Cybersecurity · Security Leadership · Risk & Compliance

Secure your business.
Get a security leader in your corner. Grow with confidence.

Your outsourced cybersecurity team: a virtual CISO (your head of security), risk assessments, and a human firewall, for companies too lean to hire a full-time security leader. We keep your AI safe, too.

Two decades working at Microsoft, the White House Communications Agency, and U.S. government agencies, now protecting growing businesses.

Cybersecurity Experts Built by Microsoft Employees White House Communications Agency 20+ years PCI-DSS · CMMC · HIPAA · NIST CSF · RMF · CIS
The threat most growing businesses can't see

Who's actually protecting your business right now?

The real villain is invisible: the cyber risk no one owns, while phishing, ransomware, and ungoverned AI hunt growing businesses every day. Nehlos becomes the security team you don't have.

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80%

of employees at small & midsize companies bring their own AI tools to work, often with no policy or oversight.

68%

of data breaches involve a human element, a mistake or someone being tricked.

$250K+

typical salary of a full-time CISO (head of security), out of reach for most growing businesses.

Source: FDD, 2026
39%

of employees who use AI at work have received any AI training from their employer.

What we do

Four ways we protect and power your business

Cybersecurity & a human firewall, AI guardrails, risk & compliance, and education, we meet you where you are.

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Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

From a one-time AI Readiness Assessment to a full outsourced security office, priced for growing businesses.

Most clients start at $3,000–$5,000/mo.

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The transformation

From exposed and unsure, to secure and confident

Here's the difference a real partner makes.

Without a partner

  • AI tools spreading with no rules or oversight
  • Scrambling every time a client sends a security form
  • No one truly owns security — it's everyone's side job
  • Quietly hoping you won't be the next breach headline

With Nehlos

  • AI adopted confidently, with guardrails and clear policy
  • Security questionnaires answered fast — deals keep moving
  • A team of cybersecurity experts owns your security and AI guardrails
  • You sleep easy, knowing you're protected and compliant

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Technology partners
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Why Nehlos

Enterprise expertise, human approach

We treat security as a culture, not a punishment, so your whole team owns it.

  • Led by experts with two decades across government and Fortune-scale environments
  • Business-first guidance, security that supports growth, not red tape
  • One partner for cyber, compliance, and AI guardrails, no juggling vendors
  • On a mission to educate 1,000,000 people in cybersecurity
Romeo Gardner III
Founder & CEO, Nehlos

Romeo has spent two decades securing environments across government and commercial organizations, serving as a former Microsoft engineer and a White House Communications Agency analyst across two administrations. A TEDx speaker and university adjunct, he's led large-scale security-awareness programs that turn everyday teams into a frontline defense. He founded Nehlos to put that same enterprise-grade protection within reach of growing businesses like yours.

Ex-Microsoft EngineerWhite House Comms AgencyTEDx SpeakerAdjunct ProfessorU.S. VeteranCyberGov Podcast
★★★★★
"Nehlos has an amazing operation. They were very thorough and very competent as both a business and cybersecurity professionals — reviewing our security controls and delivering a thorough final report for our customers. I look forward to working with them again."
Thomas ChappellCEO, Breakthrough Strategies Group LLC

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