Protecting businesses with proactive cybersecurity and modern IT management.
Crossguard Cyber delivers security-first managed services designed to prevent threats, strengthen infrastructure, and keep organizations operating without disruption.
As a Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Alec leads company vision, strategic partnerships, and overall client success. Drawing from years of military leadership and technology operations experience, he built Crossguard Cyber on principles of integrity, discipline, and performance. Alec brings a service first, proactive approach to business and technology - focused on operational stability, long term resilience, and building trusted partnerships that drive sustainable growth.
As Chief Technology Officer, Spencer is responsible for leading security architecture, technical strategy, and operational standards. His background spans enterprise IT, cybersecurity operations, and high-availability environments, with hands-on experience securing and supporting complex systems. Spencer brings a practical, security-first approach focused on resilience, risk reduction, and real-world threat response.
A Managed Service Provider (MSP) delivers ongoing IT support, maintenance, and management for your business systems helping ensure your technology runs smoothly and efficiently.
A Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) goes a step further by actively monitoring, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity threats to protect your business from data breaches, ransomware, and other risks.
At Crossguard Cyber, we combine both providing proactive IT management and security-first protection in a single, unified service.
Technically, Both.
We provide managed IT (MSP) services while embedding managed security (MSSP) principles into everything we do. Security isn’t an add-on, it’s the foundation.
No. Traditional antivirus only catches known threats. Modern attacks often bypass it using phishing, credential abuse, or misconfigurations. Effective security requires layers, not a single tool.
It means systems are designed and managed with security in mind from the start:
Least-privilege access
Secure configurations
Monitoring and logging
Regular reviews and updates
Security isn’t added later, it’s built in.
Crossguard Cyber combines managed IT and cybersecurity under a single, security-driven model. We focus on risk reduction, visibility, and real-world response, not checkbox security.
Common signs include:
No visibility into who has access to what
No incident response plan
Reliance on basic antivirus alone
Uncertainty about backups or recovery
If you’re unsure, that’s usually the signal.
Phishing emails, weak or reused passwords, unpatched systems, and misconfigured access are the most common entry points. Most incidents don’t involve advanced hacking, they exploit simple gaps.
The average cost of a data breach in 2024 was about $4.88 million globally, with U.S. breaches averaging even higher (~$10.22 million).
For small businesses with fewer than 500 employees, breaches can cost roughly $120,000 up to $1.24 million, depending on severity.
43% of cyberattacks target small businesses specifically.
A surprising number of business owners think they’re “too small,” but attackers focus on the easiest targets.
Getting started begins with a conversation to understand your business, systems, and security concerns. From there, next steps are clearly outlined so you know what to expect before any changes are made, contact us for a free consultation.
