Cybersecurity Protection
See whether threats can be found and stopped quickly.
35+ years of secure, reliable technology for Bay Area businesses.
Reliable Managed IT and Network Services for Bay Area Businesses
A new wave of automation is coming. We help Bay Area businesses get their networks ready for growth. Helpdesk, monitoring, cloud, and network support for companies with about 50 to 250 employees, plus clear guardrails so employee AI tools do not put your data at risk. Local San Jose team. Call (408) 243-1100.
Ready for growth
Grow with AI. Keep your data safe.
A free 15-minute check shows whether your network is ready for the new wave of automation, where employee AI tools could put data at risk, and what to fix first so growth stays on track. (This is our Cybersecurity Risk Assessment.)
- 99.99%
- Measurable Results
- 1-15 min
- Security Operations Team Detects Threats
- < 15 mins
- Average Ticket Closure
What we evaluate
What we check so growth stays on track
We review the people, systems, and processes that keep your business secure and running.
Keeping the Business Running
Check whether your business can keep operating during an outage or attack.
Customer and Legal Requirements
Find gaps that could cause audit, insurance, or customer problems.
Data Backup and Recovery
Make sure important data can be restored after an incident.
Safe Remote Work
Protect employees and business data wherever work happens.
Cloud and Network Reliability
Find weak points in the systems and connections your business relies on.
Our expertise
Every industry grows differently. The weak spots do too.
Construction & Engineering
Construction and engineering firms depend on reliable technology across offices, job sites, field teams, project managers, and on-premise systems, making secure IT operations essential to protecting deadlines, budgets, and client trust.
- Protect project data and intellectual property including drawings, bids, contracts, specifications, financials, and client records.
- Keep field teams connected with secure access to files, applications, email, phones, and collaboration tools from job sites and remote locations.
- Reduce downtime across critical systems including servers, networks, workstations, cloud platforms, estimating software, accounting systems, and project management tools.
- Strengthen cybersecurity and compliance by reducing the risk of ransomware, data loss, unauthorized access, and vendor-related security gaps.
- Support business continuity with backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, patching, and proactive IT management that keeps projects moving.
Biotech
Protect critical research, lab operations, and regulated data with IT systems built for uptime, security, and compliance.
- Secure sensitive research data across lab systems, file shares, endpoints, cloud platforms, and on-premise infrastructure.
- Reduce downtime in lab and business operations with proactive monitoring, patching, backup, recovery, and infrastructure management.
- Strengthen cybersecurity controls to help prevent ransomware, data theft, unauthorized access, and disruption to research workflows.
- Support compliance and audit readiness with documented security practices, access controls, encryption, endpoint protection, and risk management.
- Modernize technology without disrupting science by aligning IT strategy with research priorities, operational growth, and business continuity.
Professional Services
Keep your firm productive, protected, and client-ready with managed IT and cybersecurity built for professional service teams that depend on reliable systems, secure data, and uninterrupted operations.
- Protect confidential client, financial, legal, and project data from unauthorized access, ransomware, and accidental exposure.
- Reduce downtime by keeping workstations, servers, cloud platforms, and on-premise systems monitored, maintained, and supported.
- Strengthen compliance readiness with security controls, documentation, patching, access management, and backup protection.
- Enable consultants, designers, advisors, and administrative teams to collaborate securely across the office, remote locations, and client sites.
- Improve business continuity with proactive IT management, rapid response, and recovery planning that keeps client work moving.
Non-Profits
Nonprofits rely on secure, dependable systems to manage donor data, coordinate programs, support staff, and deliver services without disruption.
- Protect donor and client data from breaches, ransomware, and unauthorized access.
- Keep programs running with reliable IT support, proactive maintenance, and business continuity planning.
- Strengthen compliance readiness for grant, privacy, insurance, and board-level requirements.
- Support hybrid teams and volunteers with secure access to email, files, applications, and collaboration tools.
- Maximize limited budgets by reducing downtime, avoiding costly emergencies, and aligning technology with mission priorities.
Technology
Ensure your production systems, intellectual property, and business operations stay secure, reliable, and available with managed IT and cybersecurity built for technology manufacturers.
- Protect sensitive designs, engineering files, source code, product data, and customer information from theft, ransomware, and unauthorized access.
- Reduce downtime across production systems, workstations, servers, networks, and on-premise infrastructure that your manufacturing operations depend on.
- Strengthen cybersecurity with proactive monitoring, endpoint protection, patch management, vulnerability scanning, secure access controls, and incident response.
- Support compliance requirements, vendor security reviews, cyber insurance demands, and internal risk management expectations.
- Scale technology operations with reliable IT support, infrastructure planning, backup and recovery, cloud integration, and security governance as your business grows.
Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication & CNC
Keep production running, protect critical systems, and reduce costly downtime across your CNC machines, shop floor, office network, and business applications.
- Strengthen uptime for CNC machines, CAD/CAM workstations, servers, and production systems.
- Protect intellectual property, drawings, customer files, and machine programming data.
- Reduce operational risk from ransomware, equipment outages, and unsupported legacy systems.
- Improve visibility across shop floor technology, office systems, vendors, and remote access.
- Support compliance, cyber insurance requirements, and customer security expectations.
Why BC Networks
Security that supports growth
A new wave of automation is coming. Technology gaps can stall growth, expose data, and damage customer trust. For more than 35 years, BC Networks has helped Bay Area businesses get their networks ready for opportunity, reduce risk, and move with confidence when tools like AI show up in everyday work.
35+ Years in the Bay Area
Deep local expertise serving regulated and growth-stage organizations since 1989.
Executive-Level Partnership
Direct access to senior advisors who understand business context, not just technology.
Outcome-Focused Approach
We measure success by business results, not technical metrics alone.
Responsive Support
Average 15 minute response time with dedicated account management.
- 35+
- Years Serving Bay Area
- 5000+
- Endpoints Managed
- 4.9/5
- Client Satisfaction
- < 15 min
- Avg Response Time
Client perspective
Trusted by Bay Area business leaders
“BC Networks is a professional organization that looks out for the needs of our organization, understanding our goal of efficiency and zero downtime. Their entire team is focused on ensuring that our needs are met and understands the importance of being responsive.”
Building trust since 1989
Meet the founder
Built in Silicon Valley. Grounded in responsibility.
Dave Brewer began Brewer Consulting in 1989, helping Bay Area organizations build reliable technology at a time when business networks were still taking shape.
Across every major technology shift since, his focus has remained consistent: understand what the business depends on, close the gaps that could interrupt it, and build systems leaders can trust as automation and AI become part of everyday work.
1989
Brewer Consulting begins serving Silicon Valley organizations.
1999–2001
Dave helps lead iBEAM's nationwide streaming infrastructure through its IPO era.
2002
BC Networks launches its managed services model.
2023
Dave becomes a cybersecurity author and expands his executive risk guidance.
How the assessment works
A clear path from gaps to confident growth
We find the gaps, explain the business impact in plain language, and help you focus on the changes that reduce risk and get your network ready for growth opportunities.
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Assess
Map IT and AI-related gaps against your growth goals.
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Align
Prioritize actions based on business objectives.
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Protect
Implement controls and safeguards.
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Monitor
Continuous oversight and threat detection.
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Report
Executive dashboards and compliance documentation.
Get started
Prepare your network before the next growth opportunity
Start with a free 15-minute AI Readiness Check and get clear next steps so your network is ready for growth. Includes our Cybersecurity Risk Assessment.
Insights
Perspectives for business leaders
Why Small Businesses in Silicon Valley Are Prime Targets for Cyber Attack
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Cybersecurity for Law Firms in San Jose: What You Must Protect in 2026
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How Much Do Cybersecurity Services Cost in San Jose in 2026?
Most San Jose business owners don’t find out how much a cyberattack costs until they’re already dealing with one. By then, the damage to downtime, data loss, and client trust is done.
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