Cybersecurity Company in Boston

Every Boston security engagement is priced against a named framework, and the assessor fee always sits outside ours. Programmes run from a 201 CMR 17 WISP build with policies, controls, and tabletop exercises over six to eight weeks, a HITRUST CSF readiness assessment plus remediation for a mid-size Boston hospital business associate over four to seven months, before the certification fee paid to HITRUST Alliance, a CMMC 2.0 Level 2 readiness program for a Lincoln Lab or Draper subcontractor with under 200 endpoints including GCC High migration, before the C3PAO assessment fee, or a full SOC 2 Type II audit prep for a Boston SaaS startup. Boston rates run above national averages because Rapid7, Cybereason, and Veracode talent commands a premium. Fixed-fee proposals, no open T and M.

201 CMR 17.00 (Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth) is the Massachusetts data security regulation enforced by the Office of Consumer Affairs and the Attorney General. It applies to any person or entity that owns or licenses personal information about a Massachusetts resident — meaning if you have a single Mass customer or employee, you are in scope, regardless of where your company is headquartered. It mandates a written information security program (WISP), encryption of personal information on portable devices and in transit across public networks, designated security officer, employee training, third-party service provider oversight with written contracts, and incident response. We write the WISP, implement the technical controls, run the training, and document everything so a Mass AG inquiry has a clean answer. Penalties run up to USD $5,000 per violation plus injunctive relief and consumer restitution.

Yes. We have run CMMC 2.0 readiness for Massachusetts DoD subcontractors operating under DFARS 252.204-7012 flow-down from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Draper Lab, MITRE Bedford, BAE Systems Burlington, and Raytheon RTX prime contracts. Engagements typically begin with a NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 self-assessment scored against the 110 controls, gap remediation across the 14 control families, GCC High or AWS GovCloud migration when on-premise hardening is impractical, and pre-assessment readiness with a CMMC C3PAO. We document the System Security Plan (SSP), Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM), and incident reporting procedure that meets the 72-hour DIBNet reporting requirement. ITAR data flows are kept inside US-person-controlled boundaries with documented technology control plans (TCPs).

We have shipped HIPAA security rule implementations and HITRUST CSF readiness programs for Massachusetts hospital business associates, including EHR integrators serving Mass General Brigham, Boston Children's, Beth Israel Deaconess, and Tufts Medical Center. The work covers BAA structuring, HITRUST CSF assessment against the AHA framework, FDA premarket cybersecurity submissions for connected medical devices (per the 2023 FDA omnibus guidance), segmentation of biomedical OT networks (Philips IntelliVue, GE Healthcare, Medtronic, Hologic), and Epic or Cerner perimeter hardening. We document the M.G.L. c. 93H breach notification runbook so the Massachusetts AG, affected residents, and the consumer reporting agencies get notice on the required timeline, including the strict 24-hour AG notification when more than 1,000 Mass residents are affected.

It depends on existing stack and threat profile. Cybereason (Boston HQ) is the default for Mass clients who want local vendor support, MalOp-style attack chain visualization, and tight integration with Mass General Brigham and biotech security operations centers. CrowdStrike Falcon is the choice for cloud-native fintechs and SaaS startups who want Falcon OverWatch managed threat hunting and CrowdStrike Insight identity protection. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is the default for Microsoft 365 E5 customers (most Boston enterprises) where cost basis is already paid. We have deployed all three, write the detection rules in EDR-native and Sigma format, and tune the noise floor against MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and ATT&CK for ICS coverage on biomedical OT networks. Recommendations sit in writing with quantified gap reduction.

Vertex, Moderna, Biogen, Sanofi, Takeda, Bluebird Bio, and the broader Kendall Square pharma cluster operate under FDA 21 CFR Part 11 electronic records and electronic signatures, EU Annex 11, and GxP-validated systems for clinical trial management, manufacturing execution, laboratory information management, and quality management. Our 21 CFR Part 11 program covers user authentication and unique identification, audit trails (computer-generated, time-stamped, secure), record retention and retrievability, system validation under GAMP 5, and electronic signature controls with biometric or two-factor where required. We coordinate with internal QA, IT validation, and external auditors (Lachman, ProPharma, NSF). For clinical trial data crossing into the EU, we extend with GDPR Article 32 controls and EMA inspection-readiness. Cyber findings feed the CSV (Computer System Validation) plan, not a parallel document.

M.G.L. c. 272 § 99 (the Massachusetts Wiretap Statute) is a two-party consent law — both parties to a wire or oral communication must consent to recording. It applies to call center recordings, AI voice agents, sales coaching tools, and meeting transcription. It is materially stricter than the federal Wiretap Act (one-party consent) and stricter than many states. For Boston fintech and biotech clients deploying Gong, Chorus, Otter, or custom AI voice agents, we engineer explicit dual consent capture (recorded verbal disclosure or written acknowledgment), retention policies, redaction of third-party voices captured incidentally, and a documented data flow that survives a Mass AG inquiry. Penalties include criminal liability up to 5 years and civil damages, so this is not a checkbox — it is a wiring decision made at intake.

From kickoff to SOC 2 Type II report typically runs nine to fourteen months, because the Type II audit requires a minimum three-month observation window (most CPAs prefer six months) after controls are operating. Type I (point-in-time) can be done in three to five months. Our SOC 2 program covers the five trust services criteria (security required, plus availability, confidentiality, processing integrity, and privacy as scoped), evidence collection automation with Drata, Vanta, or Secureframe, policy drafting against AICPA TSC 2017 + 2022 points of focus, and pre-audit walkthroughs with the CPA firm. We have worked with Marcum, BPM, Schellman, and A-LIGN for Boston clients. We also map SOC 2 controls to 201 CMR 17, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 so a single evidence pool serves multiple audits.