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MANAGED CYBERSECURITY SERVICES

Managed Cybersecurity Services That Stay On Guard for Your Organization, Around the Clock

 

24/7 managed security services for mid-sized organizations. Delivered by people who genuinely care about your business.

THE WHY — THE LANDSCAPE

Cyber threats are more sophisticated than ever. Your protection should be too. 

 

Your organization runs on data. And cybercriminals know exactly how valuable it is. In 2025, the average cost of a data breach for US organizations reached $10.22 million. (IBM, 2025.)

The risk is not just a breach. It is everything that can happen after.

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Loss or Exposure of Critical Data

Customer records, financial data, and intellectual property are the targets. Once compromised, the damage is hard to contain and harder to undo.

02

Business Disruption & Downtime 

When systems go down, work stops. The longer it takes to detect and respond, the more it costs. 

03

Revenue Impact from System Outages 

Every hour of downtime has a price. For mid-sized organizations, unplanned outages can be devastating. 

04

Damage to Reputation & Client Trust 

Clients trust you with their information. A breach does not just cost money. It costs relationships. 

The difference between a security event and a security crisis is acting before it happens. That is what we are here for. 

 

OUR APPROACH — THE FOUNDATION

Good cybersecurity starts before anything goes wrong.

 

Think of your organization's cybersecurity like protecting a physical space. You need a gate to control entry, a smart lock to verify the right people, and a way to track what is valuable, so you know when something is out of place.

Digital security works the same way. Before monitoring tools or AI-powered platforms can help, those three foundations need to be in place.

 

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A digital gate

Your gate controls who can access your systems and from where. Email security, access policies, and authentication controls are your first line of protection.


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A smart lock

Your smart lock makes sure only the right people get through. Multi-factor authentication, identity management, and conditional access help stop attacks before they start.


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Eyes on your assets

You need to see what is happening across your environment: active devices, user activity, sensitive data, and unusual movement. Without visibility, threats can stay hidden for weeks.



These three things form the foundation. What sits on top of them is Alarm Guardian.

 

DESIGNATIONS

Trusted by Microsoft

 

ProServeIT is a Microsoft Managed Security Solutions Provider (MSSP), an invitation-only designation for proven cybersecurity expertise, and a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a network of vendors building alongside Microsoft's security technology.

We share this because the trust Microsoft places in us is the same trust we bring to every organization we work with. 

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THE WHAT — ALARM GUARDIAN MXDR

Alarm Guardian: Your Always-On Managed Cybersecurity Service

 

Alarm Guardian is ProServeIT's managed extended detection and response (MXDR) service.

The name is intentional. Think of it as your organization's always-on security alarm system: monitoring everything, alerting you on what matters, and responding before damage can spread.

Powered by Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR, it is operated by ProServeIT’s certified security professionals around the clock.

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01. Install your digital security system

We deploy Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR across your environment, giving you coverage across endpoints, network, cloud, and identities from day one. 

02. Detect suspicious activity

Managed threat detection monitors activity across your environment and prioritizes high-severity alerts so the right response happens fast. 

03. Investigate risks

Our team uses Microsoft's global threat intelligence to separate real threats from false positives, identify vulnerabilities, and guide you on what to fix first.

04. Respond automatically

Automated workflows and security playbooks help contain incidents quickly. When human attention is needed, our team acts fast.

What You Get On An Ongoing Basis

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Cybersecurity insights

Contextual security insights powered by peer analysis, machine learning, and Microsoft's global security expertise. You always know where you stand, and why.

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Custom roadmap

A tailored cybersecurity roadmap built around your organization's specific environment, gaps, and growth plans. Not a template. Your own.

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Quarterly reports

Regular reviews of your cybersecurity health with plain-language recommendations from our team. You know what improved, what needs attention, and what comes next.

"Alarm Guardian does not just monitor your environment. It gives you the peace of mind to focus on your work, knowing someone who genuinely cares is watching the rest."

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Jaime McMahon, CTO, ProServeIT

CHECKLIST

Is Your Cybersecurity Ready?

Here are five questions worth asking about your cybersecurity right now. If any of these make you pause, that is useful information. A complimentary cybersecurity assessment is a practical next step.

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Can we detect threats or breaches before they cause damage?

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Are our people trained to recognize and respond to cyber risks?

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Do we have a cybersecurity strategy that covers managed network and cloud security?

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Do we have the right tools and expertise for rapid incident response?

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Are we meeting today's security standards and compliance requirements? 

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That’s our commitment to you.

The technical expertise is a given. What we obsess over is making sure every organization we protect feels genuinely cared for, not just monitored. 

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THE WHO

Mid-Sized North American Organizations, Thinking About Security the Right Way.

 

The organizations we support usually share a few things in common. If this sounds like you, you are in the right place.

Running on Microsoft 365 and ready to secure it properly 

Your people already use Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint every day. Alarm Guardian secures the Microsoft platform your organization runs on. 

No dedicated internal security team 

If cybersecurity is only one part of someone’s already full role, Alarm Guardian helps close that gap with managed security operations support. 

Operating in a compliance-sensitive industry 

For healthcare, education, financial services, and non-profits, sensitive data and compliance standards need protection built around them. 

Had an incident, or knows one is possible 

If something happened or came close, a cybersecurity assessment can show where you stand and what to strengthen next. 

Not sure where your organization stands?

That is exactly what a cybersecurity assessment is for. We will give you a straight answer, with care and honesty. 

Get Your Complimentary Cybersecurity Assessment

CUSTOMER STORIES

Organizations We Are Proud to Protect.

 

Some of the organizations that trust us with what matters most.

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The Royal Ontario Museum

Industry: Nonprofit
Size: 550+

For the ROM, protecting digital assets means protecting the experience millions of visitors trust. With Alarm Guardian in place, the museum strengthened its cybersecurity posture and reduced the risk of attacks and data breaches.

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Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Industry: Non-profit/ Education
Size: 50+

CCDI handles sensitive information every day. With Microsoft Entra ID and Intune, they strengthened identity, improved device control, and gave their team more confidence in how their environment was protected.

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HealthPRO Canada

Industry: Healthcare
Size: 200+

HealthPRO needed stronger protection for a hybrid environment that supports critical healthcare procurement work. Alarm Guardian helped strengthen security, improve mobile device management, and support stronger data protection.

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FAQs

Questions That Often Come Up 

What are Managed Cybersecurity Services?

Managed Cybersecurity Services are ongoing outsourced security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response delivered by a third-party provider. Instead of building and staffing an internal security operations center, organizations partner with a managed security services provider to protect their environment around the clock. ProServeIT delivers Managed Cybersecurity Services for mid-sized organizations across Canada and the United States through its Alarm Guardian MXDR service.

What is a Cybersecurity Risk Assessment?

A Cybersecurity Risk Assessment is a structured evaluation of an organization's current security posture, identifying vulnerabilities, gaps, and areas of exposure across systems, data, and people. It produces a prioritized view of where risk is highest and what steps to take first. ProServeIT offers a complimentary Cybersecurity Assessment and report as a starting point for organizations ready to understand where they stand.

What is a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP)?

A Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) is a third-party organization that delivers ongoing cybersecurity monitoring, threat detection, and incident response on behalf of its clients. An MSSP gives mid-sized organizations access to enterprise-grade security capabilities without the cost of building an internal security team.

ProServeIT is a Microsoft-focused Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) and a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA).

What is Alarm Guardian MXDR?

Alarm Guardian is ProServeIT's managed extended detection and response (MXDR) service. It monitors your organization's environment 24/7, detects threats across endpoints, identity, email, network, and cloud, and responds automatically to minimize risk. Alarm Guardian is powered by Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR and operated by ProServeIT's certified security professionals.

What is Microsoft Sentinel?

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform. It collects and analyzes security data from across an organization's environment, identifies threats using AI and machine learning, and automates responses to reduce the time between detection and containment. Alarm Guardian is built on Microsoft Sentinel.

How does managed cybersecurity differ from having an internal IT team?

An internal IT team handles the day-to-day operation and support of your technology environment. A Managed Cybersecurity Service provides specialized, dedicated security monitoring and response that most IT teams do not have the capacity or expertise to deliver on their own. Many mid-sized organizations run both: an internal IT team for day-to-day operations and a Managed Security Services Provider for around-the-clock threat detection and response.

What industries benefit most from Managed Cybersecurity Services?

Any organization that handles sensitive data, operates under compliance requirements, or depends on system availability benefits from Managed Cybersecurity Services. Healthcare, financial services, education, non-profit, and professional services organizations are among the most common. ProServeIT's Managed Cybersecurity Services are designed for mid-sized organizations with 100 to 500 employees across Canada and the United States.

What is Everyday Technology?

Everyday Technology is what keeps your business running day to day. It includes managed IT services, cybersecurity, Microsoft 365, Azure infrastructure, and ongoing support. These are the systems your team relies on every morning when they log in. ProServeIT manages and protects this foundation so your people can focus on their actual work, not IT problems.

What is Strategic Technology?

Strategic Technology is the work that moves your business forward. It includes AI consulting, Microsoft Copilot adoption, data analytics, and custom application development. These are the initiatives that create competitive advantage, automate manual processes, and unlock new ways of working. ProServeIT helps you plan, build, and adopt strategic technology with a people-first approach so it actually gets used.

Your Security Is Worth a Conversation

 

And we're always open to talk it through. Whether you have a specific concern in mind or just a growing sense that your cybersecurity could be stronger, that is exactly what the first conversation is for. 

How to prevent a data breach? Detect Early. Mitigate Properly. As simple as that.

Just like your employees, your company data (i.e. customer information, financial data, intellectual property, etc) is priceless

Partner with our Alarm Guardian Managed Extended Detection and Response service so we can keep your precious data and technology environment protected from any hackers searching for their next target.

What is Alarm Guardian MXDR   Business Owners   Features   FAQ

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pricing-alarm-guardian Starting at  $6,000  for onboarding and monthly managed services starts at  $2,000/month  (depending on the number of employees).

For SMBs with less than 100 employees, please download our pricing package below for details.

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Understanding the Consequences of Data Breaches

Addressing Business Owner's Cybersecurity Concerns

What assets are most valuable to your business? For most organizations, the assets at the top of the list are digital assets such as their customer data, financial data, and other digital information that are critical to running their businesses and that are often taken for granted. Therefore, the answer to the question "What is the biggest risk to your business?” is (and should be) the invisible cyberthreats.

Your data is immensely valuable and hackers know this. The average cost of a data breach in the US is over $9M. And the global average is over $4M. Additional costs include:

 

Data Loss
Lost or Compromised Data
Business Disruption
Business Disruption
Revenue Loss
Revenue Losses from System Downtime
Brand reputation
Significant Damage to Your Brand Reputation 

This is a steep price to pay. The long-term impact of a data breach can last from months to years. Unfortunately, it is a lucrative business for the cyber criminals. Let’s not be the one contributing to their bottom line.  

Common Cybersecurity Questions That Business Owners Should Ask

 • Do we have visibility into potential and/or live breaches?

 • Are our employees aware and educated about cyberthreats and what to look for?

 • Do we have a cybersecurity strategy that is right for our business?

 • Do we have in-house skills and the necessary tools to identify, assess, and mitigate security risks in a timely fashion?

 • Do we generally feel our business is protected and secure? 

If your answer is no to any of the questions above, book a call with us to start reducing your business risks associated with cyberthreats. 

How can our Alarm Guardian MXDR help secure your business?

Powered by AI-based cybersecurity technology from Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR and a team of highly trained and skilled cybersecurity experts, our Alarm Guardian MXDR service helps businesses to detect cyberthreats early and to mitigate the incidents (i.e., hacking, ransomware, data breaches) around the clock.  

We help protect your business from hackers and data breaches by using the following philosophy: Detect Early. Mitigate Properly.

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Step 1: Installation

The first step is installation of your new digital “security system”, so that you can protect your valuable data.
Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR (your new security system) can learn what kind of behaviour is considered “normal” for your organization, and what might constitute a suspicious threat.
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Step 2: Detect Suspicious Threats

Proactively monitor alerts that are coming to your environment.
 Using built-in AI capabilities, Alarm Guardian can show full details for alerts and entities that are detected. It can provide a severity ranking so that alerts that rank "high" are actioned first.
 
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Step 3: Investigate Identified Threats

Identify new risks or areas where better cybersecurity protection is required.
 If an incident is detected, Alarm Guardian can show full details of the alerts and helps to distinguish between false positives and legitimate threats.
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Step 4: Respond to Cybersecurity Threats

Use AI and machine learning capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents.
Some of these responses are automated within ProServeIT’s Alarm Guardian MXDR managed security solution – we use rules, security playbooks, and workbooks to provide Alarm Guardian MXDR with instructions on how to action specific security threats.
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Bonus: Discover Relevant Insights

Provides contextual cybersecurity insights that further ensure all your data is secure.
Discover a new level of threat intelligence insight with user and entity profiling that leverages peer analysis, machine learning, and Microsoft security expertise.
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Bonus: Custom Roadmap

Get an insightful cybersecurity roadmap tailored to the unique technological needs of your organization.
Our  cybersecurity roadmap helps identify existing cybersecurity gaps and create a roadmap to show how those gaps can be addressed.
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Bonus: Quarterly Reports

Receive detailed quarterly reports from our cybersecurity team on your current security status
 

 

Our cybersecurity team will meet with you to review the quarterly reports and discuss how best to improve your current cybersecurity stance. 

The reports cover recent cybersecurity trends, threats, and recommendations.

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Powered by Microsoft Sentinel

A comprehensive security solution that enhances threat detection, improves incident response, and ensures a robust security posture for your organization. 

Microsoft Sentinel incorporates SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) technologies that enable the collection and analysis of large volumes of data and automated responses to cyber threats to your technology ecosystem.

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Powered by Microsoft Defender XDR

Proactively stops attacks and autonomously restores compromised systems, enhancing security both preemptively and reactively.

Microsoft Defender XDR (Extended Detection and Response) provides security advantages by safeguarding various aspects of your business technology. It ensures robust defense across endpoints, identities, email, and applications, streamlining the processes of detection, prevention, investigation, and response.

Your Cybersecurity Concerns


Inability to identify, assess, and mitigate security risks in a timely fashion.

Lack of inhouse cybersecurity skills and shortage of internal cybersecurity staff​.

Hard to identify the extent of any known breaches.

Lack of visibility into security incidents.

Issues with meeting cybersecurity insurance requirements.

Fear of appearing on the local news due to a hacker compromising your business.

How Alarm Guardian MXDR Can Help


Timely response to cyber attacks before damage is done.

Security team of seasoned cybersecurity professionals.

Visibility into devices and accounts involved in any breach.

Single dashboard for cybersecurity incidents.

Complying with your cybersecurity insurance requirements.

Peace of mind that your cybersecurity is protected by Alarm Guardian's smart technology.

Other Cybersecurity Concerns Might Be:

 What to do and where to start with cybersecurity.

Loss of customers’ trust and damage to brand reputation.

Potential significant financial loss in the event of a breach.
Information overload or indecision dilemma.