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Managed Service · 24×7 SOC

Every breach starts with an inbox. Ours stops there.

Phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover account for more than 90% of cyber attacks against small and mid-sized businesses. We deploy six layers of email defence, gateway, API, sandboxing, identity, DLP, and training, and run them for you 24/7.

$2.7B+
BEC losses reported to FBI IC3 in 2024
91%
of cyber breaches begin with an email
1 in 5
phishing emails bypass M365 native filters
12min
Hoplon SOC average response time, 24/7/365
The threat landscape

Five email attacks. Five different ways your business gets compromised.

01 / Credential Phishing

Fake login pages

Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace lookalikes

Attackers send a convincing Microsoft, DocuSign, or HR portal page. One click and your password is in their browser, often before MFA can save you.

↳ Account takeover · Data theft
02 / Business Email Compromise

Wire fraud & CFO spoofs

No payload, no attachment, no obvious flag

A request from "the CEO" to change banking details for an upcoming payment. The most expensive cybercrime in America and it doesn't trigger a single antivirus.

↳ Wire fraud · Vendor impersonation
03 / Ransomware Delivery

Weaponised attachments

Office macros, PDFs, ISOs, password-protected ZIPs

Invoices and shipping notices carrying a payload that encrypts your network. Most variants are unknown to antivirus the day they hit your inbox.

↳ Ransomware · Data destruction
04 / Account Takeover

Inside-out attacks

Stolen sessions, MFA fatigue, rogue OAuth apps

Once they're logged in as a real user, attackers add forwarding rules, exfiltrate data, and send phishing to your customers, from your real domain.

↳ Session hijacking · Insider phishing
05 / Supplier Impersonation

Fake vendor invoices

From compromised partner accounts you know

Your supplier's email account gets popped; the attacker sends a real-looking invoice with "updated" banking details. Filters trust the sender, because it's real.

↳ Invoice fraud · Supply chain compromise
What we do

Six layers of defence. One MSP running them.

/01

Secure Email Gateway

Pre-delivery filtering on every inbound and outbound message. We block spam, viruses, and known-bad senders before they reach your tenant and keep your mail flowing during outages with cloud-based continuity.

Anti-spamDMARC/SPF/DKIMContinuity
/02

Cloud Email API Protection

A second layer that sits inside Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, scanning post-delivery and catching what native filters miss. We deploy in under a day with no MX-record changes and pull malicious messages back even after they've landed.

Post-delivery clawbackInternal emailNo MX changes
/03

Advanced Threat Protection

AI, sandboxing, and NLP-based behavioural analysis that catch the targeted attacks built specifically for your business. Every attachment is detonated; every link is re-checked at click time; every CFO impersonation gets flagged for human review.

SandboxingTime-of-click URLBEC detection
/04

Identity Threat Detection & Response

Watches the M365 and Workspace identities themselves, because once an attacker has the password, the email filter is too late. We catch suspicious logins, malicious inbox rules, and rogue OAuth apps, and isolate compromised accounts automatically.

Account takeoverRogue OAuth appsAuto-isolation
/05

Data Loss Prevention & Encryption

Keeps regulated data inside your business and protects it in transit when it has to leave. Pre-built templates for HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR; policy-based encryption that requires no end-user effort; secure send for files up to 2 GB.

HIPAA/PCI/GDPREncryptionLarge file send
/06

Awareness Training & Phishing Simulation

Short, plain-English training your team will actually finish. Realistic simulated campaigns built around real BEC patterns we've seen hit clients , plus a 90-second refresher every month, not a four-hour annual slog.

Phishing simMonthly refreshRisk scoring
Why Hoplon

Headquartered in Oak Brook. Built for the way you actually work.

We are not a single-vendor reseller with a templated checklist. We're an Illinois cybersecurity team that has spent years deploying and operating email security in real businesses and we know the difference between a 25-person accounting firm in Naperville and a 200-person manufacturer in the Loop.

That matters because the controls that work for a Fortune 500 fall apart in a small business. Our job is to give you enterprise-grade defences sized for your budget, deployed quickly, and explained in plain English so the next time your insurance broker asks if you have DMARC enforced, you can say yes without Googling what it means.

We deploy and operate
Secure Email GatewayCloud Email APIATP SandboxIdentity ITDRDLP & Encryption
01

Local team, local response

Oak Brook-based engineers who answer the phone , not a ticket queue in another timezone.

02

Best-of-breed, not single-vendor

We pick the right platform for each layer of your environment , not what we have to sell this quarter.

03

Flat, predictable pricing

Per-mailbox monthly pricing with no surprise project fees. You know what email security costs your business.

04

24/7 monitored SOC

Real humans review every quarantine queue and investigate alerts. Average alert-to-response under 12 minutes.

05

Insurance-broker ready

Every control we deploy is documented in a renewal packet your broker can drop straight into the questionnaire.

Cyber insurance & compliance

Renewal in 60 days? Don't wait for the questionnaire.

The new normal

In 2026, your insurer wants proof, not promises.

The cyber-insurance market has hardened. Carriers are denying renewal to businesses that can't demonstrate basic email controls and quietly walking away from BEC and ransomware claims when the attestations don't match reality.

We've sat in on dozens of broker calls. We know which questions about email security get scored the heaviest, which answers raise premiums, and which gaps quietly disqualify you from coverage altogether.

Hoplon delivers

The eight email controls insurers actually score

  • Multi-factor authentication, every mailboxDEPLOYED
  • DMARC enforced (p=reject)ENFORCED
  • Advanced threat & phishing protectionMANAGED
  • Attachment sandboxingACTIVE
  • Identity threat detection (ITDR)MONITORED
  • Outbound DLP for regulated dataENFORCED
  • Security awareness trainingMONTHLY
  • Phishing simulation programmeQUARTERLY

Our cyber renewal came back with three new email-security requirements we'd never seen. Hoplon had us compliant in nine days and our premium actually went down.

IT Director · 80-Person Professional Services Firm · DuPage County
Common questions

What buyers actually ask on the first call.

Q.01We already have Microsoft 365 , isn't that enough?
Built-in M365 filters catch obvious spam and known malware, but they miss most targeted phishing and BEC , especially attacks sent from compromised real accounts at your suppliers or partners. A dedicated service adds API-level inspection, behavioural AI, sandboxing, and a human SOC reviewing the gray zone. About one in five phishing emails gets through native filters; we catch the ones that do.
Q.02We're only a 20-person business. Are we really a target?
Yes and statistically, more of one than enterprises. Attackers specifically target small businesses because the defences are thinner and the wire-transfer authorisation chains are shorter. The FBI's IC3 report puts BEC losses at $2.7 billion in 2024, and small and mid-sized businesses account for the majority of victim counts.
Q.03Will deploying this break my normal mail flow?
No. We tune policy against your actual mail during onboarding and start in a low-impact, monitor-only mode. Legitimate senders keep working, and users can release their own quarantined messages if anything is held by mistake. The API-based layer and the identity layer require no MX-record changes at all.
Q.04How quickly can you get us renewal-ready?
For most businesses, two to three weeks. MFA, DMARC enforcement, ATP, and ITDR can all be live in the first week. The remaining items , DLP policy tuning, training programme rollout, and documentation , typically close out in week two or three. We hand you a renewal packet documented to broker standards.
Q.05What does it cost?
Per-mailbox monthly pricing, with the exact rate depending on which layers you need and your seat count. There are no setup fees, no project fees, and no surprises at renewal. After a 30-minute review we send a fixed quote in writing , usually within two business days.
Q.06We already have an IT person. Why do we need you?
Your IT person keeps the laptops running , that's important and we don't replace it. We do something different: we deploy email-specific defences your IT person isn't licensed for, monitor email and identity 24/7, and produce the documentation your insurer demands. Most of our clients keep their existing IT person and add us on top.
Free · 30 minutes · No pitch deck

Find the gap before someone else does.

Spend half an hour with a Hoplon engineer. We'll walk through your current mail flow, your insurer's email requirements, and the three biggest exposures we typically find at businesses your size. You'll leave with a written summary keep it whether or not we work together.

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