Managed IT and Cybersecurity Services · Prescott, Arizona
Most businesses outgrow their IT about two years before they notice.
The computers still turn on. Email still works. Nothing looks broken. That is exactly what makes it dangerous. The gaps that put a company out of business do not announce themselves first.
No email required. No sales call. You get your score on screen.
- Google rating
- 5.0 out of 5 24 reviews, every one five stars
- Security monitoring
- 24/7/365 Watching while nobody is at their desk
- Doing this since
- 2017 Prescott born, and still here
- Where we work
- The Quad Cities On-site locally, remote across Arizona
Is this you?
Almost nobody goes looking for a cybersecurity company.
Something happens first. Here is what actually brings people to us, in their words, not ours. If one of these sounds like a conversation you have had recently, start there.
“Our IT guy just left.”
He moved, retired, or took a real job. Nobody knows the admin passwords, the licenses renew to his email, and you are discovering how much lived only in his head.
That is us“Our IT guy has another full-time job.”
He is good, and he answers eventually. But he is one person with a day job, and you have quietly become bigger than a nights-and-weekends operation.
That is us“Our own IT person is causing problems.”
Tickets sit. Changes get made without telling anyone. You cannot tell whether things are under control, and you have no way to check.
That is us“We failed a cyber insurance questionnaire.”
They asked about MFA, backups, and endpoint protection, and you were not certain of the answers. Now renewal is at risk or the premium jumped.
That is us“Our board started asking questions.”
Someone on the board or in the family read an article, or a peer got hit. Now you need a real answer about where you stand, not a reassuring one.
That is us“A company like ours got hit.”
Same size, same industry, same town. You realized you have no idea whether it could happen to you, and that not knowing is its own answer.
That is usNo problem yet, just being proactive?
“We have been doing our own IT and want it done properly.”
Nothing has gone wrong. Someone here has always just handled it, and it has worked. But you are bigger now, and you would rather bring in professionals before something forces the decision.
What we find
Six things we find in almost every business we assess.
Not the exotic threats that make the news. These are the ordinary, boring gaps that are present in nearly every organization we examine, including well-run ones with someone competent handling IT.
Read them honestly. If you cannot say for certain that a line does not apply to you, then for practical purposes it does.
Check yourself against all nine areas-
Former employees still have accounts
People who left months or years ago still have working logins. Nobody was responsible for switching them off, so nobody did.
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Backups are running, but not working
The backup job reports success. It has never been restored from, and often it is not actually capturing what matters. Everyone assumes this is handled.
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Everyone is an administrator
Staff have full admin rights on their own machines. One wrong click installs whatever it wants, with permission.
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Multi-factor authentication is partly on
It is enabled for some people, on some systems, some of the time. Attackers only need the gap.
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Staff use personal accounts for company work
Personal email, personal cloud storage, personal file shares holding real business data. When they leave, the data leaves with them.
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Configuration has drifted
Machines not joined to the domain, automations never finished, one-off fixes nobody documented. It works right up until it does not.
How this works
Four steps, and you learn something useful at every one.
By the end you will know exactly where your business stands, what it would cost to fix, and what happens if you do nothing. That picture is yours to keep and act on however you choose.
It works in this order for your benefit. A price quoted before anyone has looked is a guess dressed up as a number, and you would have no way to tell whether it was fair or whether it covered what you actually need. Looking first means the figure you get is built from your business rather than your headcount.
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Free
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15-minute consult
Tell us what prompted you to look. You get a straight read on how serious it is and what we would do first, whether or not you go further.
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30 days
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Sentry Inspect
Thirty days examining your people, processes, and technology across nine areas, scans, interviews with your staff, and a review of how you actually operate.
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~60 min
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The briefing
Your leadership sees the findings together, in business terms, with the cost of each risk laid out. Most clients tell us it is the first time everyone in the room shared the same picture.
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Optional
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Sentry Protect
If it makes sense for both of us, you get a technology partner handling security, support, and planning. If it does not, you still hold a roadmap you can give to anyone.
The assessment is paid, and it is yours to keep. Some people ask why they should pay to get a quote. You are not paying for a quote. You are paying for a documented picture of your risk that works whether you hire us, hire someone else, or do it yourself.
What is in the assessmentProof
Two of our clients renewed at five years.
In an industry where businesses change IT providers every couple of years, that is the number we would ask about if we were you. Some of them will have been with us more than a decade by the time their current agreements end.
“Niles and team are the best in Northern Arizona! We use [Sentry CTO] for our law office, and Niles is always prompt, responsive, professional, and knowledgeable.”
“I really, really appreciate all of the help that Sentry CTO has provided for all of my tech-related issues. I have never submitted a ticket that took longer than 15 minutes for a response, and I always receive top-notch, professional, and friendly service from everyone there. Tech issues are never fun, but Sentry CTO makes them significantly less stressful, since you know any that come your way will be solved quickly and painlessly.”
“Sentry CTO is an excellent company for Cyber Security. Niles is by far the most knowledgeable expert in this industry. I have used their services and they have helped me to discover weaknesses in my current CRM. They have also done a business assessment which revealed that passwords and accesses were not where they should have been. I highly recommend this company.”
Who we work with
Businesses of five to 250 people that cannot afford to lose a week.
Every industry below carries obligations the others do not. These four come up most often, but the list is not a door policy.
Based in Prescott, we provide managed IT services and cybersecurity services to businesses like these. On-site work covers Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, and Dewey-Humboldt, and the rest of Arizona is supported remotely.
Law Firms
Confidentiality is not a preference. It is a rule you can be disbarred over.
Nonprofits
Donor data, grant obligations, and a board that needs a straight answer.
Construction
Field crews, changing headcount, and wire fraud on draw payments.
Financial Services
FTC Safeguards, examiners, and members who cannot afford a bad week.
Not on this list? That is fine. Most of our clients were not either. Here is who we are genuinely not right for.
The next step
Start with the three-minute version.
Nine areas, plain questions, no jargon. You get a score and a breakdown on screen, no email address, no follow-up unless you ask for one. Most people find at least one thing they did not know about.
Prefer to talk to a person? Call (928) 350-8069. You will reach someone who can actually answer, not a queue.