Cybersecurity
ADVISORY SERVICES
Defend Your Business Against Evolving Threats
What are Cybersecurity Services?
Cybersecurity services encompass the strategies, technologies, and practices used to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. In a landscape where cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, these services are not just an IT concern—they are a fundamental business necessity.
At PBMares, our cybersecurity services go beyond basic firewalls. We provide a holistic defense strategy that integrates people, processes, and technology to safeguard your organization against financial loss, reputational damage, and operational disruption.
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Why Your Organization Needs Cybersecurity Services
A single breach can cost millions and destroy years of hard-earned trust. Proactive cybersecurity management is your best defense against the unknown.
Protecting sensitive data is essential to safeguarding client information, intellectual property, and employee records from theft or exposure. Organizations must also ensure regulatory compliance by meeting the strict requirements of frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST, and GDPR to avoid costly fines. Maintaining business continuity is critical, as proactive cybersecurity measures help prevent ransomware and denial-of-service attacks that can halt operations and disrupt revenue streams. Finally, building stakeholder confidence is key—demonstrating resilience and trustworthiness reassures clients, investors, and partners that the organization is committed to robust security and reliability.
Services Overview
Assessments & Attestations
- Cybersecurity Assessments: A deep dive into your current security posture to identify gaps and weaknesses.
- SOC Attestations (SOC 1, 2, & 3): Independent verification of your internal controls to satisfy client and regulatory demands.
- PCI DSS Assessments: specialized testing for organizations handling credit card data to ensure compliance with payment industry standards.
- DOD Assessments (CMMC): Preparing government contractors for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification required for Department of Defense contracts.
Technical Testing & Defense
- Penetration Testing: Ethical hacking exercises where our experts attempt to breach your systems to find holes before criminals do.
- Vulnerability Scanning: Automated, regular scanning of your network to detect known vulnerabilities in software and configurations.
Strategy & Training
- Virtual CISO (vCISO): Access executive-level security leadership without the cost of a full-time hire. We help define strategy, policy, and governance.
- Cybersecurity Training & Phishing Simulations: Empower your first line of defense—your employees—to recognize and report social engineering attacks.
- Business Continuity Planning: developing and testing plans to ensure your business can recover quickly from a disaster or cyber incident.
The Path to Enhanced Security
We don’t believe in “set it and forget it.” Our process is designed to foster continuous improvement.
- Evaluation: Begin by gaining a thorough understanding of your current environment, policies, and risks to establish a strong security baseline.
- Implementation: Deploy the right controls and technologies tailored to your organization, effectively closing identified security gaps.
- Validation: Test and audit your defenses to ensure that all security measures are functioning as intended and providing the expected protection.
- Monitoring & Optimization: Receive ongoing support to continually adapt your security strategy as new threats emerge, maintaining resilience over time.
“The people at PBMares really ‘know their stuff’! They were able to look at my situation from a variety of angles so we could mitigate and plan. Additionally, they helped us get where we needed to be with no judgement and lots of patience, making us less at risk and safer now than we have ever been.”
“PBMares brings the knowledge and industry experience necessary to thoroughly evaluate Service and Organizational Controls (SOC). They successfully advised our company on control measures needed to satisfactorily comply with SOC audit requirements. PBMares’ professional services have proven to be a huge enhancement to our compliance program as well as a positive marketing tool for new prospective clients.”
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Bronach Branan
CPA, ACMA, CLSSGB
Partner, Risk Advisory Services
Newport News
JJ Edmunds
CPA, CIA, CISA, MSA
Partner, Risk Advisory Services
Richmond
Antonina McAvoy
CISA, CISM, QSA, PCIP
Partner, Risk Advisory Services
Norfolk