Security practitioners who got tired of watching small and mid-size businesses get left behind. So we built something different.
We didn't start Protect9 in a boardroom with a business plan and investor decks. We started it at 2 AM, after yet another incident response call where we watched a mid-size company scramble to contain a breach they never saw coming.
The pattern was always the same: great business, dedicated team, zero security infrastructure. Not because they didn't care—because nobody was building security for them. The big firms wanted enterprise contracts. The cheap options were just checkbox compliance. And the gap in between? That's where the breaches happened.
We've spent years inside real environments. Building networks, breaking into them, defending them at 3 AM when something goes wrong, and fixing the mess when prevention fails. We've seen what works, what doesn't, and what everyone ignores until it's too late.
Instead of one-size-fits-all security theater, we built Protect9 to deliver focused, practical protection tailored to reality—not compliance checklists. We blend offensive and defensive expertise, modern tooling, and AI-enhanced analysis to help organizations stay ahead of real threats. Not imaginary ones.
Small and mid-size businesses deserve the same caliber of security that Fortune 500 companies get—without the Fortune 500 price tag or the bureaucratic nonsense. That's what we're here to do. Every engagement, every assessment, every line of code we review.
Three principles that guide everything we do.
We don't pad reports with filler or sell you services you don't need. Every recommendation is actionable, prioritized, and tied to real risk.
Security isn't about looking secure—it's about being secure. We focus on controls that actually stop attackers, not ones that just impress auditors.
We stick around until the job is finished. Not until the contract ends—until you're actually protected. That's the only metric that matters.
Whether you're dealing with an active threat or building security from scratch, we're here to help. Let's talk about what you're facing.