Valley CyberSecurity



Our mission is to empower small and mid-sized businesses with straightforward, effective cybersecurity solutions that protect their operations.By offering tailored, no-nonsense strategies, we help our clients build resilient foundations to safeguard their data.Our approach is to help our clients build a security program that focuses not on the latest shiny solution or tool but rather on the simple and effective measures that can often be implemented without much additional cost.Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Valley Cybersecurity offers in-person and remote services to a variety of industries.


Cybersecurity Consulting Services

Our consulting services enable our customers to protect what matters: their business. We offer cybersecurity leadership, guidance, and experience to empower business owners to build strong and sustainable security foundations.With a special focus on small to mid-sized businesses, Valley Cybersecurity makes security simple and attainable.


Security Education & Training

With 68% of cybersecurity breaches involving a human element, effective training is crucial to safeguarding your organization. No matter how robust your cybersecurity technologies are, they cannot protect against threats if employees aren't trained to recognize suspicious activity.Valley Cybersecurity offers fully managed security education and training programs that strengthen your most important asset.


About Us

The founders of Valley Cybersecurity have worked to develop a practice that focuses on enabling small and mid-sized businesses to reduce their cyber risk.With over 20 years combined experience, across various industries and security specialities, the team is poised to offer services that add value and help their clients protect their business.


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Cybersecurity Consulting Services


Our Approach: Simple, Impactful, Budget-FriendlyWe understand that cybersecurity can feel overwhelming, especially for businesses with limited resources. That’s why we cut through the jargon and deliver guidance that is easy to understand, affordable, and focused on what matters most—keeping your business safe. With over 20 years of combined industry experience, we’re dedicated to making security accessible and effective.

Key Services Offered:

  • General Consulting: Enabling businesses to build out an information security program from the ground up. We can help you prioritize the most critical security improvements especially when you are not sure where to start. We work with each customer to understand their business and customize our security recommendations.

  • Secure Architecture Design: Creating layered defenses across your environment to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen overall security.

  • Industry-Specific Audit & Compliance: Guiding your business through compliance requirements and audits with security best practices tailored to your industry.

  • Detection Strategies: Ensuring key data is logged, processed, and analyzed to generate meaningful, actionable alerts that help detect and respond to threats effectively.

  • Vulnerability Management: Proactively identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating vulnerabilities to keep your operations secure.

  • CIS Critical Controls Implementation: Applying prioritized CIS Controls to establish a strong, practical security foundation.

Our service is built for businesses that value security as a growth enabler. Whether you’re starting from scratch or strengthening existing practices, we provide clear, actionable support to ensure your cybersecurity strategy is both solid and sustainable.

Security Education & Training


Our Continuous Security Education Program starts with comprehensive initial training and reinforces key concepts through regular, bite-sized learning modules. The short modules are designed to keep cybersecurity top of mind. The program will be tailored to the organization’s needs and can be adjusted for various user types.The effectiveness of the program is tested using simulated phishing campaigns. These simulations test employee awareness in real-time and help identify areas where additional training may be needed. By integrating continuous education with regular assessments, a culture of security vigilance can be created to ensure employees remain sharp and prepared for evolving threats.The program delivers training, performs phishing simulations and tracks the company’s performance through key metrics.

Education Program Components:

  • Annual Training: Covers key security fundamentals as well as any compliance/regulatory specific topics

  • Quarterly Training: Targets various roles within the business with extremely relevant material

  • Monthly Training: Reinforces key topics and emerging industry trends

  • Phishing Campaigns: Delivers intelligent phishing emails on a weekly basis and targeted spear phishing attempts on a quarterly basis

  • Security Awareness Proficiency Assessment: Evaluates the employee’s understanding of key security topics and guides future training planning

  • Other Resources: Security-relevant posters and newsletters

We also offer personalized onsite training that engages staff with demonstrations and discussion which helps to foster a strong security culture.Valley Cybersecurity can customize training to feature all or part of the above Comprehensive Security Education Program.

About Us


With over 20 years of combined experience in cybersecurity, we bring deep expertise and a strong commitment to protecting organizations from today’s advanced threats.The team understands the difficulties small and mid-sized businesses face when it comes to cybersecurity and cyber risks. Traditionally security solutions and products are complex, costly, and high maintenance making them difficult to obtain. Most IT companies offer basic security services but fail to address the key fundamentals that offer the most significant protections.With backgrounds in public safety and managed IT services, the Valley Cybersecurity team understands the importance of security across a variety of industries.Our team also holds top industry certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert (GSE), and Certified Incident Handler (GCIH). These credentials reflect our dedication to maintaining the highest standards in cybersecurity knowledge and practice.

Co-Founders

Amanda Beratta

TJ Nicholls