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Buffalo · Western New York

Big-bank security and technology for your business.
Without the full-time hire.

Elevate 716 brings more than 20 years of institutional banking security and technology experience to small and medium-sized businesses in Buffalo and Western New York. Cybersecurity, technology and AI consulting, automation, and web design, sized to your budget instead of a Fortune 500's.

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Bank-grade standards

These practices were forged inside regulated financial institutions, where security failures aren't an option. We bring that same discipline to your business.

Pay for hours, not a salary

Get seasoned security and technology expertise for the hours you actually need, not a six-figure salary line you don't.

Rooted in the 716

We live and work in Western New York. We know the local market, meet in person, and build long-term relationships, not ticket queues.

What we do

Five services. One accountable expert.

Security gaps found and fixed. A smarter technology roadmap. AI that earns its keep. Busywork automated off your team's plate. A website that works as hard as you do. Every engagement gets the rigor banking demanded, led by the founder from day one.

Cybersecurity

A hands-on security expert who finds your gaps and closes them: assessments, control implementation, identity and access, vulnerability and application security, and architecture reviews.

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Technology Consulting

Strategic guidance on cloud, infrastructure, and IT operations, building secure, scalable foundations that grow with your business instead of holding it back.

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AI & LLM Consulting

Practical, secure AI adoption, from opportunity assessment to LLM integrations that automate real work, governed with the same rigor we bring to security.

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Business Process Automation

The repetitive computer work, done by software: data entry, moving data between systems, reporting, and routine decisions, so your team gets its hours back.

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Web Design & Development

Fast, secure, modern websites built on edge infrastructure, designed to win trust and customers, and hardened the way a bank would demand.

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Why Elevate 716

Security expertise forged inside regulated banks

Banking is one of the most heavily regulated, heavily attacked industries on earth. Founder Michael McEvoy spent more than 20 years building and defending technology inside it. When you hire Elevate 716, that experience leads your engagement, backed by a trusted network of local security professionals when a project calls for extra hands.

  • Programs modeled on FFIEC, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls, scaled sensibly for SMBs
  • Fluent in compliance: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NYS SHIELD Act, and cyber-insurance requirements
  • Plain-English guidance that turns risk into decisions you can actually act on
  • Vendor-neutral advice: we recommend what fits, not what pays us commission

The right-sized advantage

A full-time security hire
$150,000+ a year, plus benefits, whether or not you have a full year of security work to give them
Elevate 716
Senior, hands-on expertise for exactly the hours the problem needs
The difference
You close real gaps and reinvest the rest back into your business
How we engage

A clear path from first call to lasting partnership

  1. 01

    Listen

    A free consultation to understand your business, your worries, and where technology helps or hurts today.

  2. 02

    Assess

    A pragmatic review of your security posture, infrastructure, or web presence, with findings in plain English.

  3. 03

    Roadmap

    A prioritized, budget-aware plan. Quick wins first, structural improvements next, nice-to-haves honestly labeled.

  4. 04

    Execute

    We do the work alongside your team, measure what changed, and report it in plain English, quarter after quarter.

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