Managed Security Services · Serving WA · OR · ID · MT
Managed Security Services
in Kent, Washington
- OMWBE Certified
- PWSBE Certified
- 90-Day Guarantee
- PNW-Based Team
Most security incidents in Kent do not start with a brilliant attacker. They start with a tired employee clicking a link at 4:55 on a Friday, or a server that nobody patched because the person who used to patch it left in 2024. The headline says "ransomware gang." The reality is almost always something smaller.
Why does that matter in Kent specifically? Because the Boeing supplier base, the manufacturers along West Valley Highway, and the healthcare practices on East Hill all have one thing in common: they are juicy targets for opportunistic attackers, and they rarely have a full-time security team. That is the gap an MSSP fills.
We are inTech Consulting, a local managed IT and managed security services provider headquartered at 25725 101st Ave SE in Kent. Our team supports businesses across King County (Kent, Tukwila, SeaTac, Auburn, Renton, Federal Way) and the wider Pacific Northwest from one playbook: keep your systems boring, keep your people working, and stop letting small risks turn into expensive ones.
What "managed security" actually means
When we say managed security services, we mean a 24/7/365 stack that prevents, detects, contains, and recovers. Not a one-time scan. Not a stack of tools that the client has to operate. We run it. You see the dashboard.
The core layers we deploy on every Kent engagement:
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with behavioral analytics and SOC tie-in
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on every system that supports it (M365, VPN, RMM, payroll, line-of-business apps)
- 24/7 SOC and SIEM monitoring with humans, not just an alert pipeline that nobody reads
- Email security (anti-phishing, attachment sandboxing, executive impersonation protection)
- Vulnerability scanning, internal and external, with a remediation plan attached
- Dark web monitoring for credential leaks tied to your domain
- Security awareness training with quarterly phishing simulations
- Microsoft 365 hardening (Conditional Access, sensitivity labels, audit logging actually turned on)
- Next-generation firewall with IDS/IPS, geo-blocking, and deep packet inspection
This is the floor. Compliance-heavy clients (CMMC, HIPAA, PCI DSS) get more. See our CMMC compliance services in Kent for the controls we layer on for defense contractors.
Who actually attacks businesses in Kent?
Are nation-state APTs hammering on the door of every Kent manufacturer? Honest answer: no, not most of the time.
The threats Kent businesses face daily, in order of frequency:
- Phishing and business email compromise. A spoofed message from "the CEO" asking accounting to wire money. We have seen this hit Kent manufacturers more than once.
- Credential stuffing. Reused passwords from old breaches. Dark web monitoring catches the leaked ones. MFA stops the login.
- Ransomware via remote access tools. A poorly configured RDP, an old VPN, an MSP whose tools were compromised. Layered defense catches it.
- Insider mistakes. A USB stick, a misconfigured share, a forwarded attachment. Awareness training is the first answer.
- Supply-chain compromise. Software you trusted got breached. Patch hygiene and EDR contain the blast radius.
Notice what is not on this list: zero-day exploits, novel malware. Those exist. They are not what gets a typical Kent business.
Our 24/7 SOC, in plain English
So what does a SOC do that a stack of automated tools cannot? A Security Operations Center is only useful if the people in it are actually watching. Ours are. Alerts that hit a critical threshold get a human eyes-on response inside 15 minutes, day or night. If the response requires action on your endpoint, our SOC analysts can isolate the device through EDR before damage spreads.
What does that look like for you? Most of the time, nothing. You will see a monthly report and a quarterly business review. Occasionally, you will get a call at 3:00 a.m. that says, "We contained X. Here is what happened; no action needed from your team." That is the goal. Boring is the goal.
Pricing and what to expect
For most Kent clients with 25 to 75 endpoints, managed security as combined service that comes along with the Managed IT Services. Standalone managed security (no managed IT) runs higher because we have to run discovery and tooling against an environment we did not build.
Onboarding takes 30 days. Week one: discovery, tool deployment, baseline. Week two: MFA rollout, EDR everywhere, vulnerability scan. Week three: hardening based on what discovery found. Week four: training kickoff, monthly reporting baseline.
We back the engagement with a 90-day money-back guarantee. If at any point in the first 90 days you feel inTech is not the right fit, we refund 100% of your monthly fees and help you transition. We have offered that since day one.
Compliance frameworks we cover
Compliance is downstream of security. Our managed IT services in Kent and vCIO services in Kent tie directly into the compliance work for clients that need it. We are the security team for Kent businesses that have to answer to:
- CMMC 2.0 and DFARS 252.204-7012 for DoD contractors and aerospace suppliers
- NIST SP 800-171 (all 110 controls)
- HIPAA for healthcare practices and clinics
- PCI DSS for retail and payment-handling businesses
- SOC 2 for SaaS and professional services firms
- NIST CSF as the underlying framework for everyone else
Compliance is a side effect of good security, not a substitute for it. We see too many Kent businesses with a current SOC 2 report and a security posture that would not survive a single phishing simulation. Do not let an auditor be your only line of defense.
Co-managed security for teams with an IT person
If you already have internal IT, we can layer the security tooling and the SOC under your existing team. Your IT lead keeps the relationship with users, and we keep watch on the perimeter and the endpoints. Read more about our co-managed IT services in Kent for the full structure.
This works especially well for Kent manufacturers and engineering firms with a single IT person who is good at their job but cannot reasonably staff a 24/7 watch.
Why local matters in security
When something goes wrong at 2:00 a.m., who is on the call? With a national MSSP, often a third-party SOC in another country. With us, it is a person in the Pacific Northwest who can be in your Kent office by 8:00 a.m. with hardware if it comes to that. We have done it.
We are also a Certified Minority Business Enterprise registered with Washington OMWBE. For Kent businesses with supplier diversity targets, that may matter.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do we still need an antivirus if you deploy EDR?
EDR replaces antivirus. It includes signature-based detection and adds behavioral analytics, threat hunting, and response. Running both creates conflicts.
What if our team is fully remote or hybrid?
That is most of our Kent clients. Zero-trust network access, MFA everywhere, EDR on every endpoint, regardless of location. The office is no longer the perimeter. The user is.
Can you operate alongside our existing tools?
Usually yes. We have a list of tools we will not co-exist with for technical reasons (we will tell you on the first call). Most Microsoft 365 environments and most major firewalls slot in fine.
What is our SLA on a security incident?
P1 incidents (active compromise, data exfiltration in progress, ransomware deployment) get human response inside 15 minutes, 24/7/365. P2 (suspicious activity, contained event) inside 30 minutes. Containment-capable analyst on shift at all times.
Do you handle cyber insurance applications?
Yes. We complete the technical sections of cyber insurance applications and renewals on behalf of our clients, and our security stack covers most carrier requirements. Several Kent clients have seen premium reductions after switching to us.
What about ransomware. If it happens anyway, what do you do?
Containment first (isolate, kill C2 channels), then forensics (what got in, when, how far), then recovery from immutable backups. See our backup and disaster recovery services in Kent for the full recovery side of this. We have a runbook. We have rehearsed it. The goal is hours, not weeks.
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Ready to take security off your plate?
If you are not sure whether your current security is actually working, the answer is probably "not as well as you think." Most security gaps are invisible until somebody exploits them. We will tell you what we find on a free 30-minute consultation, no obligation, no sales script.
Call (206) 397-8070 or book a free consultation at intechnw.com.
inTech Consulting, LLC. | 25725 101st Ave SE, Kent, WA 98030 | Certified Minority Business Enterprise (Washington OMWBE) | 90-day money-back guarantee on managed IT and managed security engagements
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