Endpoint Detection & Response
Huntress EDR with a 24/7 SOC on every endpoint, layered with Microsoft Defender. Ransomware behavior is detected and isolated before it spreads.
Hollister is a working town — machine shops and small manufacturers, vineyards and growers, and family businesses that have run for generations. Most assume they are too small or too out-of-the-way to be a target, which is exactly the assumption ransomware crews exploit, because automated attacks do not check your zip code. Ghosxt brings government-grade cybersecurity, sized for a Hollister small business and priced for one, from a cleared DoD IT engineer right next door.
Cybersecurity is built into every managed plan — pricing published upfront.
Manufacturers and machine shops run CAD files, job data, and increasingly connected equipment that is devastating to lose and expensive to have held for ransom. Vineyards and growers run lean back offices that are easy to phish. Family businesses often have one trusted person handling everything, which means one compromised inbox can move money. None of these are too small to attack — automated ransomware and phishing do not target by size, they target by opportunity.
The fix is the same proven set of controls used on government endpoints, sized down without being dumbed down: EDR, hardened identity, immutable backup, and segmentation between the shop floor and the office. The difference with Ghosxt is that on-site help is a short drive, not a half-day from the Bay Area.
The same class of controls used to protect government endpoints, sized down for a Hollister small business without being dumbed down.
Huntress EDR with a 24/7 SOC on every endpoint, layered with Microsoft Defender. Ransomware behavior is detected and isolated before it spreads.
Phishing-resistant MFA, Conditional Access, and the death of legacy auth — the single highest-leverage control on a small business network. See identity hardening.
EDR and immutable backup for machine-shop and manufacturing systems, with the office network segmented away from connected equipment so a compromise cannot jump to the floor.
Phishing-resistant MFA and least-privilege access for lean family businesses where one person handles the money — closing the single biggest gap before it is exploited.
Backups the production network cannot reach or delete, with monthly tested restores — so a ransomware hit is a bad day, not a closed business. See backup & DR.
Tooling plus a human who responds. When something fires at 2 a.m., it is contained — not waiting in a queue. The speed of modern attacks demands it.
30 minutes with a cleared engineer. We review your endpoints, identity, Microsoft 365, and backups, and leave you a written, prioritized punch list of what to fix first — whether or not you become a client.
Book your free assessmentHollister businesses do not usually face a federal compliance regime, but they do face cyber-insurers who now require real controls, and manufacturers face customers who send security questionnaires before awarding work. We put the controls in place that satisfy both — MFA, EDR, immutable backup, email security — and document them. See our cyber-insurance renewal checklist and the rundown of common small-business security mistakes.
Security works best when the same team also runs the systems it protects. Our Hollister cybersecurity sits inside managed IT — monitoring, patching, help desk, cloud and Microsoft 365, and backup — so controls are maintained, not installed once and forgotten. For our statewide approach, see the main cybersecurity services page; for everything local, the Hollister IT services hub.
We are based on the Central Coast, so on-site response is genuinely local — same-day or next-day for non-emergencies, immediate remote response for anything critical. We also serve Salinas, Gilroy, Watsonville, and San Jose.
Book a 30-minute free assessment, or send us a note. Either way, you walk away knowing exactly where your security stands and what to fix first.
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