How are AI-driven threats changing what compliance buyers need from an MSP?

AI has industrialized parts of the threat landscape. Voice cloning makes phone-based fraud convincing, generative tools produce phishing at scale and quality that older filters miss, and some ransomware now adapts to evade detection. For compliance buyers this raises the bar on identity controls, out-of-band verification, continuous monitoring, and staff training, and it makes the gap between a provider that watches for these patterns and one that does not a material risk.

What does SOC 2 Type II mean, and why does it matter when selecting an MSP?

A SOC 2 Type II attestation is an independent auditor's report that an organization's controls were not just designed appropriately but operated effectively over a period of months. For an MSP it evidences operating discipline rather than a marketing claim. Compliance buyers should treat it as a baseline to require, not a differentiator to be impressed by; its absence is the more telling signal.

Managed IT & Cybersecurity · Texas

Cybersecurity for regulated Texas organizations.

Name: Mandry Technology Solutions
Address: 4521 98th St, Lubbock, TX, 79424, US
Telephone: +1-806-791-3661
Price range: Custom

Built for the AI era. Compliance for industries that cannot afford to fail.

Texas-based managed IT and cybersecurity for healthcare, banking, government, and private education, where compliance and security failures carry consequences that don't quietly resolve. SOC 2 Type II discipline, 24/7 security operations, and regulatory literacy built for AI-era threats.

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SOC 2 Type II

Controls operating effectively over time.

20+ yrs

Continuous Texas operation.

97%

Client retention.

24/7 SOC

Monitoring by certified experts.

Security-Driven · Compliance-First

One discipline, applied across every layer of the environment.

The same operating standard (SOC 2 Type II, 24/7 monitoring, audit-ready documentation) runs through every practice. Select one to see how it holds up under regulatory scrutiny.

Revenue-leading · Security anchor

Cybersecurity

MDR and SOC monitoring, identity and access, vulnerability management, and incident response, with explicit coverage of AI-era threats like voice cloning and generative social engineering.

24/7 detection and response via Arctic Wolf partnership
Out-of-band verification against social engineering and wire fraud
Incident response on regulator-aligned notification timelines

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Industries

Built for compliance first industries who can't afford oversight or shortcuts.

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Healthcare

HIPAA. EHR continuity. 24/7 clinical environments.

Downtime affects patient care, and ransomware in clinical environments is now a continuity threat, not just a data one. OCR enforcement actions and a rising cyber-insurance bar have moved the standard. We build for the environment regulators and insurers actually inspect.

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Banking & Finance

FFIEC. GLBA Safeguards. Examination-grade IT.

Community banks and credit unions operate under FFIEC oversight while facing wire fraud that now includes AI voice cloning. There is a real gap between what examinations expect and what most regional MSPs deliver. We close it with examination-grade documentation.

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State & Local Government

Texas DIR. TX-RAMP. CJIS.

Texas municipalities, counties, and districts are working to meet TX-RAMP requirements while ransomware targets local government and the procurement bar keeps rising. We understand the regulatory environment, not just the technology.

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Private Education

FERPA. GLBA Safeguards. Small IT teams under audit pressure.

Private K-12 schools and private colleges carry FERPA obligations, and the 2023 GLBA Safeguards Rule expansion now reaches financial-aid offices. Accreditation bodies expect more on cybersecurity. We work the way small IT teams under audit pressure need.

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Other Industries

Full practice stack for regulated and mid-market organizations.

Adjacent regulated and mid-market organizations Mandry continues to serve day-to-day, with the same SOC 2 Type II discipline and framework-aligned documentation as the four headline verticals.

Compliance

The regulatory frameworks we operate against.

Mandry's discipline is built around the specific frameworks our industries are actually governed by. For each, we maintain controls, content, and audit-ready documentation.

HIPAA

Healthcare: Security Rule, Privacy Rule, breach notification.

FFIEC

Banking IT examination.

GLBA

Financial services and higher-ed financial aid.

FERPA

Education records.

TX-RAMP

Texas state cloud vendor certification.

Texas DIR

Texas state and local government cybersecurity.

CJIS

Law enforcement access controls and audit requirements.

CIS Controls

CIS v8 prioritized safeguards and Implementation Groups.

SOC 2 Type II · ours

MSP operating discipline; Mandry's own attestation.

Memberships

HCISPP

Vendor Stack

Services

Five practices, organized around security and compliance.

Cybersecurity

MDR and SOC monitoring, identity and access, vulnerability management, and incident response, with explicit coverage of AI-era threats like voice cloning and generative social engineering. This is the security anchor the rest of the work is built around.

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Managed IT

24/7 helpdesk, vCIO advisory, co-managed IT, and technology roadmapping. The umbrella that keeps regulated environments running with documentation that holds up under review.

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Unified Communications

Cloud UC, business VoIP, SIP trunking, and carrier brokerage. The communications layer for organizations whose IT partner should already understand their compliance posture.

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Cloud

Azure migration, Microsoft 365 management, hybrid cloud, and cloud security, designed for environments that can't move to public cloud without keeping their controls intact.

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AI Governance & Security

AI adoption policies, tool risk assessment, data handling guardrails, and oversight frameworks aligned to your compliance obligations. For regulated teams deploying Copilot, LLMs, and automation without losing control of what gets accessed, stored, or sent.

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How We Work

The work, in scenarios.

Mandry doesn't publish client logos. What follows are anonymized scenarios reflecting the kind of work the team actually does. The framing is honest; the technical specifics are real.

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Banking Scenario

What we do when a community bank's wire desk takes a call from someone speaking in the CEO's exact voice.

Voice-cloning attacks on community banks succeed the way they always have: a familiar voice, urgency in the request, a wire that nearly clears before someone gets suspicious. The work that prevents the next one begins before the call: out-of-band verification protocols built into the wire process, identity controls layered against social engineering, and a 24/7 SOC watching for the access patterns that precede these attempts. When something does get through, the response is procedural: contain, document, notify the right regulators on the right timeline, and turn the event into hardened controls before the next attempt.

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Healthcare Scenario

What we do when a regional hospital network discovers their backups haven't been tested in 18 months.

The discovery usually happens during an audit or a near-miss, never at a convenient time. Untested backups in a healthcare environment mean HIPAA exposure, clinical continuity risk, and a regulator-visible finding that doesn't quietly close. The work starts with a verified recovery test against a representative slice of the environment, then expands into a recovery program with documented runbooks, RTO and RPO defined by data class, and quarterly testing tied to the organization's risk register. The compliance officer ends up with evidence that holds under scrutiny. Clinical leadership ends up with a recovery posture that holds under pressure.

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Government Scenario

What we do when a state agency under TX-RAMP must migrate workloads without losing data-class controls.

TX-RAMP certification depends on documented cloud security controls, data residency boundaries, and vendor oversight that survive migration, not just a signed contract. Mandry maps data classes before cutover, preserves access controls through hybrid architecture where required, and maintains cloud security documentation continuously. The IT director gets a migration that meets the deadline; the compliance officer gets evidence that holds up when TX-RAMP reviewers ask what changed.

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Education Scenario

What we do when a private school faces a FERPA review and cannot produce a current asset inventory.

Education record access controls depend on knowing what systems exist, who can reach them, and what changed since the last review. For a school operating under FERPA, missing inventory and change documentation is both an operational risk and an examination finding. Mandry maintains continuous asset tracking, documented change management workflows, and access control evidence tied to staff roles.

Coverage

Operating from Texas.

Headquarters in Lubbock and regional service hubs across Texas, with statewide coverage for compliance-driven organizations from West Texas hospitals to DFW financial institutions.

Lubbock

Headquarters

West Texas headquarters and base of operations.

For Lubbock Companies

Plano

North Texas service hub

DFW and North Texas coverage.

For DFW Companies

San Antonio

South Texas service hub

South Texas and San Antonio metro coverage.

For San Antonio Companies

Headquarters Office

FAQ

Questions buyers ask us.

What is managed IT services?

Managed IT services is the practice of outsourcing the ongoing management, monitoring, and support of an organization's technology environment to a specialized provider. Mandry's approach is compliance-focused and security-forward, built specifically around regulated industries rather than general small-business IT, which means controls, documentation, and reporting are designed to hold up under audit.

What's the difference between an MSP and an MSSP?

A managed service provider (MSP) manages and supports an organization's IT operations. A managed security service provider (MSSP) operates security monitoring and response, typically through a 24/7 security operations center. Mandry operates as both: managed services discipline combined with a real 24/7 security operation, so security is built into the IT rather than bolted onto it.

What is a managed IT services company?

A managed IT services company, sometimes called an MSP, takes day-to-day operating responsibility for an organization's IT environment under a recurring service relationship. The scope typically includes help desk, endpoint and network management, cloud services, cybersecurity, and strategic technology advisory. Mandry operates all five practices under one operating discipline rather than referring clients to third parties.

What industries does Mandry specialize in?

Healthcare, banking and finance, state and local government in Texas, and private education. The four-vertical focus concentrates regulatory literacy where it matters most. Adjacent industries Mandry continues to serve are addressed on the Other Industries page.

How does Mandry approach pricing?

Pricing is custom to the environment, with no published rates and an assessment-first engagement model. Every compliance environment differs in size, regulatory scope, and risk profile, and a one-size-fits-all rate would signal a one-size-fits-all service. Engagements begin with an assessment so that scope and pricing reflect the environment as it actually is.

Does Mandry serve organizations outside Texas?

Mandry is headquartered in Lubbock with North Texas and South Texas service hubs in Plano and San Antonio. Texas is the primary service area. The firm also serves organizations in adjacent states and works with multi-state operators, particularly private equity portfolios, hospital networks, and regional bank holding companies with locations across the South and Southwest.

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