CYBERSECURITY AS A SERVICE
Your cyber risk just became a board topic.
Your security stack needs to keep up.
Cybersecurity as a service for mid-market companies. We listen to your risk exposure first, then help you choose a security stack that satisfies your insurers, your regulators, and the questions you’ll get asked in front of a board.
Pragmatic security investments, sized to real risk and real budget.
The 2026 Security Reality
Three forces are simultaneously raising the cost of a weak security posture.
AI-Powered Attacks Are Real
Phishing is now hyper-personalized, voice-cloned, and high-volume. Traditional awareness training and email filters aren’t enough on their own anymore.
Cyber Insurance Got Strict
Renewals now require MFA, EDR, immutable backups, IR plans, and proof. Without them, premiums spike or coverage disappears.
Regulatory Surface Is Expanding
SEC disclosure rules, state privacy laws, and industry frameworks (HIPAA, PCI, CMMC) all want demonstrable controls, not just policies.
What You Get
A clear picture of your risk, the controls that actually reduce it, and the roadmap to get there.
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Risk-Based Security Assessment
We help you map your real attack surface (identity, endpoint, cloud, data, third parties) and rank what to fix first based on impact, not vendor priority.
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Layered Defense Architecture
MFA, EDR/XDR, immutable backup, segmentation, monitoring. Vendor-independent recommendations sized to your budget and team.
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Compliance & Insurance Readiness
Documentation, evidence, and tabletop exercises that hold up in front of auditors, underwriters, and your board.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you a managed security service provider (MSSP)?
No. We’re security advisors, not a SOC. We help you assess risk, design the right control architecture, select the right tools and partners, and govern execution. If you need 24/7 monitoring, we help you choose and govern the MSSP. We don’t become one.
What does a typical security engagement look like?
A risk-based assessment of your real attack surface, ranked by impact. A layered defense roadmap sized to your budget and team. Compliance and insurance readiness work. Then ongoing advisory or a fractional CISO arrangement if it makes sense.
How do you decide what to fix first?
Impact, not vendor priority. We map the realistic threat scenarios for your business and your industry, then rank controls by how much risk each one removes per dollar spent. The boring answers (MFA coverage, identity hygiene, patch discipline) usually beat the flashy ones.
Can you help us answer cyber insurance questionnaires?
Yes. We see what underwriters are asking right now: immutable backup, EDR coverage, MFA on privileged accounts, tested IR plans, and help you produce the documentation. Better answers often mean a better premium.
What about AI-driven threats and AI security?
Two different problems. AI-driven threats (AI phishing, deepfakes, automated reconnaissance) require updated detection and user awareness. AI security (governing your own AI use) requires new policy, data governance, and review of where models can and can’t go. We help with both.
Related Services
Most engagements touch more than one of these. Here’s how they connect.
Find Out Where You’re Actually Exposed
Most mid-market security gaps aren’t where teams think they are. Let’s pressure-test your posture against current threats and insurance requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does “cybersecurity as a service” actually mean for a mid-market company?
It means right-sized, ongoing security oversight without building a full internal security team. The service typically includes posture assessment, control selection and oversight, vendor management for security tools, executive reporting, and incident response coordination, all delivered by people who do this for a living, on a fraction of the cost of full-time hires.
How much cybersecurity does a mid-market company actually need?
Enough to defend the value at risk and satisfy the people who write the checks: cyber insurers, customers running vendor audits, regulators in your industry, and your own board. The wrong answer is the same security stack a Fortune 500 runs. The right answer is a defensible posture matched to your business, your data, and your obligations.
Do we need a CISO if we already have a managed security provider?
An MSSP runs tools and watches alerts. A CISO, full-time or fractional, owns the strategy, the risk decisions, and the accountability in front of the board. Most mid-market companies need both. The MSSP without executive ownership is a stack of tools nobody is steering.
What controls actually move the needle for mid-market security?
The unglamorous ones, applied consistently: MFA on everything that matters, modern endpoint detection, immutable backups, privileged access management, a tested incident response plan, and ongoing user awareness. Most breaches do not require sophisticated tools to prevent. They require basic controls actually being enforced.
How does cyber insurance affect what we need to do?
Significantly. Underwriters now require evidence of MFA, EDR, immutable backups, security awareness training, incident response planning, and executive accountability before they will write or renew coverage at reasonable rates. The insurance application has become a useful baseline for what a defensible mid-market security program looks like.
What does Liftoff actually do on a cybersecurity engagement?
We assess current posture against real threats and obligations, identify the gaps that matter, build a prioritized plan with the trade-offs, oversee vendor selection without invoice markups, and stay engaged as your chosen partners implement. Liftoff helps you evaluate the available options, select the right fit, and make sure the tools and partners you choose are tied to real risk, budget, and operating reality.