Security that lets you see clearly, and sleep soundly.
ClearDay Systems protects small and mid-sized businesses with managed security, best-in-class Cisco technology, and practical compliance guidance, without the enterprise price tag or the jargon. We specialize in on-premise and hybrid environments, and we secure the cloud tools you already use.
One partner for technology, operations, and compliance
Most small businesses juggle a reseller, a managed provider, and a consultant. We bring all three together so your tools, monitoring, and policies actually line up.
Security operations, handled
Round-the-clock monitoring and response so threats are caught and contained before they become incidents.
- 24/7 monitoring & alert triage
- Managed detection & response (MDR)
- Vulnerability & patch management
- Email, endpoint, and identity protection
- Incident response support
The right Cisco tools, deployed right
We help you select, deploy, and support Cisco security products sized to your environment and budget.
- Needs-based solution design
- Licensing guidance
- Installation & configuration
- Ongoing support and tuning
- Optional fully managed deployment
Governance, risk & compliance
Plain-English guidance to find your gaps, prioritize fixes, and prove your security posture to customers and auditors.
- Security & compliance gap analysis
- Risk assessments & risk registers
- Policy and procedure development
- Audit readiness support
- Virtual CISO advisory
OpenClaw agentic assistant implementation
AI assistants that can act on your behalf need careful setup. We're preparing a service to help small businesses deploy them with sensible access controls and oversight. Get in touch to be first to hear.
Ask about itHands-on engineering, not just advice
Good security lives in the details: rule bases, failover, VPNs, and logs. We design, build, and fix the infrastructure that holds your defenses up.
Firewall deployment & upgrades
Greenfield builds, cutovers, and software upgrades for next-generation firewalls and their management platforms, with documented method-of-procedure and backout plans.
Migrations
Moving off legacy or end-of-life firewalls, including rule translation, testing recommendations, and a safe cutover.
High availability & health checks
HA and clustering design, failover testing, and configuration and health reviews that find problems before outages do.
VPN & remote access
Site-to-site and remote-access VPN design with multifactor authentication, built to scale from a handful of users to thousands.
Policy & rule-base review
Clean up bloated, overly permissive, or undocumented firewall policies. Tighten access control and NAT while keeping the business running.
Troubleshooting & log analysis
Packet captures, flow tracing, and SIEM correlation to find the real cause of production issues and suspicious activity.
Hardening and policy work can be aligned with NIST, HIPAA, and PCI DSS requirements, and with DISA STIG guidance for government-adjacent environments.
Enterprise-grade protection, right-sized
Cisco's security platform covers the network, identity, endpoint, and cloud. We help you pick only what you need and make it all work together.
Secure Firewall
Next-generation firewall and threat defense for your network edge and data center.
Duo
Multi-factor authentication and device trust to stop credential-based attacks.
Secure Access
Cloud-delivered DNS security, secure web gateway, and zero trust access.
Secure Endpoint
Prevention, detection, and response on laptops, desktops, and servers.
Cisco XDR
Correlated detection and response across network, endpoint, email, and cloud.
Zero Trust
Verify every user, device, and connection. Duo, Secure Access, and segmentation work together to enforce least-privilege access.
Secure Email
Advanced protection against phishing, business email compromise, and malware.
Splunk
Security analytics and observability for visibility into what's happening.
Cisco, Duo, Splunk, and related product names are trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
Know where you stand before an auditor, insurer, or customer asks
A gap analysis is the fastest way to turn "are we compliant?" into a clear, prioritized roadmap.
Gap analysis
We compare your current controls against your chosen framework and deliver a findings report with severity ratings and a remediation roadmap.
Risk assessment
Identify assets, threats, and likelihood-versus-impact so you spend your budget where it reduces the most risk.
Policies & vCISO
Right-sized policies, incident response plans, vendor risk reviews, and ongoing executive-level security leadership on a fractional basis.
A simple path from uncertain to secure
Assess
We learn your business, map your assets, and run a gap analysis to establish a baseline.
Plan
You get a prioritized roadmap with realistic costs, so the biggest risks get fixed first.
Protect
We deploy and configure the right tools, Cisco and otherwise, and align policies to match.
Monitor & improve
Continuous monitoring, regular reporting, and periodic reassessment as you grow.
Straight answers. Right-sized protection.
On-premise and hybrid first
Your firewalls, servers, and data stay under your control. We design security for on-premise and hybrid setups, then extend it to cloud apps like ERP, accounting, and project tools.
Built for small business
You get real security expertise without hiring a full in-house team or buying tools you don't need.
Plain English
No fear tactics or acronym soup. We explain risks, options, and trade-offs so you can make informed decisions.
Tools and process together
Technology without policy leaves gaps, and policy without technology is just paper. We do both.
Led by a working security engineer
ClearDay Systems is led by Noel Stanford Oveson, Security Consultant, who has spent more than ten years designing, deploying, and troubleshooting enterprise firewalls and VPNs for commercial, public-sector, and classified-network customers.
Noel worked at Cisco Systems for several years as a firewall subject-matter expert and Designated Services Manager. He has led customer engagements, coordinated specialist engineering teams, contributed to large-scale high-availability firewall architecture projects, and delivered MFA-enabled remote access for thousands of users. His approach is disciplined and practical: clear runbooks, collaborative no-ego troubleshooting, and security controls mapped to standards including NIST, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. The goal is a secure, reliable production environment that works for both the security team and the business.
Enterprise firewall operations
ASA, FTD, and FMC, HA and clustering, NAT, and access control. Well-versed in both software and chassis upgrades.
VPN & identity
Site-to-site IPsec, AnyConnect remote access, MFA, RADIUS, and TACACS+.
Detection & troubleshooting
Splunk and QRadar, packet captures, flow analysis, and EDR.
Delivery
Proofs of concept, greenfield and cutover projects, STIG-aligned builds, and detailed procedures with backout plans.
Common questions
What size businesses do you work with?
We focus on small and mid-sized organizations that need strong security but don't have a dedicated security team.
Do I have to buy Cisco products to work with you?
No. Our managed security and GRC services stand on their own. We recommend Cisco where it's the best fit, and we'll tell you when it isn't.
What does a gap analysis involve?
We review your policies, configurations, and practices against a framework such as NIST CSF, HIPAA, or CMMC, then deliver a report that shows what's missing, how serious it is, and how to fix it in priority order.
Can you help us prepare for cyber insurance or a customer security questionnaire?
Yes. Insurers and customers increasingly ask for MFA, endpoint protection, backups, and documented policies. We help you close those gaps and answer questionnaires accurately.
Do you support cloud services, or only on-premise?
Our focus is on-premise and hybrid environments, where you keep control of your own infrastructure. We also secure the connections to cloud apps you already use, such as accounting, ERP, project management, and sales tools.
How do we get started?
Send us a note below for a free, no-obligation consultation. We'll talk through your environment and recommend a sensible first step.
Let's talk about your security goals
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