# Clayton Cybernetics

> Clayton Cybernetics is an American cybersecurity company. We find out whether your networks, devices, data, web apps, APIs and code are safe from attackers, and fix what we find.

Clayton Cybernetics is a cybersecurity company serving organizations across the United States, based in Aventura, FL 33180. Core practice: determining whether networks, servers, laptops and workstations, phones, data, web presence, APIs and code are safe from attackers, and fixing what is found. Offensive testing is performed only as authorized, contracted work under written scope. Supporting practices: managed IT, disaster recovery planning, cloud, private AI and custom software.

## Contact
- Email: support@claytoncyber.com
- Phone: (305) 404-9404 (toll-free (800) 767-8566)
- [Free security assessment](https://claytoncyber.com/assessment/)
- [Contact](https://claytoncyber.com/contact/)
- [Emergency response request](https://claytoncyber.com/emergency/)

## Key facts
- 100+ organizations have trusted our team with their infrastructure
- 99.99% uptime on all Clayton Redundant Infrastructure-contracted projects
- Partner of a leading US AI company, fluent across all major AI platforms
- 100,000+ mailboxes on an enterprise email platform our team designed and operates
- 4 hours to apply Microsoft security patches on that platform after release
- Microsoft Exchange experience, from Exchange 4.0 to Exchange Server Subscription Edition
- Paying clients receive a response to every message within 15 minutes.
- Specialty: regulated operations such as banks, investment advisers, broker-dealers and other organizations under regulatory supervision.

## Services
- [Cybersecurity](https://claytoncyber.com/services/cybersecurity/): We find out whether everything you run is safe from attackers, then we fix it.
- [Managed IT Services](https://claytoncyber.com/services/managed-it-services/): We run your IT day to day so it stays secure: help desk, devices, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Active Directory, backups, networks and monitoring.
- [Security Awareness Training](https://claytoncyber.com/services/security-awareness-training/): Train your people to stop the phish, the fake voice and the wire request before money moves.
- [Disaster Recovery Planning](https://claytoncyber.com/services/disaster-recovery/): Know how long you can be down, and prove you can come back before the day you must.
- [Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory & SQL](https://claytoncyber.com/services/microsoft-exchange-active-directory/): Exchange, Active Directory and SQL Server built redundant, backed up and recoverable, and engineers on call when they fail.
- [Clayton Secure](https://claytoncyber.com/services/clayton-secure/): One view of your entire cybersecurity program, in near real time.
- [Cloud Management](https://claytoncyber.com/services/cloud-management/): Cloud cost review and management, without compromising on quality or security.
- [Cyber Automation](https://claytoncyber.com/services/cyber-automation/): Custom AI agents that do repetitive work around the clock, with human review where it matters.
- [Super Intelligence](https://claytoncyber.com/services/super-intelligence/): American‑made Super Intelligence: AI your team can learn, trust and deploy.
- [Tailored Software](https://claytoncyber.com/services/tailored-software/): Software built around your business in weeks, and you own the code.
- [Datacenter & Colocation Builds](https://claytoncyber.com/services/datacenter-builds/): Cages, racks, power, cabling and servers, built by the people who will run them.
- [Apocalypse IT Package](https://claytoncyber.com/packages/apocalypse-it-package/): An office that keeps working when the internet does not.

## Industries
- [Investment Advisers & Broker-Dealers](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/investment-advisers-and-broker-dealers/)
- [Banks & Financial Institutions](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/banks-and-financial-institutions/)
- [Law Firms](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/law-firms/)
- [South Florida Businesses](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/south-florida-businesses/)
- [Healthcare & Medical](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/healthcare-and-medical/)
- [Real Estate & Coworking](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/real-estate-and-coworking/)
- [Technology & Startups](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/technology-and-startups/)
- [Manufacturing & Industrial](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/manufacturing-and-industrial/)
- [Financial Technology](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/financial-technology/)
- [Education](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/education/)
- [Media & Broadcast](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/media-and-broadcast/)
- [Logistics & Distribution](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/logistics-and-distribution/)
- [Hospitality & Travel](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/hospitality-and-travel/)
- [Energy & Utilities](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/energy-and-utilities/)
- [Insurance](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/insurance/)
- [Telecom & ISPs](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/telecom-and-isps/)
- [Government & Public Sector](https://claytoncyber.com/industries/government-and-public-sector/)

## Track record (clients unnamed)
- [Case studies](https://claytoncyber.com/experience/): 48 engagements described without client names.

## Insights
- [SEC Regulation S-P Amendments: A Practical Checklist for Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/sec-regulation-s-p-amendments-checklist/)
- [The Florida Information Protection Act: A Breach-Response Checklist for Florida Businesses](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/florida-information-protection-act-breach-checklist/)
- [Local, Private or Frontier? How to Use AI Without Exposing Sensitive Data](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/private-ai-for-sensitive-data/)
- [HIPAA Security Rule Checklist for Medical Practices and Business Associates](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/hipaa-security-rule-checklist/)
- [Data Protection for U.S. Businesses With International Clients: Florida, California, GDPR and Brazil's LGPD](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/data-protection-us-businesses-international-clients/)
- [SPF, DKIM and DMARC: Why Email Authentication Matters, and How a Resilient Exchange or Microsoft 365 Platform Is Run](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/email-authentication-spf-dkim-dmarc-resilient-exchange/)
- [Penetration Testing Explained for Executives: Scope, Reports and How Often to Test](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/penetration-testing-explained-for-executives/)
- [Local AI vs Frontier APIs: Cost, Privacy and Governance of Running Open-Weight Models on Your Own GPUs](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/local-ai-open-weight-models-vs-frontier-apis/)
- [Ransomware Readiness and Incident Response: A Checklist Based on the CISA #StopRansomware Guide](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/ransomware-readiness-and-incident-response-checklist/)
- [MFA and Passkeys for Businesses: What NIST SP 800-63B-4 and FIDO2 Mean for Your Logins](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/mfa-and-passkeys-for-businesses/)
- [Backups That Actually Restore: 3-2-1, Immutability, Restore Tests and Hurricane Season for Coastal Firms](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/backups-that-restore-3-2-1-immutability-hurricane-season/)
- [Replacing Legacy Business Software with Custom Software: When It Pays and How to Test the Idea in Two Weeks](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/replace-legacy-business-software-with-custom-software/)
- [Business Email Compromise and Wire Fraud: How Law Firms and Real-Estate Closings Get Hit, and How to Stop It](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/business-email-compromise-wire-fraud-law-firms-real-estate-closings/)
- [HIPAA and the Cloud: Business Associate Agreements for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and What Else You Must Do](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/hipaa-and-the-cloud-baas-microsoft-365-google-workspace-aws/)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512 and AI for Law Firms: Confidentiality, Competence, Fees and Supervision, With Florida Bar Opinion 24-1](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/aba-formal-opinion-512-ai-law-firms-florida-bar-24-1/)
- [OT and ICS Security for Manufacturers: A Practical Guide Based on NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 3 and CISA Guidance](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/ot-ics-security-for-manufacturers-nist-800-82-cisa/)
- [Zero Trust for Mid-Size Firms: A Practical Path Using NIST SP 800-207 and the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/zero-trust-for-mid-size-firms-nist-800-207-cisa-maturity-model/)
- [Cyber Insurance Readiness: What Underwriters Ask About MFA, EDR and Backups, and How to Prepare](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/cyber-insurance-readiness-mfa-edr-backups-what-underwriters-ask/)
- [Windows 10 End of Support and Microsoft 365 Hardening: What to Do Now, With CISA SCuBA Baselines](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/windows-10-end-of-support-and-microsoft-365-hardening/)
- [Bank and Credit Union Cyber Incident Reporting: The 36-Hour and 72-Hour Rules, and What to Prepare](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/bank-credit-union-cyber-incident-reporting-36-hour-72-hour-rules/)
- [Vendor and Third-Party Risk for Mid-Size Firms: The 2023 Interagency Guidance, NIST SP 800-161 and CSF 2.0](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/vendor-third-party-risk-management-mid-size-firms-interagency-guidance-nist/)
- [PCI DSS 4.0.1 for Small Merchants: What Changed, What Is Now Required, and How to Cut Scope](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/pci-dss-4-0-1-small-merchants-future-dated-requirements-saq/)
- [BYOD and Remote-Work Security: A Practical Policy Built on NIST SP 800-46, SP 800-124 and CISA Guidance](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/byod-remote-work-security-nist-800-46-800-124-cisa/)
- [HIPAA-Compliant Email: When You Must Encrypt, When Patients Can Opt Out, and What to Put in Writing](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/hipaa-compliant-email-encryption-patients-business-associates/)
- [Separating Global Networks: VRFs, VLANs and VXLAN-EVPN Across Datacenters](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/vrfs-vlans-vxlan-evpn-separating-global-networks-across-datacenters/)
- [BGP at the Edge with BIRD 2: RPKI, Communities and Fast Failover](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/bgp-at-the-edge-with-bird-2-rpki-communities-bfd-failover/)
- [Surviving a Flood: XDP, FlowSpec and Scrubbing for DDoS](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/surviving-a-ddos-flood-xdp-flowspec-rtbh-scrubbing/)
- [WireGuard vs IPsec for Site-to-Site Meshes](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/wireguard-vs-ipsec-site-to-site-mesh-ikev2-esp/)
- [SFP+, SFP28, QSFP28 and QSFP-DD: Choosing Optics and Fiber for 10 to 400 Gb/s](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/sfp-sfp28-qsfp28-qsfp-dd-optics-fiber-10-to-400-gbps/)
- [Microsegmentation: From VLANs and Firewall Zones to Identity-Based Policy](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/microsegmentation-vlans-firewall-zones-identity-based-policy/)
- [Anycast DNS and Edge Load Balancing: BGP, Health Checks and DDoS Absorption](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/anycast-dns-and-edge-load-balancing-bgp-health-checks-ddos/)
- [NetFlow, sFlow and IPFIX for Security Monitoring: Detection and Sampling Trade-offs](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/netflow-sflow-ipfix-security-monitoring-detection-sampling/)
- [MPLS, SD-WAN or EVPN: Choosing a Backbone for a Multi-Site Company](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/mpls-sd-wan-or-evpn-choosing-a-backbone-for-a-multi-site-company/)
- [TLS Certificates and PKI Lifecycle: Automation Before the 47-Day Era](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/tls-certificates-pki-lifecycle-automation-before-47-day-certificates/)
- [Network Time for Security and Trading: NTP, NTS and PTP](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/network-time-for-security-and-trading-ntp-nts-ptp/)
- [DNS Security: DNSSEC, Response Policy Zones and Encrypted DNS](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/dns-security-dnssec-response-policy-zones-encrypted-dns/)
- [Post-Quantum Encryption in Practice: Hybrid ML-KEM and X25519, FIPS 203](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/post-quantum-encryption-in-practice-hybrid-ml-kem-x25519-fips-203/)
- [Can the Internet Be Switched Off in the US, and How Would a Business Keep Working?](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/can-the-internet-be-switched-off-in-the-us-how-a-business-keeps-working/)
- [Private 5G (CBRS) vs Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 on the Factory Floor](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/private-5g-cbrs-vs-wi-fi-6e-7-on-the-factory-floor/)
- [Running Open-Weight LLMs on Premises for Regulated Firms](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/running-open-weight-llms-on-premises-for-regulated-firms/)
- [Hurricane-Proofing IT by Moving to the Cloud: A Florida Playbook](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/hurricane-proofing-it-by-moving-to-the-cloud-a-florida-playbook/)
- [Bringing ALM and CECL In-House: Models, Data and Model Risk](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/bringing-alm-and-cecl-in-house-models-data-and-model-risk/)
- [Building a Colocation Footprint from an Empty Cage: Power, Cooling, Cabling and Server Burn-In](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/building-a-colocation-footprint-from-an-empty-cage-power-cooling-cabling-and-server-burn-in/)
- [Securing AI Agents: The OWASP Agentic Top 10 in Plain English](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/securing-ai-agents-owasp-agentic-top-10-plain-english/)
- [MCP Servers: What to Check Before You Connect an AI Agent to Your Systems](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/mcp-servers-what-to-check-before-connecting-an-ai-agent-to-your-systems/)
- [AI Rules in Florida in 2026: What Actually Applies to Your Business](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/ai-rules-in-florida-in-2026-what-actually-applies/)
- [Deepfake-Proof Payments: Callback Verification That Holds Up](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/deepfake-proof-payments-callback-verification-that-holds-up/)
- [What Insurers and Auditors Now Ask About Your AI](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/what-insurers-and-auditors-now-ask-about-your-ai/)
- [Monitoring AI Agents in Microsoft 365: What You Can and Cannot See](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/monitoring-ai-agents-in-microsoft-365-what-you-can-and-cannot-see/)
- [Server Burn-In and Acceptance Testing Before Production](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/server-burn-in-and-acceptance-testing-before-production/)
- [Structured Cabling That Survives the Next Refresh](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/structured-cabling-that-survives-the-next-refresh/)
- [Copilot Readiness: Fix Oversharing Before You Turn It On](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/copilot-readiness-fix-oversharing-before-you-turn-it-on/)
- [Proving what you sent: immutable email archives with Amazon S3 Object Lock and AWS KMS](https://claytoncyber.com/insights/proving-what-you-sent-immutable-email-archives-s3-object-lock-aws-kms/)

## Technologies
- [All technologies](https://claytoncyber.com/technologies/): experience with these platforms, not partnerships.
- Groups covered: Networking, Routing & BGP, DDoS & flood protection, Datacenter fabric & optics, SD-WAN & SASE, Firewalls & network security, Endpoint, SIEM & security operations, Identity & access, Email & collaboration, VPN & mesh networking, Cloud, US cloud providers, Cloud storage, immutability & backup, Cloud security & audit services, Cloud networking & DNS, Cloud containers, email & AI, Key management & secrets, Storage, servers & virtualization, Data, AI & machine learning, Blockchain & Web3, Browser extensions & automation, Voice & unified communications, Devices & endpoint management, Physical security, Drones & robotics, Industrial IoT & embedded, Healthcare IT & compliance, ERP & business systems, Open source & custom integrations, Network automation & observability, Internet exchange & carrier connectivity, Out-of-band management & network labs, Timing & precision time (NTP, PTP), DNS & DNSSEC, Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E/7 & private 5G, Structured cabling & fiber, PKI, certificates & ACME, Load balancers & application delivery, Data center power, cooling & DCIM, Log pipelines, SIEM & data retention, Post-quantum cryptography, GPU servers & LLM inference serving, Quantitative finance & risk engines, Rust, WebAssembly & Cloudflare edge, Google Cloud & Workspace services, Document OCR, local search & offline chat, Server hardware & datacenter builds, Datacenter operations & colocation, Kubernetes & service mesh, OT & ICS security, AI agent security.

## About
- [About us](https://claytoncyber.com/about/)
- [How we use AI](https://claytoncyber.com/how-we-use-ai/): named owners, least privilege, human approval for changes, reviewable logs and a kill switch for every agent.