Cybersecurity for Denver and Front Range companies

Cybersecurity

The attacks small Colorado businesses actually face are mostly ordinary: stolen passwords, fake invoices, malicious attachments, and remote-access tools left open to the internet. We lock those down with MFA on every account, endpoint detection and response with alerts reviewed by a person, email security that catches spoofing and look-alike domains, and a close look at anything exposed to the internet.

Short security-awareness training and simulated phishing give staff practice spotting the convincing fake, especially the urgent message supposedly from the owner that asks for gift cards or a changed bank account. When something does get through, we isolate the affected device or account, find out what was accessed, and give you a clear record for your insurer, your attorney and any notification decisions.

Aerospace supply chains attract attention

The Denver area's concentration of space and defense work, from Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton to United Launch Alliance in Centennial and the contractors serving Buckley Space Force Base, makes its supplier base an attractive target. Small machine shops, software contractors and engineering firms hold technical data that foreign intelligence services and competitors want, but they rarely have security teams of their own.

For those suppliers, cybersecurity begins with the basics done thoroughly: phishing-resistant MFA for anyone touching controlled data, endpoint detection and response on every workstation, encrypted laptops, and tight control over who can reach engineering files. Logs are kept long enough to investigate an incident properly. Defense contracts may require reporting certain incidents to the Defense Department, so knowing what happened, and when, is not optional.

Fraud, cannabis and the everyday threats

Most attacks on Colorado small businesses are financially motivated and fairly simple. Construction and real estate firms see fake payment-change requests during big projects. Restaurants and retailers get calls and emails impersonating payment processors. Cannabis businesses, which still struggle to access ordinary banking and handle more cash and specialized payment systems than most, face both physical and digital theft attempts, with surveillance systems and point-of-sale networks as targets.

Our defenses fit those patterns. Email security catches spoofed and look-alike domains, and your own domain gets SPF, DKIM and DMARC so criminals cannot easily send as you. Payment changes require a phone confirmation using a number on file. Camera and point-of-sale systems are isolated from office computers and kept updated. Staff complete short, practical training and occasional simulated phishing, with coaching rather than public scorekeeping for anyone who clicks.

Handling incidents under Colorado law

Colorado's breach-notification law gives businesses 30 days after determining a breach occurred to notify affected residents, one of the shorter windows in the country, with notice to the Attorney General when 500 or more residents are affected. Thirty days passes quickly when you do not yet know which mailbox was accessed or what files were in it. Good logging and a prepared response process make the difference.

When something happens, we contain it first: isolating affected devices remotely, revoking sessions and resetting credentials, checking for malicious mailbox rules and blocking the attacker's access paths. Then we preserve logs and build a factual timeline of what was accessed. That record goes to your attorney and cyber insurer, who decide on notifications. Finally, we close the gap that allowed the incident and confirm the fix holds.