The internet has made starting a business easier in a lot of ways.
It’s easier to sell products around the country or globe. It’s easier to build a retail platform. It’s easier to market a product, make appointments for clients, collect and study data, and more.
But it also opens up businesses to an increasing amount of cybersecurity attacks.
That’s where Omar Savory comes in.
His company, Savory Technology Partners in Owings Mill, is preparing to launch an app this year that will be able to handle basic cybersecurity concerns for small and medium-sized businesses. It's called iCyber.
“I’m cliché,” Savory said, joking about the name.
Savory said he worked in the federal government for two decades when he started to feel he had reached his ceiling and wanted more. He started Savory Technology Partners in 2016, doing cybersecurity consulting work.
For a small or medium-sized business, it can be expensive and impractical to have cybersecurity coverage, Savory said, noting that an IT professional can cost $70,000 to $100,000 in salary. The plan with iCyber is to take that burden off their shoulders and help them sleep better at night.
“Our vision is to bring cybersecurity to every business that opens their doors and make sure that it’s not something unattainable,” Savory said. “That is our goal. To make [cybersecurity] available wherever it’s needed.”
For now, Savory Technology Partners is just Savory and the occasional contractor, but Savory said he’s interested in hiring “employee number one,” someone to help market his product. Savory said he’s open to fundraising if he can find the right partner that shares his vision to make cybersecurity accessible to any business — especially small businesses.
“I know what it’s like,” Savory said of being a small business owner. “I am an advocate for small businesses and medium businesses. I’m with them every step of the way.”
