By Nancy Dahlberg / ndahlberg@miamiherald.com
With funding from a large, established South Florida security services company, a team of cyber solution consultants have formed SPC Cyber Security to assist companies of all sizes with the growing threat of cyberattacks, offering services aimed at detecting a threat, and educating companies, before a potential attack occurs.
Kent Services made a multi-year investment in SPC Cyber Security, beginning with $225,000 for year one. Kent Services oversees several brands – Kent Technologies, Kent Facial Recognition and Kent Remote Monitoring, with full-service offices in New York City, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle.
A recent survey by Gartner estimates that $77 billion in IT security was spent in 2015 with $101 billion predicted to be spent annually by 2018. “Cyber crime is occurring online at an alarming rate especially to small and medium sized companies, with and without their knowledge,” said Regan Marock, CEO of SPC Cyber Security, adding that the SPC team is comprised of former U.S. and Israeli government agents. “The keys to detecting and avoiding these data breaches and cyber threats are to proactively assess systems and areas of vulnerability, educate employees and constantly monitor network data.”