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Big Sky Cybersecurity

Our goal is to empower you with the confidence that your digital assets are protected. Local team. 24-hour response. Proven protection when prevention fails.

With Big Sky Cybersecurity, you can offload the complexities of IT and cybersecurity management, allowing your organization to focus on its core business objectives. Big Sky Cybersecurity is Montana's cybersecurity crisis response specialists. Most IT companies keep the basics running: email, printers, password resets. But when things move from everyday IT to a cyberattack, we're the team that gets the call to support you. We're a Montana based women owned (WOSB) firm with offices in Great Falls, Helena, and Billings. Our team provides digital forensics and incident response, pe*******on testing, and cybersecurity-first managed IT with fixed monthly pricing and no surprise bills. Healthcare organizations trust us for pe*******on testing, complete HIPAA compliance management, 24/7 threat monitoring, and certified incident response.

08/14/2026

We sell pe*******on testing, so here is the honest version of what it does not do. 🤝

It does not fix anything. The report tells you what to address, and someone still has to address it.

It describes one moment in time, not a permanent state.

And if you do not yet have multifactor authentication turned on or verified backups, a test will confirm that at a cost. Fixing those first is usually the better order, and we will tell you that during scoping rather than after the invoice.

Testing is worth it when the basics are handled. Message us and we will tell you where you stand.

08/13/2026

Buying a pe*******on test for the first time? Three questions will tell you more than the price will. 💬

1. How much of this is done by hand, and what happens after the automated part finishes?
2. Who is actually doing the work, what are their certifications, and is any of it subcontracted?
3. Will you ask what matters most to us before you start? A tester who does not know where your most sensitive data lives cannot tell you which findings are urgent.

Ask us those questions too. We would rather you buy well than buy from us by default.

08/12/2026

Most serious security problems are not one big dramatic flaw. They are four small ordinary things that happen to line up. 🧩

An old account nobody removed. Access granted for a project that ended years ago. A file somebody exported once and forgot. Records sitting in that file that should have stayed in the main system.

On their own, each of those looks like housekeeping. Together they are a straight path to your most sensitive information.

Finding that path takes a person who notices the first item and follows it. That is the work we do by hand. Message us to learn more.

Request a scope conversation today at https://bigsky.tech/contact/

08/11/2026

There is a difference between a security scan and a security test. 🔍

A scan checks your systems against a list of known problems and hands you a sorted report. Useful but it is not the same thing as someone actually trying to get in.

A test means a person works your environment, follows what they find, and shows you the specific path to your most important information. Small issues that look minor on their own often connect into something that is not minor at all.

Our team does that work by hand here in Montana. Message us if you have never had anyone genuinely test your systems.

08/10/2026

Here is what has changed about how organizations get breached. 🔑

Most of the time now, nobody breaks anything. They log in with a real password, or they capture an active session after someone approves a legitimate looking sign-in prompt.

That means the login looks completely normal in your records. Nothing gets flagged because technically nothing failed. Multi-factor authentication still matters, and it is not the whole answer. Attackers have adapted to it.

Our testing covers this directly, including whether passwords exposed in other companies' breaches still work on your systems. Message us to learn more.

08/06/2026

Renewal season tip for Montana clinics and practices. 🗂️

Cyber insurance applications ask detailed questions about which security controls you have in place. Those forms usually get filled out by whoever has time, and the answers often go in without anyone verifying them.

If an answer turns out to be slightly off, that can become a conversation at claim time about the application rather than the coverage. Not because anyone meant to misstate anything, but because the form asked something the person filling it out could not confirm.

A current risk assessment solves that. Message us before your next renewal.

08/05/2026

Everyone does HIPAA training. Fewer practices can prove who finished what, and when. 📋

That proof is called attestation, and it means dated records for each person, tied to the policy version in place at the time. Without it, the training happened but the documentation cannot show it.

We will also say the obvious part. Better training costs staff hours, and clinic hours are already stretched thin. That is why we build it role based, so your front desk is not sitting through material meant for IT.

Want to know what your current records would show? Message us.

08/04/2026

Here is a compliance gap we find constantly, and it has nothing to do with software. 🏥

HIPAA covers administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. That last one gets left out of most risk assessments we review. Think screen visibility from the waiting room, who has keys after hours, and where retired computers actually went.

The good news is that these are usually the cheapest problems to fix. The catch is that nobody can assess them from another state. Someone has to walk the building.

That is one advantage of having your IT partner based in Montana. Message us to learn more.

08/03/2026

Question for the practice managers out there: when was your last HIPAA risk assessment, and does it still describe how your clinic actually runs today? 🩺

We meet a lot of Montana practices with an assessment on file from a few EHR changes and a few staff turnovers ago. It counts as documentation. It just is not accurate anymore, and accuracy is the part that matters when someone asks.

Our team built these programs for hospitals, then right sized them for clinics and small practices. Same rigor, far less paperwork.
Message us if you want a straight answer on where your practice stands.

07/30/2026

Four things we hear from Montana business owners, and what is actually true. 🤔

1. We are too small to be a target. Most victims are not selected, they are found by automated scanning that never checks company size.
2. Our IT provider handles security. Sometimes. Often the contract covers monitoring and patching, which is maintenance, not security.
3. We have cyber insurance. Most policies now require specific controls to be in place at the time you file a claim.
4. We are compliant. Compliance is a floor, not a finish line.

None of these are careless assumptions. They are just worth checking. Which one have you heard most?

Address

600 Central Avenue Suite 311
Great Falls, MT
59401

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Website

http://www.bigsky.tech/

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