Dallas Managed IT & MSP Services

Stratify IT provides managed IT services to businesses throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and across Texas, with particular depth in sectors where the margin for error is low — defense contracting, healthcare, financial services, and energy. Each client relationship is built around a documented understanding of your infrastructure, headcount, and regulatory requirements before any service terms are set. Contact us to discuss your situation and receive a cost estimate specific to your environment.

What Our Managed Services Cover

The service areas below represent the core of what we manage on an ongoing basis. Coverage within each area is defined during the assessment phase based on your industry, your regulatory posture, and where your current infrastructure has documented gaps.

CMMC Compliance Support for Defense Contractors in Texas

The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) operates under increasingly specific cybersecurity requirements, and contractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information are subject to the full weight of CMMC 2.0's 110-control framework derived from NIST SP 800-171. For many organizations, the path to certification involves gaps across multiple control families — Access Control, Incident Response, Configuration Management, and System and Communications Protection among them — that require both technical remediation and documented policy to close.

Stratify IT works with DIB contractors as a CMMC consulting partner, supporting System Security Plan (SSP) development, gap assessments against the CMMC 2.0 practice requirements, and the implementation work needed before engaging a certified third-party assessment organization (C3PAO) for a formal Level 2 assessment. The goal is documentation and technical controls that satisfy assessor review — not a self-assessment score that collapses under independent verification.

Stratify IT is SAM-registered with CAGE code 0QV14, which matters for contractors whose prime contractors require verified supplier credentials as part of their own compliance posture. If your organization is working toward CMMC certification or needs to understand where your current cybersecurity posture stands relative to the requirements, contact us for a scoped estimate.

Industry-Specific IT Expertise Across the DFW Region

The requirements facing a defense manufacturer in Grand Prairie differ substantially from those facing a medical group in Plano or an energy firm in Fort Worth — in terms of applicable frameworks, control specificity, and the consequences of a gap. The cards below reflect the industries where we have the most direct experience, and where that distinction in treatment matters most.

Why Organizations in the Dallas Area Choose a Managed Services Model

Many businesses arrive at managed services after dealing with the compounding costs of reactive IT support: emergency repair invoices, productivity losses during outages, or a security incident that exposed gaps no one had formally assessed.

A managed model replaces that pattern with structured, ongoing oversight — and a team accountable for outcomes rather than billable hours. For organizations with active compliance obligations, that continuity also means regulatory knowledge stays current without requiring a dedicated internal hire or repeated project engagements to fill the gaps.

How Engagements Start

New client relationships begin with an assessment of your current systems — infrastructure topology, security posture, active vendor relationships, and any existing compliance documentation. That assessment is the basis for pricing and scope; nothing is proposed before we have a documented picture of what you're working with.

For defense contractors specifically, the assessment includes a review of your current NIST 800-171 self-assessment score and documentation to identify what remediation is needed before a formal CMMC 2.0 readiness review would be productive. For other regulated industries, we map your current controls against the applicable framework before recommending any changes.

How the Process Works:

1. Environment Assessment
   • Infrastructure Review: We document your current systems, network architecture, endpoint inventory, and any existing security controls or compliance documentation.
   • Gap Identification: We map findings against your regulatory obligations — whether that's CMMC, HIPAA, or another framework — to identify what needs to change and in what order.
2. Scoped Service Design
   • Tailored Coverage: Managed services are scoped to what your environment actually requires, not a predetermined tier. You receive a clear statement of what is and isn't included.
   • Transparent Pricing: Monthly fees are fixed and documented before the engagement starts. There are no variable charges for routine support activity within the defined scope.
3. Structured Onboarding
   • Minimal Disruption: Transition work is scheduled around your operations, with implementation activity prioritized for off-hours where possible.
   • Environment Documentation: Our team builds thorough runbooks and environment documentation during onboarding, which reduces resolution time throughout the engagement.
4. Ongoing Management & Review
   • Continuous Monitoring: 24/7 system monitoring begins at go-live, along with patch management, security updates, and compliance control maintenance.
   • Quarterly Reviews: Scheduled strategic reviews track your technology posture against business objectives and surface emerging risks or investment priorities.

What to Expect After Onboarding:

• Defined Onboarding Timeline: Most environments complete full onboarding within two to four weeks, depending on complexity
• Active Monitoring from Day One: Security and system monitoring coverage is active before the onboarding period closes
• Direct Technician Access: You work with staff who know your environment, not a rotating anonymous queue
• Regular Reporting: Performance summaries and security status updates delivered on a consistent schedule, covering patch compliance, ticket volume, and any open risk items

While the majority of our clients are based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, our managed IT and cybersecurity compliance services extend to organizations in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio under the same engagement model. For businesses operating across multiple Texas locations, we support consistent policy enforcement and centralized oversight regardless of where your offices are distributed.