Security that lets you see clearly, and sleep soundly.
ClearDay Systems helps small and mid-sized businesses with hands-on security response, Cisco security solutions, 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.
OpenClaw agentic assistant
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.
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.
One partner for technology, operations, and compliance
Most small businesses juggle a vendor, an IT provider, and a consultant. We bring that expertise together so your tools, response plans, and policies actually line up.
Hands-on security response
Business-hours alert review and incident response, so suspicious activity gets investigated and contained quickly.
- Alert review & triage (business hours)
- Incident investigation & root-cause analysis
- Vulnerability & patch management
- Email, endpoint, and identity protection solutions
- Incident response support
The right Cisco tools, deployed right
We help you choose, design, deploy, and support Cisco security solutions sized to your environment and budget.
- Needs-based solution design
- Licensing guidance
- Installation & configuration
- Prepaid support hours for ongoing help and tuning
- Hands-on deployment and handover
Help when something stops working
When a tunnel drops or a firewall change breaks something, we work the problem with you until it's back, using your prepaid support hours.
- Site-to-site and remote access VPN troubleshooting
- Firewall traffic, NAT, and rule problems
- Certificate problems
- Cloud and hybrid connectivity issues
- Performance and packet-loss investigation
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
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.
Respond & improve
Alert review during business hours, incident support when something happens, and periodic reassessment as you grow.
Hands-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.
When something stops working, we help you bring it back
Not the initial setup, the "it was working yesterday" call. Buy a block of prepaid hours and use it whenever a problem comes up, for as long as it takes to get to the cause.
Site-to-site VPN tunnels
Negotiation and handshake failures, mismatched settings, and tunnels that dropped. We work through it with the people on the other end until both sides talk again.
Remote access VPN
Users who can't connect, authenticate, or get decent performance once they do.
Firewalls
Blocked traffic, NAT and rule problems, and things that broke after a change.
Certificates
Expired or mismatched certificates that quietly break VPN and TLS connections.
Cloud and hybrid links
Connectivity problems between your network and AWS or Azure.
Performance
Latency and packet-loss investigation, from the first symptom to the root cause.
Support is delivered during business hours. Work outside business hours, including emergencies, is available by arrangement at a premium rate.
Your cloud, set up right and kept that way
Cloud accounts are quick to open and easy to leave exposed. We help you build and review AWS and Azure environments with sensible identity, network, and access controls, then keep them tuned as you grow.
Secure foundations
Account and subscription structure, least-privilege access, and a configuration review that finds what was left open.
Identity & MFA
Multi-factor authentication and sensible access rules, so one stolen password isn't the end of the story.
Hybrid connectivity
Secure links between your own network and the cloud, designed so your on-premise firewalls and your cloud work together.
On AWS, that includes
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 for a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Verify every user, device, and connection
A traditional VPN trusts anyone who gets in. Zero trust gives each person access to only the applications they need, and only from a device you can vouch for. We design and deploy it with Zscaler or with Cisco's Duo and Secure Access, whichever fits you.
Plan the move
A zero trust design and roadmap aligned with NIST SP 800-207, so you know what changes first and what can wait.
Deploy it
Zscaler internet and private access, or Cisco's Duo and Secure Access, configured around how your people actually work.
Retire the VPN
Move remote access from broad VPN tunnels to application-level access, one step at a time and without a big-bang cutover.
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 security response 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.
Do you offer 24/7 monitoring?
Not at this time. ClearDay Systems provides alert review and incident response during business hours. If your business needs round-the-clock coverage, we will tell you plainly and can help you evaluate a 24/7 provider or tooling that fits.
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.
Where do I buy Cisco products?
Cisco products are purchased through Cisco's authorized partners. We help you decide what you actually need, design and deploy it, and support it afterward.
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.
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