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.
Industries we serve
The risks are the same from sector to sector: phishing and credential harvesting, business email compromise that redirects a payment, ransomware on a laptop, and client data leaving through a personal AI account with no record of it. What differs is who asks you to prove you are protected: a prime contractor, a regulator, an insurer or a client's security questionnaire. We run managed email, endpoint and AI security that supports those frameworks and we document it monthly, so the answer is on paper before anyone asks. Each industry page below shows who asks in your sector and which requirements our controls support. Nationwide, including Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland.
Who asks, and what they ask about
The same three controls answer the bulk of it: a managed email layer, endpoint detection and response, and visibility of AI use. The table shows who tends to ask in your sector and which requirements our controls support.
| Industry | Who usually asks | Requirements our controls support |
|---|---|---|
| Government contractors | Prime contractors flowing down DFARS clauses, contracting officers checking the SPRS score, and the CMMC assessor when a contract requires one. | NIST SP 800-171 for controlled unclassified information, FAR 52.204-21 basic safeguarding for federal contract information, and CMMC Level 1 or 2. Our controls support the malicious-code, audit, incident-response and access-control families. |
| Law firms | Corporate clients through outside counsel guidelines and security questionnaires, cyber insurers at renewal, and the bar's rules on reasonable efforts to protect client information. | Client security questionnaires, usually mapped to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or ISO 27001; insurer applications asking about email filtering and endpoint detection and response; confidentiality duties under the rules of professional conduct. |
| Healthcare | The HIPAA risk analysis your practice runs or hires out, OCR after a breach report, health-system partners before signing a business associate agreement, and cyber insurers. | HIPAA Security Rule technical safeguards (access control, audit controls, integrity, transmission security), the Breach Notification Rule, and partner due-diligence questionnaires. |
| Real estate and title | Title underwriters, lenders, state regulators for title agents and mortgage firms, and cyber insurers, with wire fraud the question behind each. | ALTA Best Practices on information security for title and settlement, the FTC Safeguards Rule for mortgage brokers and lenders, wire-instruction verification, and insurer questionnaires. |
| Manufacturing | Defense primes and their suppliers' security assessments, large customers running supplier risk reviews, and cyber insurers asking about ransomware recovery. | NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC where DFARS applies, customer supplier questionnaires, and insurer questions on endpoint detection and response and ransomware recovery. |
| Financial advisors and wealth management | SEC examiners for registered advisers, FINRA for broker-dealers, state securities regulators for state-registered firms, custodians, and cyber insurers. | Regulation S-P as amended, including the incident response program and 30-day customer notification (smaller firms since June 3, 2026), Regulation S-ID identity-theft programs, and FINRA cybersecurity expectations. |
| Nonprofits and associations | Grantors and federal funders through award terms, boards and audit committees, payment processors when you take card donations, and cyber insurers. | Grant and funder security terms, internal-control expectations on federal awards, PCI DSS where cards are processed, state breach-notification laws covering donor and member data, and insurer questionnaires. |
| Professional services | Enterprise clients through vendor risk questionnaires and security schedules in the MSA, and cyber insurers. | Client questionnaires such as SIG Lite and NIST CSF-based reviews, contractual security clauses, audit-report expectations from larger clients, and insurer applications. |
| Accounting, CPA and tax firms | The FTC through the Safeguards Rule, the IRS at PTIN renewal, where preparers confirm they have a data security plan, clients, and cyber insurers. | FTC Safeguards Rule elements our controls support (access controls, encryption in transit, monitoring, incident response), IRS Publication 4557 practices, and insurer questionnaires. Coverage depends on the activities performed; your advisor decides. |
We run controls that support these frameworks and document what we did. We do not certify, audit, write your policies or guarantee compliance; that is your assessor's or counsel's role.
Cybersecurity by industry
Each page covers who asks in that sector, what they ask about, and which of the three services to start with.
How cAIberOps (SY-ber-ops) protects you
Three managed services, priced per user or per endpoint, the same in each sector.
Managed Email Security
Zero-day sandboxing, attachment cleaning, click-time link checks and account takeover detection on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, with the quarantine reviewed seven days a week and whatever gets through investigated with no time cap. Starts at $6.40 per user per month.
Managed Email SecurityManaged Endpoint Protection
Anti-ransomware with file rollback, behavioral analysis, sandboxing for downloads and USB control on each device, with alerts investigated by us. Starts at $8 per endpoint per month.
Managed Endpoint ProtectionManaged AI Security
Discovery of the AI tools your staff use, data loss prevention for prompts and uploads, and policy enforcement, so client data stays out of personal AI accounts. Starts with a free Shadow AI Discovery.
Managed AI SecurityOptions such as Security Awareness Training and Dark Web Monitoring are added to a managed service and quoted on the call. See the full list of options on the Services page.
Starts-at prices: the email figure reflects the current offer, with terms on the Managed Email Security page; endpoint and bundle coverage is scoped on the call. Monthly prices, billed yearly.
What clients say on Google
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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.
Questions about industries
Do you only work with these nine industries?
No. They are the sectors that ask us the oftenest and whose questionnaires are the sharpest. The service is the same for a consultancy, a trade association or a software firm: managed email, endpoint and AI security, priced per user or per endpoint.
Can you fill out our client's security questionnaire for us?
We answer the questions about the controls we run, in writing, and the monthly report is written so it can be attached. Questions about your own policies, training records or network belong to you or your IT provider; we say which is which.
Which service should our industry start with?
For the sectors above, Managed Email Security, because the fake invoice and the phishing email are where sector-specific losses start, and the free two-week assessment shows your own mail first. Where a prime, a regulator or an insurer asks for endpoint detection and response, start with Managed Endpoint Protection. Where staff already use AI tools with client data, start with the free Shadow AI Discovery.
Do you work with firms outside the DC area?
Yes. The services are delivered remotely nationwide; email security connects through your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace tenant, and the endpoint and AI clients are pushed through Intune or your RMM. On-site visits are available in the DC area when needed.
Not on the list? Much of what we do is the same from office to office.
Email, devices and AI use are where small and medium businesses are attacked, whatever the sector. Tell us yours on a 15-minute call.