5.0 on Google & Clutch 96%LIVE of calls answered in under 60 seconds by our local Huntington Beach team

Managed Cybersecurity Services for Orange County Businesses

CAL IT Group’s managed cybersecurity services provide proactive monitoring, threat prevention, and expert protection to keep Orange County businesses secure and compliant.

96%LIVE of calls answered in under 60 seconds by our local Huntington Beach team 24×7 NOC & SOC monitoring SOC 2 Type II all five Trust Services Criteria On-site support, included 5.0 on Google & Clutch

CAL IT Group engineers working a ticket together in our Huntington Beach operations center

Layered security

Every layer of protection, managed for you.

Security awareness training and phishing simulations, DefensX browser security, email security and DNS filtering, MFA and identity protection, SentinelOne MxDR on every device and managed SIEM — layered together and watched by our 24×7 SOC, all included in Managed Care.

  • Security awareness training and phishing simulations
  • DefensX browser security and isolation
  • Email security and DNS filtering
  • MFA and identity protection
  • SentinelOne MxDR on every device
  • Managed SIEM, watched by our 24×7 SOC
A full security stack, layer by layer Security layers switch on one after another — security awareness training, DefensX browser security, email security and DNS filtering, MFA and identity, SentinelOne MxDR on every endpoint, and managed SIEM — all watched by a 24×7 SOC. Security awareness trainingDefensX browser securityEmail security & DNS filteringMFA & identity protectionSentinelOne MxDR on every deviceManaged SIEM & log monitoring 24×7SOC people watchingevery layer Included in Managed Care ✓

Technology partners

The platforms behind Managed Cybersecurity Services

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  • SentinelOne logo
  • LevelBlue logo
  • Proofpoint logo
  • KnowBe4 logo
  • DefensX logo
  • ThreatLocker logo
  • Cisco Duo logo
  • Silverfort logo
  • Keeper Security logo
CAL IT Group engineers reviewing a client environment in the Huntington Beach office

Security Built Around Your People, Devices and Data

Businesses of all sizes must prioritize cybersecurity to protect their data, systems, and networks from malicious cyberattacks. Cybersecurity services provide an essential layer of protection for businesses, helping you secure networks, systems, and customer data. With the right strategies, you can be confident that your operations are secure.

CAL IT Group provides managed cybersecurity for businesses across Orange County and Southern California. We build and run a complete security plan with you: security awareness training and phishing tests for your staff, endpoint protection and 24×7 monitoring for every device, and DNS filtering that blocks dangerous sites before they load.

We offer customized solutions tailored to the specific needs of each business so we can work with you to provide the best possible protection for your enterprise. No matter your core competencies, our team has the know-how and experience to ensure that your data and systems are safe from malicious actors. We proactively manage and monitor your security around the clock: patching, tuning and investigating every alert, so you can focus on running your business. Weighing the cost? Here’s how outsourcing security saves small businesses money.

The benefits of our advanced cybersecurity measures include:

  • Improved customer loyalty

  • Reduced risk of data breaches

  • Increased protection against unauthorized access

The Full Security Stack — Included in Managed Care

Enterprise-grade cybersecurity for small and medium businesses, with no “security add-on” tiers. Every component below is included, and together they protect all four attack vectors: the human, devices, network and cloud.

  • The human

    Security awareness training

    Online training plus simulated phishing campaigns, so every user can spot and report an attack.

    Phishing simulations
  • The human

    Multi-factor authentication

    Deployed and managed for email and VPN access, stopping stolen passwords from opening the door.

    Microsoft MFA
  • The human

    Browser security

    Remote browser isolation, advanced phishing defense and DNS filtering inside the browser — ideal for remote and hybrid teams.

    DefensX
  • The human

    Dark web monitoring

    Alerts when your employees’ logins are leaked or for sale, with fast password resets by our team.

    Credential alerts
  • Devices

    Managed XDR & EDR

    Next-generation antivirus, endpoint detection and response, and managed investigation on every managed endpoint.

    SentinelOne
  • Devices

    Device security & MDM

    Hardened identity and device configuration, mobile device management and conditional access policies.¹

    Microsoft Intune & Entra ID
  • Devices

    Continuous vulnerability management

    Internal and external scanning with remediation tracking, so gaps are closed before attackers find them.

    Qualys
  • Network

    24×7 Security Operations Center

    Round-the-clock security monitoring, threat hunting and threat reporting, alongside our 24×7 Network Operations Center.

    SOC with NOC
  • Network

    Managed SIEM

    Centralized collection and analysis of logs from firewalls, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Azure, AWS and SentinelOne.

    Log correlation
  • Network

    DNS content filtering

    DNS-layer web filtering and threat blocking that stops connections to malicious sites.

    Cisco Umbrella
  • Network

    Attack surface management

    Automated asset inventory, configuration change tracking and continuous misconfiguration detection.

    Liongard
  • Cloud

    Email security

    Advanced protection against phishing, malicious links and attachments, and impersonation.¹

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2
  • Cloud

    Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace backup

    Backup and archive of email, files, calendars, contacts and chat.

    Dropsuite
  • Strategy

    vCISO services

    Security strategy, compliance support and an annual cyber insurance review with your leadership.

    Security leadership

¹ Requires the appropriate Microsoft licensing, billed separately.

Available at Additional Cost

  • Add-on

    ThreatLocker allowlisting

    Zero-trust application control — only pre-approved applications can run, blocking malware and ransomware before it executes.

    ThreatLocker
  • Add-on

    Keeper Password Manager

    Integration, management and support of Keeper so credentials are secure and available to the right people.

    Keeper
  • Add-on

    Annual penetration testing

    A third-party test of your network, including a free retest. How it works

    Third-party test
  • Add-on

    Need something else?

    Tell us what your insurer, customers or auditors are asking for, and we’ll scope it with you.

    Talk to us

Not Sure Where You Stand? Start With an Assessment

The technology landscape constantly shifts, and keeping your footing can be a full-time commitment. CAL IT Group has the expertise and world-class solutions to relieve the pressure of your daily operations and give you the flexibility to pursue your goals stress-free.

Schedule My Network Health Assessment

How Each Layer of the Stack Works

Every layer below is part of the stack listed above, included in Managed Care and watched by our 24×7 Security Operations Center. Here is what each one does for your business, and how we run it.

Security Awareness Training

Most attacks start with a person, so we train yours. Every user gets short online training on phishing, social engineering, ransomware and safe habits.

We follow it with regular simulated phishing campaigns, track who clicks and who reports, and target extra training where it’s needed — so you can see your team getting harder to fool.

Multi-Factor Authentication

A stolen password shouldn’t be enough to get in. We deploy and manage Microsoft MFA for email, Microsoft 365 and VPN access.

We handle enrollment, lost phones and new hires, and review sign-in alerts, so MFA protects you without becoming a help desk headache.

Browser Security

The browser is where most work — and most attacks — happen. DefensX adds remote browser isolation, advanced phishing defense and DNS filtering inside the browser itself.

Because it travels with the user, remote and hybrid staff get the same protection at home, in a hotel or at a coffee shop as they do in the office. More on how to protect a remote or hybrid team.

Device Security, MDM & Conditional Access

With Microsoft Intune and Entra ID, we harden device and identity settings, manage laptops and mobile devices, and can wipe a lost or stolen device.

Conditional access policies decide who can reach your data and from where — for example, only from company-managed devices, or not from unexpected countries — so the right people get the right access at the right time.¹

Vulnerability Management & Patching

Qualys scans your network inside and out on a continuous schedule, and every finding is ranked by risk and tracked until it’s fixed.

Automated patching keeps Windows, macOS and common applications current, and we re-scan to prove each gap is closed.

24×7 Security Operations Center

Our SOC monitors your environment around the clock, alongside our 24×7 Network Operations Center — one team watching both security and uptime.

Alerts are investigated by people, not just logged. Analysts hunt for threats, contain what they find and report back to you in plain English.

Managed SIEM

Logs from your firewalls, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Azure, AWS and SentinelOne are collected in one place and correlated.

That lets our SOC spot attacks that only show up across several systems — like a suspicious sign-in followed by a mailbox rule change — and gives you an audit trail for compliance and cyber insurance.

DNS Content Filtering

Cisco Umbrella blocks connections to malicious, phishing and unwanted sites at the DNS layer — before a page or download ever loads.

It protects every device on your network, and we tune the categories to your business so it blocks threats without getting in the way of work.

Attack Surface Management

Liongard keeps an automated inventory of your systems and tracks configuration changes across firewalls, servers, Microsoft 365 and more.

When something changes that shouldn’t — a new admin account, a disabled security setting, an expiring certificate — we know about it and fix it.

Email Security

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 scans links and attachments, catches impersonation of your executives and vendors, and pulls malicious messages back out of inboxes after delivery.¹

We also set up and monitor SPF, DKIM and DMARC so criminals can’t send email as your domain. Check your domain free.

Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace Backup

Microsoft and Google keep their services running, but restoring your deleted or encrypted data is your responsibility. Dropsuite backs up and archives email, files, calendars, contacts and chat.

If a mailbox is deleted, a folder is wiped or ransomware reaches OneDrive, we restore it.

vCISO Services

Security leadership without a full-time hire. Your vCISO sets security strategy and priorities, supports compliance work and reviews your cyber insurance application with you each year.

You get a clear picture of where you stand, what’s next and why — in business terms, not jargon.

Endpoint protection: Managed XDR

Every managed laptop, desktop and server runs SentinelOne, monitored and investigated by our 24×7 SOC. It has its own page with the full details.

Learn more about Managed XDR

Secure Tomorrow Today

Prepare for the unexpected with CAL IT Group’s comprehensive backup and disaster recovery services. Our tailored solutions can secure your business continuity by ensuring your data and systems are always recoverable, no matter the disaster.

Learn more about Backup and Disaster Recovery

What sets us apart

Fast response, deep security, senior expertise and engineers on-site.

<60 sec to a live engineer

Response time you can measure

96%LIVE of calls are answered by an engineer in under 60 seconds, every ticket is assigned in under 10 minutes, and every email or portal ticket gets a real engineer within 20 minutes (Mon–Fri, 5 AM–6 PM). Calls never go to voicemail during service desk hours, and the same team is on call 24×7.

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24×7 NOC & SOC MSSP-grade security

A security provider, not just an IT provider

We operate as a managed security service provider (MSSP): SentinelOne MxDR, a 24×7 NOC & SOC, managed SIEM, DefensX browser security, security awareness training, vulnerability management, penetration testing and CMMC support — run by a team audited for SOC 2 Type II across all five Trust Services Criteria.

Our security services →

55+ years of combined experience

Senior technical expertise behind every ticket

Led by hands-on co-founders Kevin Nichols and Joe Kemp, with 55+ years of combined IT experience. Every engineer passes a technical assessment, we staff above our workload, and nobody works on something they’ve never seen before without an experienced engineer alongside — no call center, no offshore tier.

Meet the founders →

On-site included, no trip fees

Engineers who come to you

When hands-on work is needed, a local engineer is dispatched from our Huntington Beach office. On-site support is included in Managed Care — no dispatch fees, trip charges or hourly on-site rates — from the same team that knows your environment.

Areas we serve →

We re-earn your business on every ticket. No contract ever replaces doing the work well. Every user who opens a ticket gets a satisfaction survey when it closes, and every score is visible to our whole team and leadership — the averages are published live for anyone to see.

See our survey results →

Best-of-breed, by design

Industry-leading tools, chosen and run by engineers

We’re technology agnostic: we don’t resell a single vendor’s bundle or push the platform with the best margin. Every tool we recommend is a best-of-breed industry leader — selected, tested and configured by our own engineers because it’s right for your business.

Our leadership team is highly technical. Our co-founders, Kevin Nichols and Joe Kemp, are hands-on engineers, not just managers, and they constantly re-evaluate our tools and service offering — retiring what falls behind and adding what keeps clients ahead. You get enterprise-class technology that keeps improving, without lifting a finger.

  • SentinelOneMxDR endpoint protection
  • Microsoft DefenderPlan 2 & Intune device management
  • QualysVulnerability management
  • LiongardConfiguration & change monitoring
  • NinjaOneRemote monitoring & patching
  • 24×7 NOC & SOCManaged SIEM & threat hunting
  • Veeam + AzureBackup & off-site replication
  • Azure Site RecoveryCloud disaster recovery

Just some of the technologies we use.

Managed Cybersecurity Services FAQs

What’s included in managed cybersecurity?

SentinelOne MxDR and EDR, a 24×7 SOC with our NOC, managed SIEM, Qualys vulnerability management, email security, DNS filtering, DefensX browser security, MFA, Intune device management, security awareness training, attack surface management and vCISO services — all in Managed Care.

What costs extra?

ThreatLocker application allowlisting, Keeper Password Manager, SentinelOne Prompt Security for AI governance and annual third-party penetration testing. Microsoft licensing for Defender, Intune and Entra ID is billed separately.

Is the security operations center really staffed 24×7?

Yes. Our NOC & SOC monitor your environment 24×7×365, and alerts are investigated by people, not just logged. Our service desk is staffed Monday–Friday, 5 AM–6 PM Pacific, with the same local team on call 24×7 for emergencies.

How long does it take to get protected?

Security tools are deployed during Managed Care onboarding, which runs over about 60 days, ideally with a 30-day overlap with your current provider. There’s no onboarding fee.

Success stories

Rated 5.0 on Google and Clutch.

Real reviews from the businesses we support — not a curated quote wall.

★★★★★Google
“Knowledgeable and proactive group that partners with you to assure your objectives are met, along with planning for future needs. All balanced with supporting your business day in and day out with a friendly, responsive and competent help desk. Recommend and would select them again!”
Tom G
★★★★★Google
“CAL IT has been a game changer for us. They tackle issues quickly and efficiently for us. So grateful their expertise. I highly recommend their services.”
Kelli Foudy
★★★★★Google
“We have worked with Cal It for several years now, They are very responsive and professional. We would highly recommend them.”
Cathy Goff

Customer service first · we re-earn your business on every ticket

Obsessive about service. Relentless about the details.

CAL IT Group brings enterprise-class IT, cybersecurity and SOC 2 Type II–audited operational excellence to small and midsize businesses across Southern California — a customer service organization first and foremost, proven day in and day out for over 10 years.

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