Frequently Asked Questions
What cybersecurity does a small Houston business actually need?
A properly configured firewall, endpoint protection on every device, patched systems, MFA on email and remote access, and working backups cover the attacks that actually hit small businesses. Our assessment tells you which of those you already have, which are misconfigured, and what order to fix them in.
Are you a Fortinet partner?
Yes — we are a Fortinet Partner and deploy FortiGate firewalls with intrusion prevention, VPN and content filtering as the backbone of most of our security projects, sized to the business rather than oversold.
Can you help us meet HIPAA requirements?
Yes. We implement the technical safeguards — encryption, access control, network segmentation, audit logging — and document them for your compliance officer. Our work at a Houston medical diagnostics facility was planned around HIPAA obligations from the first site visit.
How does a security assessment work?
We inventory your network, endpoints, accounts and cloud services, identify exposures and misconfigurations, and deliver a prioritized report: what is urgent, what can wait, and what each fix involves. It is free, and you keep the report either way.
What does cybersecurity cost for a business in Houston?
It scales with users, endpoints, sites and compliance scope. Many critical improvements are configuration work on equipment you already own — we identify those first, then quote a fixed price for whatever hardware or managed coverage is genuinely needed.
Security Built on Infrastructure We Actually Know
Most cybersecurity vendors have never seen your server room. We usually have — because we built it. Stratos Group secures Houston businesses from the physical layer up: firewalls configured by the same team that ran your cabling and knows every device on the network. As a Fortinet Partner we design, deploy and manage FortiGate firewalls with intrusion prevention, content filtering and site-to-site VPNs, layered with endpoint detection and response on every workstation.
The starting point is a security assessment, not a product quote. We map what you have exposed — open ports, stale accounts, unpatched systems, flat networks where one infected laptop can reach everything — and give you a prioritized plan. Some fixes cost nothing but configuration time; we tell you which ones those are first.
HIPAA, PCI and the Compliance Reality for Houston Businesses
If you handle patient data or card payments, security stops being optional. We work compliance-conscious by default: for a Houston medical diagnostics facility, every camera stream was encrypted and the entire installation was planned around HIPAA obligations and uninterrupted patient service. For retail clients, we segment POS traffic from guest Wi-Fi so a breach in one can never reach the other. We prepare the technical controls and documentation your auditor will actually ask for.
What Cybersecurity Costs Depend On
Endpoint and user count, number of sites, cloud workloads, whether you need managed detection or just properly configured controls, log retention requirements, and compliance scope. A 10-person office in Katy needs a very different stack from a multi-building campus like a Houston distribution campus, where we combined network security with biometric access control on four doors — physical and digital security in one project. The free assessment defines the scope before any number is quoted.
Service Areas
We provide cybersecurity services across Greater Houston — Katy, Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Cypress, Pearland, Spring, Conroe — and manage security remotely for multi-site businesses, with on-site incident response when it matters.
