Cybersecurity · Compliance · Managed Security
The Wrong Security Partner
Costs More Than No Security at All.
Non-compliance does not send a warning. It sends a consequence. A HIPAA breach averages $1.9M in settlements and remediation. A cyber insurance denial after an incident leaves you holding the full cost. A regulatory gap found during due diligence can stop a transaction cold. TechWise builds security into your architecture before any of those moments arrive. Compliance-native, SOC II Type II certified, purpose-built for regulated mid-market companies.
SOC II Type II Certified
24/7 TechWise SOC
Microsoft Security Solutions Partner
CMMC · HIPAA · FDA · PCI-DSS · NIST CSF
Avg. HIPAA breach cost
$1.9M
CMMC non-compliance result
Lost contract
Cost of prevention vs. incident
5–10x
Assessment cost
Free
Findings delivered
5 days
The Financial Case for Security
Security Gaps Have
a Dollar Amount Attached.
Security in regulated industries is not purely an IT problem. The financial consequences, breach settlements, denied coverage, and lost contracts, do not require an incident to materialize. They accumulate while the posture is undocumented and unverified.
$1.9M
Average HIPAA Breach Settlement
The average cost of a HIPAA breach for a mid-market organization, including settlement, remediation, notification, and regulatory penalties. Life sciences and healthcare companies face this exposure every day their security posture is undocumented. Your cyber insurer will ask about it at your next renewal.
100%
DoD Contract Loss for CMMC Non-Compliance
CMMC Level 2 is a hard requirement for DoD contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information. There is no partial compliance. You either meet the standard or you don’t bid. Companies that discover the gap during a contract renewal don’t get a grace period to fix it.
5–10x
Cost of Incident vs. Prevention
The cost of an unplanned security incident, including downtime, ransomware recovery, forensics, reputational damage, and regulatory response, consistently exceeds the cost of prevention by 5–10x. Mid-market companies absorb this fully. There is no enterprise IT budget to absorb the overage.
The question is not whether your business needs security. It is whether the partner you choose understands your compliance requirements, builds to your audit standard, and produces the documentation your board, your auditors, and your insurer will ask for before an incident forces the conversation.
Find Your Situation
Six Situations That Bring
Mid-Market Companies to TechWise.
Each situation has a different urgency, a different starting point, and a different engagement path. Find the one that matches where you are.
CMMC · HIPAA · FDA · PCI-DSS · NIST CSF
Compliance & Audit Readiness
CMMC for a DoD contract. HIPAA for life sciences or healthcare. FDA 21 CFR for regulated manufacturing. PCI-DSS for payment processors. These are not security conversations. They are deadline conversations with a dollar amount attached to non-compliance.
→ CMMC Level 2 required for DoD contract renewal or new award
→ FDA audit returned findings on access controls or audit trails
→ HIPAA risk assessment has never been formally completed
→ PCI-DSS assessment required before contract renewal or expansion
→ Cyber insurance renewal questionnaire you can’t honestly answer
See Compliance & Audit Readiness →
Managed Detection & Response · 24/7 SOC
Managed Security Services
Threats don’t keep business hours. If nobody is monitoring your environment for suspicious activity, reviewing alerts, validating patches, and responding to incidents, you are operating blind. Most mid-market companies find out they have a problem weeks after it started.
→ No 24/7 monitoring or security operations function
→ Patches deployed but never validated across all endpoints
→ Alerts exist in the system. Nobody is reviewing them.
→ Last security incident report was never produced
→ Cyber insurance requires documented MDR. You don’t have it.
See Managed Security & 24/7 SOC →
Defender · Intune · Sentinel · Purview
Your Security Tools Aren’t Working the Way You Think They Are
Not activated, misconfigured, or duplicated. The result is the same. You believe you’re covered and you’re not. Defender deployed but nobody reviewing alerts. MFA enabled but not enforced consistently. Paying for a third-party endpoint tool alongside Microsoft security you already own. TechWise finds what’s broken and fixes it.
→ Security tools in your subscription never configured or activated
→ MFA deployed but not consistently enforced across all users
→ Paying for third-party tools that duplicate what Microsoft already provides
→ Alerts exist in your environment. Nobody is reviewing them.
→ Last security configuration review was more than 12 months ago
See Security Implementation →
AI Security · Identity · Data Governance
AI Security Foundation
Every AI project, whether Microsoft Copilot, custom agents, or third-party AI tools, surfaces data based on what users have permission to access. If your identity controls, permissions model, and data classification aren’t clean, AI amplifies the exposure rather than the productivity. Security isn’t a prerequisite because vendors say so. It’s a prerequisite because it works.
→ Evaluating AI tools, Microsoft or otherwise, and foundation isn’t documented
→ Permissions have never been formally audited or cleaned up
→ Former employees may still have active access to sensitive systems
→ Sensitive data has not been classified or labeled
→ No data governance policy exists for AI access and usage
See AI Security Foundation →
Vulnerability Assessment · Penetration Testing · Recurring or Standalone
Your Environment Gets Tested Before an Attacker Tests It for You.
Defensive tools only catch what they’re configured to catch. Penetration testing simulates how an actual attacker moves through your environment, gaining access, escalating privileges, reaching sensitive data, and tells you exactly what they’d find. TechWise delivers findings within 24 hours, mapped to your compliance framework, with a prioritized remediation roadmap.
→ Cyber insurance renewal requiring pen testing documentation or a tested incident response plan
→ Compliance audit for CMMC, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, requiring vulnerability evidence on cadence
→ No formal testing cadence. Last pen test was years ago, or never.
→ Board or acquirer requesting documented security posture evidence
Baseline
Annual cadence. Compliance evidence. Starting point.
Enhanced
Semi-annual. Remediation validation included.
Continuous
Ongoing testing. Trend analysis. Real-time findings.
See VAPT Services →
Renewal · Coverage Gaps
Cyber Insurance Advisory
Your premium went up. Your questionnaire got harder. Your coverage was denied after an incident. Mid-market companies are discovering that cyber insurance is only valuable when your posture actually matches what you told the underwriter.
→ Renewal questionnaire asks for controls you’re not sure you have
→ Premium increased significantly at last renewal
→ Coverage was denied or limited after an incident
→ Board wants confirmation that coverage matches actual exposure
See Cyber Insurance Advisory →
No one can guarantee an incident will never happen. What TechWise can guarantee is that when something does happen, you will know faster, respond faster, and recover faster than you would without us.
Not with guarantees that fall apart under scrutiny. With documented processes, verified controls, and a posture your auditors, insurers, and acquirers can rely on.
The difference between a company that recovers from an incident in 48 hours and one that shuts down for two weeks isn’t which tools they bought. It’s whether those tools were configured, managed, and tested before the incident happened.
Security vendors who promise zero breaches are selling you a feeling. TechWise sells you a posture, one that minimizes your attack surface, detects threats faster, contains damage when incidents occur, and produces the documentation your stakeholders will ask for before they ask.
Why TechWise for This
Purpose-Built for the Industries
That Cannot Afford to Get Security Wrong.
TechWise’s security practice is compliance-native and SOC II Type II certified, purpose-built for the industries that can’t afford to get security wrong. Not a managed IT team with a security add-on. A dedicated practice.
What We Carry Into Every Engagement
01
SOC II Type II Certified, AICPA Audited
Independently audited controls across security, availability, and confidentiality. Not a self-assessment. A verified posture that stands up to your auditors, your board, and your cyber insurance carrier. A third party with no interest in the outcome audited it.
02
Compliance-Native Architecture
CMMC, HIPAA, FDA 21 CFR, and PCI-DSS controls are designed into the architecture from Day 1. Not configured when auditors ask for documentation that does not exist. The audit-ready posture is the deliverable, not a byproduct of the engagement.
03
24/7 Security Operations Center
TechWise operates its own Security Operations Center. Not a third-party SOC under a TechWise logo. When a threat fires in your environment at 2am, a TechWise analyst is looking at it. That distinction matters when an incident is unfolding and minutes count.
04
Microsoft Security Solutions Partner
Verified expertise in Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Intune, Entra ID, and Purview. Most mid-market companies are already paying for these tools and running third-party alternatives alongside them. TechWise activates what you own before recommending anything additional.
Tell Us What’s Broken.
We’ll Tell You How to Fix It.
Every managed engagement starts with a free assessment of your environment: no scope surprises. Tell us what’s broken, what’s keeping you up at night, or what you’re trying to build. We’ll tell you exactly what it takes and which model fits.