FAQ

BNC provides cybersecurity services designed to help businesses reduce risk, protect sensitive data, and respond to evolving threats. Our services include next-generation antivirus, endpoint protection, 24/7 threat detection and response, network security, intrusion detection, multi-factor authentication, email and spam protection, mobile device management, security assessments, cybersecurity training, security policy development, incident response planning, and breach recovery assistance.

BNC also provides vCISO services, compliance consulting, cyberinsurance readiness support, and guidance for organizations working toward requirements such as HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, FINRA, SOX, ISO 27001, and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. The right mix of services depends on your industry, systems, risk profile, and compliance needs.

No. Antivirus is an important security layer, but it is not enough by itself to protect a modern business. Cybersecurity requires multiple controls working together to reduce the risk of phishing, ransomware, stolen credentials, unpatched systems, malicious software, and unauthorized access.

BNC uses a layered approach that can include endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, email security, firewall and network protection, patch management, backups, proactive monitoring, employee training, and incident-response planning. The appropriate mix depends on your systems, users, data, and compliance requirements.

Ransomware is malicious software that can block access to systems or encrypt files until a payment is demanded. It commonly reaches organizations through phishing emails, compromised passwords, unpatched software, insecure remote access, or other security gaps.

BNC helps reduce ransomware risk through layered security controls, including endpoint protection, 24/7 threat detection and response, patching, multi-factor authentication, email security, network protections, security assessments, employee awareness training, and protected backups. BNC can also help with incident-response and recovery planning so your organization is better prepared if a security event occurs.

Contact BNC as soon as possible. Our team can help assess the situation, contain the threat, secure affected accounts and devices, investigate what happened, support recovery, and help restore normal operations.

Do not ignore suspicious activity or wait for it to resolve on its own. If there is an immediate risk to your systems, data, or users, call BNC’s support team rather than waiting for an email response.

Yes. BNC helps organizations understand and address cybersecurity and compliance requirements that apply to their business. This can include gap assessments, security policies and procedures, technical safeguards, risk-management planning, employee training, and ongoing strategic guidance.

BNC provides compliance consulting for businesses navigating requirements such as HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, FINRA, SOX, ISO 27001, cyberinsurance questionnaires, and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. Compliance needs vary by industry and organization, so BNC tailors recommendations to your specific obligations and technology environment.

Yes. BNC can help businesses prepare for cyberinsurance applications, renewals, and security questionnaires by assessing current controls and identifying gaps that insurers commonly review.

Depending on your organization, this may include multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection, backups, vulnerability management, patching, security awareness training, email security, incident-response planning, and documented security policies. BNC can help you prioritize improvements, but your insurer ultimately determines coverage and policy requirements.

Yes. BNC can help design and implement a disaster recovery and business continuity plan based on your critical applications, systems, data, recovery priorities, and acceptable downtime.

The process can include reviewing backup coverage, backup schedules and retention, on-site and off-site backup storage, replication, security controls, recovery-time objectives, recovery-point objectives, and procedures for restoring systems after an outage, cyber incident, hardware failure, or other disruption. BNC then recommends a practical recovery approach that fits your operational needs and budget.

A backup is a copy of your data that can be restored if files are lost, deleted, corrupted, or encrypted. Disaster recovery is the broader plan for restoring systems, applications, data access, and business operations after a serious disruption.

A good recovery strategy considers more than whether a backup exists. It also addresses how quickly critical systems must be restored, where backups are stored, how recovery will be tested, who is responsible for each step, and how employees can continue working during an outage. BNC can help evaluate and improve both backup and disaster-recovery readiness.