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Managed Security Services

Cybersecurity Services
in Michigan.

Security is not one product. It is a system of people, processes, controls, monitoring, and decisions working together.

CTS helps Michigan organizations protect users, endpoints, identities, networks, cloud applications, and data through layered security technologies combined with ongoing monitoring and technical management.

Layered Security
Protect more than the endpoint.
People & Identity
Training • MFA • Anti-Phishing
Email & Cloud
Microsoft 365 • DLP • Cloud Security
Endpoint
EDR • MDR • Anti-Malware
Network & Access
SASE • Firewall • DNS • IDS / IPS • VPN
Detection & Oversight
SIEM • SOC • Logging • Vulnerability Management
24×7
Monitoring Options
Layered
Security Controls
Managed
Detection & Response
Aligned
Security + Business Risk
The CTS Approach

There is no single security product that solves cybersecurity.

An attacker only needs one path that works. A useful security program assumes individual controls can fail and builds multiple opportunities to prevent, detect, contain, and recover from a problem.

CTS combines technical controls with monitoring, security operations, user training, standards, documentation, and technology management so security becomes part of the way the environment is operated rather than a collection of disconnected products.

Managed Cybersecurity

Protect the environment from multiple directions.

People & Identity

Security awareness, phishing prevention, identity controls, multi-factor authentication, credential protection, and user-risk reduction.

Endpoints

Endpoint detection and response, managed detection and response, anti-malware, device monitoring, patching, and endpoint visibility.

Network & Access

SASE, firewalls, secure remote access, VPN, DNS security, intrusion detection and prevention, segmentation, and access controls.

Email, Cloud & Data

Microsoft 365 security, cloud application controls, email protection, encryption, data loss prevention, and SaaS security.

Detection & Monitoring

SIEM, centralized logging, SOC analysis, threat detection, breach indicators, dark-web monitoring, and event escalation.

Validation & Governance

Vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, security reviews, standards alignment, documentation, compliance support, and remediation planning.

Security Capabilities

The technologies are important. How they work together matters more.

The exact stack depends on the customer's environment, risk profile, compliance requirements, licensing, and service model.

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Microsoft 365 Security
Cloud Application Security
Anti-Malware + Breach Detection
Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Anti-Phishing Services
SIEM Logging & Analysis
Security Operations Center (SOC)
Penetration Testing
Vulnerability Scanning
Intrusion Detection (IDS)
Intrusion Prevention (IPS)
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Email Encryption
Managed DNS Security
Dark Web Monitoring
Secure VPN / Remote Access
Security Awareness Training
Managed Security Process

Security is an operating cycle, not an installation project.

01

Assess

Understand the environment, users, systems, risks, and requirements.

02

Prioritize

Identify the gaps that create meaningful business and security risk.

03

Protect

Deploy appropriate controls across users, systems, networks, cloud, and data.

04

Monitor

Collect security information and identify activity that requires investigation.

05

Act

Validate alerts, prioritize threats, escalate, and perform technical remediation within scope.

06

Improve

Use findings, trends, testing, and changing risks to improve the environment.

MDR + SOC + SIEM

Detection needs somebody on the other end.

Security tools generate enormous amounts of information. Managed security adds the people and process needed to determine which activity is ordinary, which deserves investigation, and which requires action.

EDR / MDR
Detect suspicious endpoint behavior and provide managed analysis around potentially malicious activity.
SIEM
Aggregate security logs from multiple systems so important activity can be correlated rather than reviewed in isolation.
SOC Analysis
Security analysts review flagged activity, assess risk and urgency, and initiate the appropriate managed security workflow.
Test the Controls

Security should be tested, not simply assumed.

Vulnerability management and penetration testing help answer a different question than monitoring: where could an attacker potentially get in, and what should be corrected before that happens?

Identify

Vulnerability Scanning

Scan systems for known weaknesses, outdated components, exposed services, and configuration problems that may deserve remediation.

Validate

Penetration Testing

Perform controlled testing designed to identify practical paths into systems and provide documented findings for remediation.

Improve

Remediation Planning

Translate findings into technical priorities based on severity, exposure, business impact, effort, and available resources.

Security + Compliance

Security requirements increasingly come from outside the IT department.

Customers, insurers, regulators, auditors, and government contracts can all create technical security requirements. CTS helps organizations translate those requirements into practical technology controls and ongoing management.

Technical services can support alignment with a framework or requirement, but purchasing CTS services does not by itself create legal compliance, certification, or audit attestation.

CMMC
NIST CSF
NIST 800-171
HIPAA
PCI-DSS
SOC 2
ISO 27001
FTC Safeguards
Managed Security + Managed IT

Security works better when it is connected to the rest of IT.

Many CTS security controls are integrated into our Managed IT model. This allows security findings to become tickets, technical work, standards improvements, and technology-roadmap decisions rather than isolated alerts.

Managed IT Premium

Core security foundation

Managed IT Premium combines user support and proactive IT management with layered cybersecurity, monitoring, backup, standards alignment, and technology planning.

Premium Plus

Advanced security & compliance

Premium Plus adds capabilities such as penetration testing, expanded SIEM logging, advanced identity controls, email encryption and DLP, and compliance-management tools.

Recovery Matters Too

Prevention is the goal. Recovery is the safety net.

No cybersecurity program can guarantee that an incident will never occur. Backup and recovery provide an independent layer of protection for situations involving ransomware, corruption, accidental deletion, equipment failure, and other forms of data loss.

CTS can help evaluate:
What business data is actually protected
Microsoft 365 and cloud application backup
Server and infrastructure recovery
Offsite and immutable protection
Restore and recovery planning
Michigan Cybersecurity

Security connected to the people who manage your technology.

CTS has provided technology services to Michigan organizations since 1980. Our security services are built to work alongside network engineering, user support, cloud management, backup, and technology planning rather than operating in isolation.

1980
Founded in Michigan
Layered
Security approach
Managed
Ongoing operations
Integrated
With IT operations
Cybersecurity FAQ

Cybersecurity Services in Michigan: common questions

What cybersecurity services does CTS provide?
CTS cybersecurity services can include MDR, EDR, SOC monitoring, SIEM logging and analysis, SASE, Microsoft 365 security, email security, DNS filtering, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, dark-web monitoring, DLP, encryption, secure remote access, security-awareness training, and compliance-oriented controls. Exact services depend on the customer's environment and selected program.
What is Managed Detection and Response?
Managed Detection and Response combines security technology with ongoing human monitoring and analysis. Rather than simply generating an alert, MDR helps determine whether suspicious activity represents a real threat and what technical action should follow.
Does CTS offer 24/7 cybersecurity monitoring?
CTS managed security solutions can include 24×7 monitoring through managed detection and security-operations services. Exact monitoring coverage, escalation procedures, logging, retention, and response scope depend on the selected security program.
Does CTS provide penetration testing?
Yes. Penetration testing can be used to evaluate potential paths into an organization's systems and provide documented findings that can be prioritized for remediation. Testing scope is defined before the engagement begins.
Can CTS help with CMMC, NIST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2?
Yes. CTS can help align technology controls, documentation, security practices, monitoring, and remediation priorities with recognized frameworks and requirements such as CMMC, NIST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001. Formal certification, legal compliance, and audit attestation may require additional third-party services.
Does CTS protect Microsoft 365?
Yes. Microsoft 365 security can involve identity protection, MFA, email security, anti-phishing controls, security monitoring, cloud data protection, DLP, encryption, configuration reviews, and Microsoft 365 backup depending on the customer's service model.
Can cybersecurity services be purchased without Managed IT?
Some security services can be scoped separately, while others are most effective when integrated with CTS Managed IT. CTS first evaluates the environment and security requirements before recommending the appropriate service model.
Can cybersecurity prevent every breach?
No security provider or technology can guarantee that a breach will never occur. The purpose of layered cybersecurity is to reduce the likelihood of successful attacks, detect suspicious behavior earlier, limit exposure, improve technical response, and maintain recovery options if preventive controls fail.
Cybersecurity Services in Michigan

Find the gaps before somebody else does.

Tell us about your environment, current security stack, business risks, customer requirements, and compliance obligations. We'll help determine where additional protection actually makes sense.

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