Cloud at Work’s Managed Cybersecurity Solutions protect your entire IT environment (including Sage applications) to provide comprehensive, layered protection for your entire digital ecosystem.
We work closely with small and midsized businesses (SMBs), including Sage customers, across the country and witness the unique challenges and vulnerabilities they face regarding cybersecurity. With the rise of sophisticated threats and bad actors, SMBs are increasingly targeted. Most of these organizations lack the in-house resources to build a comprehensive defense against these complex attacks, leaving critical data and operations at risk.
We began offering Managed Cybersecurity services to a few select clients, and the results were striking — reduced incidents, faster response times, and greater peace of mind for business owners. It quickly became clear that this level of protection would be valuable to SMBs everywhere, especially those relying on Sage systems as the backbone of their operations. That’s why we created Cloud at Work’s Managed Cybersecurity Solutions — a layered, holistic approach designed to protect every aspect of your IT infrastructure.
Here’s a bit more about how our solution works and why outsourcing security to a professional team like Cloud at Work could be considered essential in today’s threat landscape.
Cloud at Work’s Five-Step Protection Strategy
A strong cybersecurity strategy requires a robust, layered defense to protect your data, maintain business continuity, and secure your reputation. Here’s how Cloud at Work’s Managed Cybersecurity Solutions offer end-to-end protection through five essential steps:
1. Establish What You Want to Protect
Effective cybersecurity starts with understanding your assets. We work with you to identify and prioritize the data, applications, and systems most critical to your operations. This assessment ensures that defenses focus on protecting what matters most to your business, from customer data to financial records to the systems that keep your business running smoothly.
2. Build Concentric Rings of Protection
A single layer of security isn’t enough to withstand today’s advanced threats. Our approach involves creating concentric rings of protection that include tools like Managed XDR (Extended Detection and Response), which offers visibility across endpoints, cloud environments, networks, and SaaS applications. These layers work together to intercept threats before they reach your core systems, catching issues that single-point solutions might miss.
3. Monitor Your Environment 24/7
Cyber threats can emerge at any time, which is why continuous monitoring is crucial. Our 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) uses machine learning and extensive threat intelligence mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework to detect anomalies and suspicious activity across your environment. Around-the-clock monitoring allows us to identify potential risks immediately and respond before they can escalate, giving you peace of mind that your systems are protected day and night.
4. Reduce Response Time
In cybersecurity, response time is everything. The faster a threat is detected and neutralized, the less damage it can cause. With our Managed XDR service, incidents like Business Email Compromise (BEC) can be resolved within one to two hours compared to the one to two months it might take without these capabilities. Automated responses enable actions such as quarantining compromised devices, blocking suspicious IPs, and resetting passwords — keeping your business operations secure and minimizing downtime.
5. Secure Your People, Processes, and Technology
Technology alone isn’t enough to ensure a secure environment. Effective cybersecurity also depends on training employees to recognize threats, establishing secure processes, and enforcing policies that support security at every level. Our solution supports creating a security-conscious culture within your organization, securing not just your IT infrastructure but also the people and processes that use it daily.
Each of these five steps forms a part of Cloud at Work’s holistic cybersecurity strategy, designed to provide SMBs with the same level of protection enjoyed by larger enterprises. By taking a proactive, layered approach to security, we help ensure your business is resilient against even the most sophisticated cyber threats.
Extending Beyond Sage to Protect Your Entire IT Ecosystem
For SMBs using Sage ERP, protecting your data and applications in the cloud is essential. But what about the rest of your IT environment? As your business grows, so do your security needs, and threats can target any part of your IT infrastructure—not just your ERP system. Cloud at Work’s Managed Cybersecurity Solutions can protect your entire IT environment, extending beyond Sage to offer comprehensive, layered protection for your entire digital ecosystem.
Our experience hosting and supporting Sage environments makes us uniquely qualified to understand the complexities of securing these systems. Whether you’re using our Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for Sage or migrating additional workloads to Azure, we bring an expert understanding of Sage alongside robust cybersecurity capabilities.
A Special Invitation for our Cloud at Work VPC Customers
If you already trust Cloud at Work’s Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to host your Sage applications, you understand the importance of securing your critical business data. But as essential as your Sage environment is, it’s just one part of your overall technology landscape. Cyber threats don’t just target one system. They can infiltrate your entire IT infrastructure, putting all your business data and operations at risk. We invite you to explore this new offering and discover how extending the same level of protection [link to the How to Build a Holistic Cybersecurity Strategy post when published] to the rest of your IT environment makes smart business sense.
Why Cloud at Work?
Choosing Cloud at Work means choosing a partner committed to your security. Our Managed Cybersecurity Solutions give you access to a team of experts, advanced threat detection, and rapid response capabilities—all tailored to the specific needs of SMBs. And with our flexible, cybersecurity-as-a-service model, you get all the benefits of enterprise-grade security without the enterprise-grade cost.
Contact us today to learn how our Managed Cybersecurity Solutions can help you build a secure foundation for your Sage systems and your entire IT environment.