Cybersecurity Services in Colorado
Colorado learned early what ransomware costs: in 2018 an attack on the state transportation department led to the first state emergency ever declared for a cyber incident. NetSys puts the controls that stop those attacks in place for Colorado businesses, from managed detection on every device to protected identities, filtered email and backups an attacker cannot delete, all run remotely.
The short answer
NetSys provides cybersecurity services to Colorado organizations: ThreatDown endpoint detection with managed response, Microsoft Defender for Business, Barracuda email protection, multifactor sign-in enforced by Entra ID Conditional Access, Rapid7 InsightVM vulnerability scanning, KnowBe4 security training, Keeper password management and immutable backups. Everything is delivered remotely and through the cloud from Brooklyn; NetSys does not send engineers on site anywhere in Colorado. Alerts are watched and emergencies answered at every hour, and the help desk is open from 2 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain time. Ongoing security is a per-user monthly fee from an assessment, and one-time work is quoted after scoping.
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How cybersecurity is delivered across Colorado
The security stack is deployed and run over the network, so a firm in Grand Junction gets the same protection as one in a Denver tower. ThreatDown and Defender go onto every computer and server through NinjaOne, identity policies live in Entra ID, and email filtering sits in front of Microsoft 365 before the first message arrives. When ThreatDown confirms a threat, the affected machine can be isolated from the network remotely, whether it sits in an office in Colorado Springs or on a kitchen table in Durango, and the account behind it is locked and its sessions revoked. NetSys does not send responders on site in Colorado. Evidence such as logs, alerts and timelines is collected remotely and kept for your insurer and counsel. Monitoring runs 24/7 from Brooklyn, and so does emergency service. Our staffed help-desk hours are 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time (2 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain), seven days a week. The proposal states severe-incident escalation, authorized remediation and any other after-hours work.
Three Colorado incidents and the control behind each
In February 2018 SamSam ransomware spread through the Colorado Department of Transportation after attackers broke into a newly built server, and the governor declared a state emergency on March 1 to bring in the National Guard; the state refused to pay. The control is plain: no system reaches the internet before it is hardened, and remote access requires multifactor sign-in. In the summer of 2023 the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing reported that files on about four million people were taken from the MOVEit Transfer application used by its contractor, IBM, even though its own systems were not breached. The lesson is vendor risk: know which outside services hold your data and how they protect it. That June, ransomware hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education and exposed records going back to 2004, a reminder that old data you no longer need is still data an attacker can steal.
Colorado's security and breach rules
Colorado has required reasonable security since 2018. C.R.S. 6-1-713.5 obliges a business holding Colorado residents' personal identifying information to keep security procedures suited to that information and to its size, and to require the same of service providers it shares the data with; 6-1-713 adds a written disposal policy. Under 6-1-716, affected residents must be told no later than 30 days after a business determines a breach occurred, the Attorney General must be told within the same window when 500 or more residents are affected, and the national consumer reporting agencies must be told when more than 1,000 are. Personal information includes a username or email address paired with a password, so a stolen Microsoft 365 login can trigger notice. Firms regulated under HIPAA or other rules still owe the Attorney General notice, and the shortest individual-notice deadline controls. This is general information, not legal advice.
Aerospace suppliers, CUI and the CMMC pause
Colorado ranks first in the nation per capita for aerospace employment, according to the state's economic development office, and Lockheed Martin Space, United Launch Alliance, BAE Systems' Space & Mission Systems and Sierra Space anchor a long chain of machine shops, engineering firms and software suppliers. Many of those subcontractors handle Controlled Unclassified Information. On July 13, 2026 the Department of War suspended CMMC Phase 2, which would have required third-party Level 2 certification as a condition of award from November 10, 2026, and Phases 3 and 4 are on hold. The underlying obligations did not pause: DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2, Level 1 and Level 2 self-assessments and a current SPRS score still apply. We map CUI to a defined set of users, devices and storage, enforce Conditional Access and encryption there, and keep the evidence a prime contractor or assessor will ask for.
Managed security services or a one-time engagement
Some Colorado companies want security run for them every day; others need a project. Managed security is the ongoing service: ThreatDown MDR analysts watching endpoints, our engineers acting on what they escalate, monthly Rapid7 scans with a patch plan, KnowBe4 phishing simulations, Keeper for shared credentials and a quarterly report of what changed. Cybersecurity consulting is scoped work with a fixed deliverable: an assessment of the Microsoft 365 tenant and devices, a NIST SP 800-171 gap analysis, an incident response plan with a tabletop exercise, or a written information security program built around Colorado's reasonable-security duty. Either path can begin with the free remote external penetration test, which shows what your firewall, VPN and public services reveal within an agreed scope, so the first decision rests on evidence rather than a sales pitch.
Cybersecurity in Colorado: what NetSys delivers
Detection and response
- ThreatDown managed detection and response with EDR agents on every workstation, laptop and server, monitored 24/7
- Microsoft Defender for Business and Rapid7 InsightIDR telemetry from identities, email and endpoints, with a person acting on alerts
Identity and email
- Entra ID Conditional Access and multifactor authentication across Microsoft 365, with legacy authentication switched off
- Privileged access and privileged identity management so admin rights are granted just in time and removed afterwards
Exposure and recovery
- Rapid7 InsightVM vulnerability scanning on a schedule, with findings fixed rather than filed
- Cisco Meraki or Fortinet firewall management, segmentation and DNS filtering on office and remote devices
Law office: layered security on Microsoft 365 with cloud-to-cloud backup
A 25-attorney firm needed client confidences protected better than a closet server could manage. Alongside a Microsoft 365 migration, NetSys layered anti-phishing and email threat protection, DNS filtering, multifactor authentication on every account and endpoint protection across attorney devices in the office and remote, and established independent cloud-to-cloud backup of the entire tenant because the recycle bin is not a backup strategy for privileged material. The firm reported 82% fewer IT support incidents per month within two quarters.
Cybersecurity work for other clients
- Insurance
Regional title insurance company
Barracuda email protection for 85 users, phishing simulations, employee security training, and MFA deployment.
Security Awareness & Phishing TrainingIT for Insurance Agencies and Brokers
Client names are withheld. These examples were chosen for the work involved, not for where the client is, so none is presented as a Colorado client.
What cybersecurity costs in Colorado
Cybersecurity is priced per user per month when it runs as an ongoing service, and per project for an assessment or a remediation. What moves the number: how many devices and identities are in scope, how much incident remediation and recovery is needed beyond the monitoring and authorized MDR actions in scope, which compliance standard the evidence has to satisfy, and whether the Microsoft 365 tenant is already on Business Premium or the security tooling comes from us. The free external penetration test costs nothing and runs remotely before any of that. Our managed IT pricing page explains how the fee is built.
Who this fits, and who it does not
Best fit: businesses with enough people, money movement or regulated data that a breach would hurt, and no security team of their own: professional practices, healthcare groups, importers, financial firms, nonprofits and agencies holding client credentials. Companies with an internal IT person fit as a co-managed arrangement.
Read next
Industry pages: IT for Government Contractors · IT for Life Sciences & Biotech
Terms used on this page: Managed Detection and Response (MDR) · Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) · Conditional Access
Guides: MDR versus antivirus for a small business · the Conditional Access policies to turn on first
Related pages
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Cybersecurity in Colorado: FAQs
How does cybersecurity work for Colorado organizations?
Entirely remotely, through the cloud. We deploy ThreatDown, Defender, Barracuda and Entra ID policies over the network, watch alerts at every hour and respond from Brooklyn, including isolating a computer, disabling an account and restoring files. Colorado is on Mountain time statewide, so the help desk's hours of 2 a.m. to 9 p.m. apply in Denver, Pueblo and Grand Junction alike, and an emergency outside them still reaches an engineer. NetSys has one office, in Brooklyn, NY, and sends no staff into Colorado; devices ship configured and your team handles anything physical.
How much do cybersecurity services cost in Colorado?
Ongoing protection is billed per user each month at a rate set by an assessment, either on its own or inside a managed IT agreement. What moves it: the number of computers, servers and cloud tenants, whether you need CUI or HIPAA evidence kept, how many email domains need DMARC work, and whether Microsoft 365 already runs on a license that includes Defender and Conditional Access. Projects such as a NIST SP 800-171 gap analysis or an incident response plan are quoted after scoping. The external penetration test costs nothing.
Does the Colorado Privacy Act apply to a small business?
Usually not in full. The act, in force since July 1, 2023, applies to controllers that process personal data of at least 100,000 Colorado consumers in a calendar year, or that earn revenue from selling personal data and process data on at least 25,000. A 2024 amendment changed that for biometrics: since July 1, 2025, a business that collects even one biometric identifier, such as a fingerprint for a time clock or door, needs a written policy with a retention schedule and an incident-response protocol, and consent before collection. The breach and reasonable-security statutes apply regardless of size. Your counsel should confirm which parts apply.
What does the free external penetration test cover?
It is the only free offer NetSys makes. With your written authorization and a scope we agree on, an engineer tests your internet-facing systems remotely: the firewall, VPN, remote-access portals, exposed services and whatever else answers on your public IP addresses. The report lists what an attacker could find and use, ranked by risk, with its scope and limits stated. It does not cover Microsoft 365 settings, internal networks, devices or backups; those need a separately scoped assessment.
What should a Colorado business do in the first hours of a ransomware attack?
Call the emergency line, which an engineer answers at any hour, and do not power computers off or pay anyone. Your dedicated engineer isolates infected machines through ThreatDown, disables compromised accounts and revokes their sessions, and checks that the immutable backups are out of reach. Evidence is preserved for your insurer and counsel, because Colorado's 30-day notice clock starts when you determine a breach occurred. Recovery then runs from clean backups. Across more than 30 ransomware incidents in three years, NetSys fully recovered every client, and those with a disaster recovery plan were back within 24 hours.
See what an attacker sees before they do.
The free assessment is a remote external penetration test, limited to the information available to NetSys and the external scope we agree with you. Internal reviews and ongoing security management are scoped separately.