Cyber Advisors
A nearly 30-year-old Minnesota MSSP (1,800+ customers) changing private-equity owners to Sterling Investment Partners in March 2026.
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Cyber Advisors, founded in 1997 and based in Maple Grove, Minnesota, is a managed security and IT services provider supporting more than 1,800 small, mid-sized, and enterprise customers nationwide, with a team of over 330 and nearly three decades of operating history.
Sterling Investment Partners acquired it from Goldner Hawn in March 2026, an ownership transition for an established platform rather than a technology or capability leap.
Innovation Matrix Assessment
Established managed-services delivery model rather than novel technology.
Nearly 30 years of managed security operations serving 1,800+ customers reflects real, sustained operational capacity.
March 2026 private-equity ownership change (Sterling Investment Partners) reflects investor confidence but is not itself a growth or product event.
A traditional regional MSSP; no category disruption.
No independently audited outcome data has been published.
Managed security services remain a durable, growing need for small and mid-sized organizations without in-house security teams.
Why CISOs Should Care
Cyber Advisors is an established (since 1997) managed security and IT services provider supporting over 1,800 small, mid-sized and enterprise customers nationwide, giving CISOs at resource-constrained organizations access to mature managed-security operations.
What Makes It Different
Nearly three decades of operating history and a 330-plus person team give it more operational depth and customer-relationship continuity than many newer MSSP entrants.
The Matrix Verdict
37/100 — EMERGING / UNRANKED
A stable, long-tenured regional MSSP changing private-equity ownership (Sterling Investment Partners acquired from Goldner Hawn, March 2026); this is an ownership transition for an established platform rather than a technology or capability leap.
Editorial Note: Claims vs. Verified Findings
No independently audited data on incident-response outcomes or customer security posture improvement has been published; treat service-quality claims as vendor-stated.
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