Small and midsize businesses
Short answerSmall and midsize businesses face the same attacks, customer questionnaires and insurance requirements as large companies, so they need enterprise-grade security. YourColo provides it as a managed service from New Albany, Ohio, at a predictable monthly cost.
You do not need a thousand employees to face enterprise-level risk. If your business runs on email, cloud applications, remote access and connected devices, it faces the same threats, questionnaires and insurance requirements as a large company. YourColo gives small and midsize businesses the same caliber of design, platforms and around-the-clock monitoring, without building an enterprise IT department.
Why it matters
Phishing kits, password-guessing tools and ransomware crews scan the whole internet for weak logins, unpatched systems and exposed remote access. They do not check your headcount first. Small and midsize businesses are often hit precisely because attackers expect weaker defenses.
Microsoft 365, cloud line-of-business applications, remote access and video meetings are the same platforms large companies use. They come with the same weak spots, and they need the same identity, device, email and network controls to be safe.
Larger customers, partners and auditors increasingly send security questionnaires before they sign or renew. Multi-factor login, endpoint protection, tested backups and documented policies are becoming the price of doing business with them.
Cyber insurance carriers now ask detailed questions about multi-factor login, endpoint detection and response, backups and patching before they quote or renew. Gaps in those answers can mean higher premiums or narrower coverage.
A large company can absorb a week offline. Most smaller businesses cannot. When there is no spare team and no spare budget, preventing the outage costs far less than recovering from it, and far less than the customers lost along the way.
A 24x7 security team, a network architect, identity specialists and someone who knows the camera system would cost more than most SMBs spend on all of IT. Through YourColo you get that whole bench for a predictable monthly cost.
How we make it fit
Enterprise grade is not about the size of the company. It is about how technology is designed, run and watched. We bring that discipline at a scale and cost that fit a small or midsize business.
Get a Free Zero Trust AssessmentWe review identity, devices, network, applications, data and physical security, then rank the gaps by risk and by cost, in writing.
A phased plan you can budget for. Multi-factor login, endpoint protection and backups usually come first because they close the most common doors.
The same Citrix, Microsoft, Okta, Juniper, Arista, WatchGuard and Verkada platforms large organizations rely on, configured for your size.
Our SOC and RMM team watch every layer 24x7x365, so you get enterprise-level coverage without enterprise-level headcount.
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Questions
Not when it is delivered as a managed service. You share YourColo's SOC, tools and engineers instead of hiring and licensing them yourself, and you pay a predictable monthly cost. We also phase the work so the biggest risks are fixed first.
Yes. Most attacks are automated and look for weak logins, unpatched systems and unprotected email, not for well-known names. Smaller businesses are often targeted because attackers expect weaker defenses and a faster payout.
Both describe small and midsize organizations. SMB, small and midsize business, is the common term in the United States. SME, small and medium-sized enterprise, is used more widely elsewhere. The risks, and the answer, are the same.
Often, yes. Engagements run from co-managed, where we support and back up your internal IT lead with our SOC, tools and specialists, to fully managed, where YourColo is the IT department.
Usually not. Most businesses already own part of an enterprise-grade stack, such as Microsoft 365 or a business firewall. The assessment shows what you can build on and where the real gaps are.
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