Managed IT Services for Construction Companies in Orlando: What Contractors Actually Need
Updated: Sep 7
Construction companies run on trust: payment applications, lien waivers, change orders and bid packages all move by email, and every one of them is a target. In the last year our team has contained account-takeover and invoice-fraud attempts against a Central Florida general contractor, and the pattern is always the same: a compromised mailbox, a convincing email, and a wire that almost went to the wrong bank.
Why contractors get hit harder than other small businesses
Contractors send and receive large payments on predictable schedules, work with dozens of subcontractors whose email security you do not control, and keep the office and the jobsite connected through whatever hotspot or tablet is closest. Attackers know all three.
Business email compromise aimed at pay apps and vendor bank-change requests
Stolen Microsoft 365 sessions that bypass a password and even a text-message code
Unmanaged jobsite tablets and laptops with company data on them
Plans, bids and contracts stored in whichever folder was open at the time
What a managed IT provider should do for a construction company
Lock down Microsoft 365 with phishing-resistant multifactor authentication and conditional access, not just a password
Filter email for impersonation and payment-fraud language before it reaches the estimator or the bookkeeper
Manage every device that touches company data, including iPads in the field, with encryption, patching and remote wipe
Back up Microsoft 365 so a deleted or ransomed SharePoint site is recoverable
Support the software you actually use: Procore, Bluebeam, Sage, Foundation, AutoCAD and the accounting system
Keep you insurable: cyber-insurance questionnaires now ask for MFA, endpoint detection, backups and security training, and the answers have to be true
What it costs
Fully managed IT for a 10 to 50 person contractor in Central Florida typically runs between $110 and $225 per user per month depending on how much security and compliance is included. Per-endpoint pricing at $100 per device is common for firms with shared field equipment. Anything sold by the hour is not managed IT; it is break-fix with a retainer.
Serving Orlando, Kissimmee, Winter Garden and Central Florida
Protronix Tech is an Orlando-based managed IT and cybersecurity provider. Everything is handled in-house by a US-based team, and our construction clients get a named engineer who knows their jobsites, not a ticket queue. If you want a plain-language look at where your business stands, we offer a free IT and security evaluation with a short written report and no obligation.
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