A compliance firm that runs the controls.
Alden Cyber Compliance is a Florida cybersecurity and compliance firm for small regulated businesses on Microsoft 365: investment advisers, title and escrow agencies, and CPA and tax firms. We configure the security controls, write the policies that describe them, and keep the evidence current — so the proof is ready whenever an examiner, underwriter, insurer or acquirer asks for it.
A career in regulated compliance before the first firewall.
Alden was founded by Brian Dow in Orlando, FL. Before cybersecurity, Brian built his career in FDA-regulated pharmaceutical compliance — 21 CFR Part 11, CMC and clinical regulatory affairs — where every control is documented, every record has to stand up to an inspector, and the inspector can arrive at any time.
That is the discipline Alden brings to small regulated firms. Brian runs every assessment and every onboarding himself, takes on one new firm at a time, and stays the named contact for the life of the agreement.
What you hold at the end of an assessment.
A short walk-through of the findings report, the gap matrix and the evidence binder — the three things you keep whether or not you continue.
The principles behind every engagement.
Evidence first
If a control cannot produce a record, it is not finished. Every control we deploy exports something you can hand to an examiner.
One accountable party
Security, policies and evidence under one agreement, with one name responsible for all three.
Full program, no upsells
Every client gets the full program. Our job is to qualify the right firms, not to sell the wrong ones a smaller version.
Microsoft first
We build on what your firm already licenses, then add managed detection and response. Fewer vendors, fewer gaps, less to explain.
Written for the reader
Reports and policies are written for a principal, a board and an examiner, not for an IT department.
Scope discipline
We do security and compliance. Printers, break-fix and general IT belong with someone else, and we will say so.
We are a service provider to your firm. Here is how we hold ourselves to the same standard.
Your rule expects you to review the vendors who touch client data — including us. Our own security program, incident response plan, continuity plan and vendor inventory are written, current and ready to send.
- Client tenants are administered only from a dedicated privileged-access workstation, enforced by conditional accessInformation Security Program §4
- Emergency access is split: your firm holds one break-glass credential, Alden holds the other in a managed vaultInformation Security Program §5
- We notify you within 72 hours of becoming aware of an incident affecting your data; containment starts under a pre-approved action listIncident Response Plan
- A backup-partner agreement and a sealed continuity packet cover you if Brian is unreachable during an incidentBusiness Continuity Plan
- Client configurations may be processed in approved AI tools on a business plan; your end customers' data never isInformation Security Program §9
- Your data is deleted 30 days after an offboarding transition, and you receive your evidence binder before it isInformation Security Program §11
Florida-based, remote-first.
Alden is based in Orlando, FL and works with firms across Orlando, Tampa and Miami. Assessments and onboarding are done remotely with one on-site day where it helps; the managed program runs from the consoles, wherever your people are.
Start with a conversation, not a contract.
Twenty minutes to see whether we fit. If we do, you start with a $995 assessment that counts toward onboarding, and its report is yours whether or not you continue.
How we describe our work
Alden's assessments are point-in-time observations against named standards. We build and operate controls and produce the evidence behind them. We do not audit or certify your firm, and we do not provide legal advice. Your firm reviews and signs its own attestations. Regulators and insurance carriers make their own determinations; our work supports insurability and exam readiness, it does not guarantee either. Our controls reduce the likelihood and impact of the attacks described; no control prevents all of them.