on request before you sign, and your own insurer can verify it.
Authorized Check Point partner
Authorized Check Point partner since January 2026. We resell and manage Check Point licenses, which is why the license-only route carries a price-beat guarantee.
Three managed services
Managed Email Security, Managed Endpoint Protection and Managed AI Security, each a license plus the service, nationwide by remote delivery.
Serving McLean, Tysons, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Reston, Herndon, Washington DC, Bethesda and Rockville on site when needed, and the rest of the United States by remote delivery.
What clients say on Google
5.0 rating, 10 reviews · View on Google
We found out through cAIberOps that several of our employee credentials were already leaked on the dark web. Our previous provider never flagged it. On top of that, our email security was barely catching anything and we had no endpoint protection to speak of. The cAIberOps team got us set up with email protection, endpoint security, and security awareness training in under two weeks. The whole process was painless. Employees didn’t even notice a change in their workflow. What stood out is how simple they made everything. No complicated setup, no disruption, and now our staff actually gets trained on spotting phishing instead of just hoping they don’t click the wrong link. For any small business in the DMV area that’s been putting off cybersecurity, cAIberOps makes it easy to finally get it right.
We weren’t even looking for a cybersecurity company. Colleague recommended cAIberOps after they helped his business in Fairfax. They sat down with us, walked through our email and endpoint setup, and within an hour showed us gaps we had no idea existed. No scare tactics, just facts. He even gave us recommendations on our general IT configuration that had nothing to do with selling us a service. That kind of honesty is rare in this industry. We ended up signing on for their managed security and it’s been one of the best IT decisions we’ve made. If you run a business in NOVA and don’t have a dedicated cybersecurity partner, give cAIberOps a call.
If you’re a small business in Northern Virginia like us and looking for a cybersecurity provider, at least have a conversation with cAIberOps. They offered us a free consultation where he reviewed our general IT setup and pointed out things we could improve just from a security best practices standpoint, no pressure, no sales pitch. They gave us clear visibility into where we were exposed and what we should prioritize. Even if you’re not ready to commit to a managed security service, the consultation alone is worth it. Best cybersecurity advice we’ve gotten in the DC metro area.
We were paying significantly more for our previous email and endpoint security and assumed we were covered. When we started working with cAIberOps, they showed us what was actually getting through. Phishing emails our old provider wasn’t catching and endpoint threats that were going undetected. It was honestly alarming to see how much we were overpaying for a solution that wasn’t doing its job. We switched to their complete protection package covering both email and endpoints, and our annual cost dropped while our actual security coverage went up substantially. The difference was immediat, threats that used to slip through are now caught and dealt with before anyone on our team even sees them. On top of that, we get monthly reports showing exactly what was blocked and investigated, which we never had before. If you’re a small business in DMV area paying too much for cybersecurity that gives you a false sense of security, talk to cAIberOps. We’re getting better protection for less money and that’s hard to argue with.
We had an employee account compromised through a credential harvesting email that made it past our existing email protection. We didn’t even know it happened until unusual activity was flagged weeks later. We brought in team from cAIberOps to take a look, and he ran a two-week assessment on our email environment. What he found was eye-opening. Our previous solution was basically catching the obvious stuff but letting targeted phishing emails through, especially the ones designed to steal login credentials. We honestly thought we were protected, but we weren’t.
We were paying extra for an email security add-on through our previous provider and phishing emails were still landing in people’s inboxes almost every week. Someone on our team actually clicked one and that was the wake up call. We started looking into managed email security options and found cAIberOps. They showed us exactly where our email protection was failing and how much was slipping through that we didn’t even know about. Once they set up their managed email security it was like night and day, the phishing attempts just stopped showing up. Their team actually monitors everything and manages the whole thing so we don’t have to think about it. Really solid cybersecurity partner for any small or medium business in the Northern Virginia or DC area that thinks their email is protected but hasn’t actually tested that assumption.
I reached out to cAIberOps after realizing our small business had been relying on nothing more than Microsoft 365’s default email security, which honestly kept me up at night. From the very first consultation, the team was straightforward and knowledgeable, no pushy sales tactics, just an honest assessment of where we were vulnerable. They walked us through exactly how managed email security and endpoint protection work, explained the technology behind it, and had everything deployed without any disruption to our daily operations. What really stood out was the pricing transparency, no hidden fees, no long-term contracts, just a fair yearly rate for enterprise-grade protection powered by Check Point. As a business operating in the Northern Virginia area, it’s reassuring to work with a local cybersecurity partner who understands the unique risks in this region. Highly recommend cAIberOps to any small or medium business that wants real security without the enterprise price tag.
Talk to the people who will run it.
One call, 15 minutes, no slides. You will speak with the team that runs the service, not a sales desk.