About Us

Our Story

The breaking point came after years of watching it happen - technology companies slapping bandaid solutions on road rash, burning out their best security minds, and leaving clients with digital footprints they didn't even know existed. After leading departments and managing enterprise deployments for global airlines, luxury hotel chains, financial institutions, media outlets, large entertainment venues, and everything in between - accumulating four Master certifications and countless vendor certifications along the way - the pattern became impossible to ignore.

It was time for an OVERRIDE.

Founded in 2020, Override Industries was built on a simple refusal: we won't accept the defaults. Not in how we design systems, not in how we treat our team, and not in how we serve our clients. We've seen what happens when VARs and vendors run their people ragged, transferring that chaos and burnout directly to the customer. Steady, sustainable growth means we have the capacity to execute our capabilities without crushing our people. That's how we intend to stay.

We stay vendor-agnostic on purpose. Any tech, any scale, any vendor's hardware - we're not scared. We don't take shortcuts, and we have an unwillingness to ignore the answer. If it's out there, we'll find it. Because in cybersecurity, shortcuts get you compromised.

The moment we knew we had something different: A former client reached out after being compromised. They'd already hired an expensive firm out of St. Louis to investigate and remediate the attack. Months of rebuilding, reports delivered, invoice paid - but something didn't sit right with them. They asked us to "look around."

We found things at the network level the other company didn't recognize. We saw Phase 2 orchestrated right under their noses. We immediately reverted changes, wrote new policies, and implemented automations to fortify the network. Exactly one week later, the attackers executed Phase 2... unsuccessfully. Our protections stopped the remote code executions and access attempts cold. We've been their trusted advisor ever since.

We're building for what's coming. Automations, AI-trained to scale with the global threat landscape, and surgical partnerships with champion technology vendors give us the fortification, reconnaissance, and delivery capabilities our clients expect.

But here's what really matters: we want you to sleep well. We've been there - lying awake worrying if you messed something up, if your network is exposed, if today's the day something goes wrong. That worry doesn't just affect you. It bleeds into your personal life, your loved ones, your peace of mind. There's a time for vigilance, but not when you need rest or when your family needs you. Lean on us. That's what we're here for.

And we're here. Born and raised in central Illinois, surrounded by level-headed people trying to make an honest living. But downstate gets neglected - squeezed by Chicago's bloated budgets and St. Louis's overflow. Springfield may be the capital, but you wouldn't know it from how taxes flow north. After living in Chicago long enough to see how bad it really is, we came back with a mission: give central and downstate Illinois a break from the unnecessary chaos and bills that roll down from the big markets.

We're your local cybersecurity experts. We're not going anywhere.