TreeTop Peak Platform

AFFORDABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE CYBERSECURITY
ABOUT THE TREETOP PEAK PLATFORM

Designed For Small Businesses

To say the cybersecurity landscape has changed is an understatement. Around the start of the new millennia, a firewall and anti-virus were largely "good enough" cybersecurity. Today, a firewall and anti-virus barely scratch the surface in protecting the modern business. Security done properly requires ongoing processes and it is not a “set and forget” product as many want you to believe. Not to mention, the problem has shifted from just big business to a concern for every business. It is safe to say the problem has officially moved the ever-growing cybersecurity crisis from Wall Street to Main Street. Regardless of the size of a business and budget, cybersecurity is challenging. It’s why we continue seeing breaches at huge companies that spend millions to protect themselves. On a limited budget cybersecurity becomes even more daunting.

After working with businesses on IT and security for over 20 years, the founder of TreeTop Security had a simple idea… Build an affordable and comprehensive cybersecurity solution for small businesses. It was based on the premise that small businesses care about cybersecurity, but they don’t want to go broke doing it. The market needed a solution that every business could afford. The idea led to years of trial, error, and development to what is now known as the Peak platform. Peak is a holistic approach to cybersecurity designed with small business in mind.

Can Peak protect you from every single attack? No, but nothing can. Is it perfect? No, but nothing is. Regardless of what any vendor says, no product or amount of money can prevent 100% of attacks. What Peak will do is put a small business in the top tier in terms of cybersecurity best practices without breaking the bank. How? Peak is based on solid fundamentals, an intelligent selection of protection and products, and automation of security monitoring to protect against real-world attacks. And there’s nothing else quite like it!  

 

1/4 the price or 4 times the capabilities

PEAK PRIMARY COMPONENTS

The Whole > The Sum Of The Parts

Anyone can resell a handful of cybersecurity products and claim they do cybersecurity, but do they truly understand the big picture? A cybersecurity platform requires a partner who understands and addresses security gaps for the customers they serve. Only by addressing the components below (and many more) and eliminating the most common security issues can the sum of the parts truly add up to more than the whole. Risks and vulnerabilities are minimized and that exhaustive level of coverage translates to happier customers who can breathe a little easier regarding their overall security posture. 

Plain and simple… No cybersecurity solution is complete without backups. With the Peak platform, we can easily perform both onsite and offsite backups. In fact, Peak provides offsite backup storage as part of the solution. We then monitor backup jobs to make sure they are running. Last but not least, we periodically compare the cloud backup with the local data to ensure it is in sync. Data is encrypted before it leaves your location. In addition, all offsite storage is fully encrypted and compliant with standards such as HIPAA, HITECH, and more.

Rather than relying on standard anti-virus, Peak uses next generation anti-virus for endpoint protection. The next-gen anti-virus provides memory protection, a smaller footprint (computer resources) than traditional anti-virus, and protection against a numerous types of scripts. The next-gen anti-virus also uses artificial intelligence to significantly better the protection against unknown threats. As with other components, we then monitor any alerts received and investigate them to ensure further action is not necessary.

The Peak platform provides a leased firewall for each customer location. In addition to proper configuration, each firewall also comes with intrusion prevention and ongoing threat intelligence feeds for improved protection. We then extensively monitor the firewall for any security-related events. We also monitor for non-security events such as VPN tunnels, connectivity to external resources, and more. In the event of failure, the firewall is replaced with our no questions asked policy to get the customer back up and running in no time.

Many compliance standards such as PCI require both quarterly external scans as well as quarterly internal scans. Unfortunately, many businesses overlook the latter despite its security benefits. Vulnerability scanning is essential to the Peak platform and doing security properly. Aside from identifying simple items such as mis-configured services, a quality vulnerability scanner can also perform checks-and-balances on other Peak components. For example, a patch can errantly report back that it was properly applied to a server. A vulnerability scan can, in turn, verify that server is lacking the patch.

Patch management remains an issue for businesses of all sizes. A missing patch is often the cause of some of the biggest data breaches in history. Peak includes patch management for all major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, and Linux. The patch management solution also includes third-party patches for many of the most popular applications. As with all other aspects of the platform, we monitor the patching process to ensure all patches are getting properly installed.

Peak is designed to work with existing managed service providers (MSP) or IT departments. What that means that those partners can see much of what we can see. If we see any service drop or security alert, the partner sees it too. This approach leads to better support from existing resources as they gain access to tools/capabilities they previously did not have. The IT support can still provide the day-to-day IT needs of the business, sells computers, etc. Since the system is designed with this in mind, MSPs and IT departments can see all of their systems and related services in their dashboard, but they cannot see those of anyone else.

Without cybersecurity awareness training, end users are the weakest link in security. With properly trained staff, end users become a core element to your overall security. Well-trained employees essentially become another security sensor to alert you when something isn’t quite right. To accomplish this, the Peak platform includes the industry-lauded cybersecurity awareness training from TreeTop Security. How do we know it is so well-received by the community? We received tons of feedback before and after we gave it away for free! Yes, we gave it away because we believe in good karma and because it is the right thing to do!

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When you are on the Peak platform, cybersecurity awareness training then becomes an ongoing process. Our platform is holistic so if we see an issue, we can investigate it and discuss it with the end user right away. We call this approach “security awareness reinforcement training.” It is one thing when an end user sits through an annual cybersecurity training and learns to identify and not click phishing links. It is a whole different experience when they receive a phone call within 20 minutes to discuss a link or attachment they shouldn’t have opened. That is why the reinforcement training becomes such a huge part of the process.

Periodic cybersecurity awareness trainings for end users only go so far. You need to test your end users using hands-on events rather than waiting for the next “live fire” attack. TreeTop provides periodic email phishing assessments using some of the same phishing tactics the bad guys are using in the real-world. Quality phishing assessments also ensure your end user awareness training is working.

The Peak platform relies on threat intelligence to augment many of the individual components. Using available data also enhances the security posture of an organization by knowing the worst of the worst on the internet can’t communicate with their systems. Monitoring system activity against the various threat intelligence feeds also provides alerts for systems that might be behaving abnormally.

A staple of the security industry is the CIA triangle -- confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite the emphasis on availability, it is often overlooked in the grand scheme of information security. Ensuring that systems/services are running and they are allocated the proper system resources is not just about good IT, but good security. This is the reason why the Peak platform combines network and security operations.

Every tool has a dashboard. Peak brings all of those tools into a primary dashboard using custom API calls and scripts. Thus, all events are viewed through a single pane of glass which provides vastly improved event correlation. Big businesses traditionally have a network operations center (NOC) for system/uptime monitoring and a separate security operations center (SOC) for security tools. Peak combines those two worlds. If a Windows service is down, it is easily viewed in the dashboard and alerted on through the Peak platform. If a new threat is detected on an endpoint or at the firewall, it is similarly displayed (and alerted on) through the Peak platform. Overall, correlating network and security operations data leads to better outcomes and far superior service. 
* Secondary or shift monitoring for 24x7x365 coverage is also available.

The modern office often has more devices connecting wirelessly than hard-wired via a network cable. We drastically improve wireless security by ensuring proper setup and ongoing monitoring. We also configure wireless so only authorized new devices can connect to your private wireless networks. Want to provide employees wireless access for their personal (BYOD) devices that won’t decrease your security? We can do that too and so much more. As with other platform-related hardware, in the event of failure, access points are replaced with our no questions asked policy to get the customer back up and running in no time.

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INDUSTRIES

Who Needs The TreeTop Peak Platform?

The Peak platform works for businesses of all types. While every industry has nuances, at the end of the day protecting data doesn't change. Similarly, protecting an ICS device in the energy sector is eerily similar to protecting an MRI system in the medical industry. The most common businesses who sign up on the Peak platform are those who have an extra need to protect their data or their customer data. With the rise of ransomware and increasingly sophisticated attacks, cybersecurity has become a topic of discussion for every business and board room. The reason is simple... Poor cybersecurity threatens business continuity at its very core. Ignoring the problem entirely will only make the lack of cybersecurity more visible. 

Legal

Law offices often have highly sensitive information ranging from the names of protected witnesses to evidence photos to sensitive medical information. Peak can help protect their data and their clients. 

Medical

Healthcare has arguably felt the need for data sharing and data connectivity far more and far longer than any other industry. HIPAA and PHI (protected health information) are only the beginning. 

Financial

Criminals targeted the financial sector early on because quite literally, that is where the money is. The financial sector will remain a hot target and that sector needs to stay ahead of the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. 

Utilities

What sector arguably has the biggest impact on society? An attack on public utilities could be devastating if we lose the very services we rely on daily. Without a doubt, the energy sector and other utilities are a target. 

Government

While government was originally thought only to be nation-state level hacking, ransomware changed that. Whether local, state, or federal, criminals are attacking government targets at every level.

Education

The education sector largely went untouched in cyberattacks. The rise of ransomware, the recognition of cyber insurance, and the realization that valuable data exists within the education system have changed that. 

Real Estate

The real estate industry regularly handles data that criminals are interested in -- financial and personal data. Realtors are regularly the target of business email compromise (BEC) attacks already and there is a good chance that will expand in the future. 

Retail

The retail sector has seen some of the largest breaches in history. Although they aren't as notable, smaller retailers continue to get breached as well. Expect the cyber assault on retail to continue as long as there is retail, i.e. forever. 

Everyone

It may sound cliché, but every industry has something to protect whether it is pricing, contracts, a customer list, or a "secret sauce" process. In addition, every business has a network, systems, and data to protect that it needs in order to run efficiently.

SAMPLE PRICING

Affordable & Comprehensive Cybersecurity

All costs are based on previous customers who currently use the Peak platform. We will soon add a no-haggle cost calculator so you can get a more accurate estimate for your environment. Prices typically do not vary much, if at all from the estimate price. However, changes can occur when a) an initial install leads to an active response scenario, b) the patches for an environment are significantly out-of-date, or c) higher density wireless equipment is necessary. 

 

Monthly cost
Onboarding cost
Number of locations (firewalls)
Equipment provided by TreeTop Security
Number of desktops/laptops
Number of wireless access points
Equipment provided by TreeTop Security
Number of network switches
Equipment provided by TreeTop Security
Number of servers
Next generation anti-virus
Patch management
Off-site backup
Internal vulnerability scans
External vulnerability scans
Phishing assessments
Security awareness training
Security monitoring
Network monitoring
Overnight shipping on replacement equipment

Single location

$462 / month
$1910 (one-time)
1
3
1
1
0

Single location with server

$674 / month
$2689 (one-time)
1
5
2
1
1

Multi-location, multi-server

$4661 / month
$21,013 (one-time)
5
60
8
5
4

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TESTIMONIALS

What Our Customers Say

The Peak platform gives you piece of mind knowing that processes and systems are monitored and updates are current. Their very reasonable price point made it an easy decision to incorporate these services into our IT budget.

db (Small)
DB Business Manager

Peak is above and beyond any security measures our business has ever done in the past. We're alerted on issues or even potential problems. We are even kept up to date on any ISP issues. Unmatched services at competitive prices make TreeTop and Peak the go-to solution for every small business.

ds
RS Chiropractic Business Owner

Security is expensive. That is unless you partner with someone like TreeTop. Peak is an impressive solution that makes security affordable to every business.

es (Small)
ES Restaurant Owner

We mean it when we say there has been a night and day difference from our old cybersecurity service provider to Treetop Security. They truly are experts in their field and we recommend them to anyone seeking peace of mind for their business security needs.

jg (Small)
JG Business Owner

While every other security company is selling you something along with their assessment, we found TreeTop utilizing equipment and software we already owned. So refreshing to find a confidante in cyber security you can actually trust.

cw
CW Bank COO

TreeTop Security is quick to respond, knowledgeable, and a vital part to keeping our company’s technology up-to-date, safe, and secure! Their dedication to Security Awareness has been a breath of fresh air and it’s important education we were not previously provided.

dl (Small)
DL Business Manager

We will continue using TreeTop Security for all of our high-end security needs because they give you sound advice and not fairytale recommendations where a business couldn't function afterward. Their understanding of business is a big plus and what really sets them apart!

bj
BJ Business Owner
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