We’re Not Your IT Company—We’re Your Cybersecurity Force Multiplier

Most organizations know they need “IT help” and “cybersecurity,” but those aren’t the same thing. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) keep your day-to-day IT running: accounts created, laptops deployed, patches pushed, tickets closed. Hire A Cyber Pro is different. We don’t replace your IT team or MSP—we strengthen them.

What an MSP Does (or your IT Team)

MSPs focus on operational IT:

• Help desk and user support (password resets, printer issues, software installs)

• Device provisioning and patching

• Network configuration and routine maintenance

• Licensing, hardware, and basic software management

You want your MSP (or internal IT) laser-focused on uptime and user productivity. That’s their lane.

What Hire A Cyber Pro Does

We provide cybersecurity professional services that build resilience, reduce risk, and meet compliance—without becoming your help desk.

Advisory & Program Leadership

• vCISO (Virtual CISO): Strategy, roadmaps, board reporting, and leadership to align security with business goals.

• Cybersecurity Program Development: Policies, standards, playbooks, and measurable maturity improvements based on frameworks like NIST CSF and CIS.

Assessment & Assurance

• Risk Assessments: Identify threats, quantify business impact, and prioritize remediation.

• Penetration Testing: Real-world attack simulation to expose exploitable gaps before criminals do.

• MSP & Vendor Audits: If you work with an MSP, we’ll independently evaluate their security practices and hold them accountable.

Compliance Acceleration

• Hands-on assistance for CMMC, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and CIS—from gap analysis to audit readiness.

24/7 Threat Monitoring (Without the Ticket Queue)

• SOC-as-a-Service: Around-the-clock monitoring and response for endpoints, servers, and OT devices—far beyond simple anti-virus. We hunt, detect, and escalate real threats so your team can act fast.

What We Don’t Do (On Purpose)

To stay objective and specialized, we do not:

• Run a help desk or reset passwords

• Patch or configure customer systems

• Sell hardware or basic software

That’s the MSP’s domain. Our independence lets us measure what matters and recommend what’s best for you—without being tied to tool resale or ticket metrics.

How We Work Best

Hire A Cyber Pro is built for organizations that:

• Have a small-to-medium IT team (or an MSP) and want expert cybersecurity leadership to close gaps

• Need to know their true security risk—and reduce it

• Must meet compliance and avoid fines or failed audits

• Want a partner to build a right-sized security program, not just buy another tool

We’ll even help you recruit the right cybersecurity talent as your program matures.

MSP vs. Hire A Cyber Pro—At a Glance

Your Need	MSP	Hire A Cyber Pro
User support & tickets	✔️	—
Patching & configuration	✔️	—
Hardware/software procurement	✔️	—
vCISO leadership & strategy	—	✔️
Risk assessments & pen testing	—	✔️
Compliance (CMMC, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, SOC 2)	Limited	✔️
SOC-as-a-Service (EDR/XDR + analysts)	Sometimes	✔️
Independent MSP/vendor audits	—	✔️
Cyber program design & governance	—	✔️

Best results happen when your MSP (or IT team) and Hire A Cyber Pro work together, each in their lane, toward the same security outcomes.

Proven Across Public and Private Sectors

We’ve helped city and county governments, universities, and privately owned businesses strengthen defenses, pass audits, and operate with confidence. Different environments, same mission: reduce risk in the real world.

Why This Model Works

• Focus: Your MSP keeps the lights on; we keep the threats out.

• Objectivity: No hardware quotas, no license quotas—just evidence-based security improvements.

• Speed to Value: Clear roadmaps, prioritized fixes, and measurable progress.

• Scalability: From fractional vCISO to full program build-out, we meet you where you are.

Let’s Partner and Win

At Hire A Cyber Pro, we work shoulder-to-shoulder with your IT team (and MSP, if you use one) to align security with business outcomes—compliance achieved, downtime minimized, and risk reduced. We build programs that meet CMMC, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and CIS requirements while stress-testing your readiness through risk assessments, pen testing, and incident response exercises. Our SOC-as-a-Service and vCISO leadership help identify threats early and guide fast, coordinated action to limit disruption. The result: dramatically lower exposure to ransomware, business email compromise, account takeovers, and other modern attacks—plus clear metrics and board-ready reporting that show progress over time.

Cybercrime doesn’t sleep—and neither should your defenses. If you’re ready to understand your risk, mature your security program, and meet compliance with confidence, let’s talk.

Secure your business with confidence. Hire A Cyber Pro. Email contact@hireacyberpro.com today to enhance your cybersecurity posture now.

Additional Differentiators

Before we dive into the details, the side-by-side table below makes the distinctions crystal clear. It maps how a typical MSP and Hire A Cyber Pro approach security across governance, compliance execution, detection and response, OT coverage, vendor/MSP oversight, executive reporting, and more. Use it to pinpoint where your MSP excels at keeping operations running—and where Hire A Cyber Pro plugs the gaps with vCISO leadership, risk quantification, independent testing, and program build-out. The goal isn’t either/or; it’s a complementary model that pairs operational IT with outcome-driven cybersecurity so you get measurable risk reduction and audit-ready confidence.

Capability / Need	Typical MSP	Hire A Cyber Pro
Primary Mission	Keep IT running (uptime, tickets, patches)	Reduce cyber risk and build security programs
Operating Model	Ticket/SLA-driven	Risk, maturity, and outcome-driven (KRIs/KPIs)
Strategic Leadership	Limited	vCISO: security strategy, roadmaps, board reporting
Governance & Policy	Basic templates	Full program governance: policies, standards, playbooks
Framework Mastery	Varies	Deep CMMC, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, SOC 2, NIST CSF, CIS expertise
Compliance Execution	Light guidance	Gap → POA&M → audit readiness and evidence management
Risk Quantification	Rare	Business-aligned risk assessments with prioritization and ROI
Security Architecture	Best-effort hardening	Zero Trust design, network segmentation, identity strategy
Cloud & CUI Enclaves	M365/Azure setup	GCCH/GovCloud/CUI enclaves design and control mapping
Detection & Response	AV/EDR alerts, best-effort	SOC-as-a-Service for endpoints, servers, OT with analysts
Pen Testing & Adversary Sim	Uncommon / outsourced	Independent penetration testing and attack-path analysis
Incident Response Readiness	Break/fix focus	IR plans, tabletop exercises, forensics coordination, regulator/insurer reporting
OT/ICS Security	Outside scope	OT threat monitoring, asset discovery, segmentation guidance
Vendor & MSP Oversight	N/A (conflict)	Third-party risk management and independent MSP audits
Tooling Approach	Often resells tools	Tool-agnostic, outcome-first selection and validation
Data Governance	Minimal	Data classification, retention, DLP, and key management guidance
Secure Config Baselines	Basic hardening	Benchmarking (CIS/NIST), config drift control, change governance
Training & Culture	General security awareness	Role-based training, phishing simulations tied to risk findings
Business Continuity	Backup/restore	BC/DR strategy with RTO/RPO, ransomware resilience testing
Executive Communication	Operational reports	Board-ready briefings: risk, trends, compliance, investment asks
M&A & Special Projects	Not typical	Cyber due diligence, integration/separation risk management
Talent Building	Provides technicians	Recruiting support to build your internal security team
Scope Boundaries	Help desk, patching, device provisioning	No help desk—objective, specialized security leadership

Bottom line

Your MSP keeps the lights on; Hire A Cyber Pro makes sure they can’t be turned off by attackers—or auditors. The differentiators above aren’t bells and whistles; they’re the leadership, assurance, and 24/7 vigilance that translate into real risk reduction, audit-ready compliance, and less downtime from threats like ransomware and business email compromise. If you have an IT team or MSP, we’ll amplify them with vCISO strategy, independent testing, SOC-as-a-Service, and a right-sized security program built for your business. Ready to move from “covered” to confident? Let’s partner up.

Schedule and appointment with Hire A Cyber Pro online or email contact@hireacyberpro.com directly. We look forward to working with you.