ProTek vs. Kore+: Which Kinetic Plan Fits Your Business?

When it comes to protecting your business, not all IT and cybersecurity plans are created equal. At Kinetic Consulting Group, we’ve built two service tiers—ProTek and Kore+—to meet the different needs of organizations as they grow, face regulatory pressure, or increase operational complexity. Both tiers deliver robust protection and dependable IT operations, but they’re tailored for different levels of risk tolerance, compliance obligations, and recovery expectations.

ProTek - The basics

ProTek is designed as a secure-by-default foundation for small to mid-size teams that need reliable IT support and modern baseline security. It includes full management of devices and servers, software patching, license and asset tracking, and vendor coordination to keep operations running smoothly. Identity and access are secured with enforced multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO) where applicable, and conditional access policies. Endpoints are hardened with next-gen antivirus and disk encryption, while email is protected with phishing filters and Safe Links/Safe Attachments features.

ProTek also includes cloud and off-site backups for Microsoft 365 and critical endpoints, periodic recovery drills, business-hours incident response, and documentation aligned with common compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001. These measures aren’t just best practices—they’re proven. Over 99.9% of compromised accounts lacked MFA, and security awareness programs can lower phishing click-through rates to roughly 3.2% on average. ProTek focuses on closing these high-impact gaps so that organizations have a strong, compliant, and stable security posture without unnecessary complexity.

Kore+ - Advanced Security

Kore+ builds on everything included in ProTek but is tailored for organizations with higher regulatory requirements, greater operational stakes, or a need for 24×7 protection. It adds advanced security layers like Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), and real-time 24×7 SOC monitoring—tools that detect and contain threats within hours rather than days.

Kore+ implements phishing-resistant MFA such as FIDO2 keys and geo/behavior-based risk policies, provides advanced data loss prevention, and uses immutable, air-gapped backups with accelerated recovery time objectives. It includes enhanced email and identity threat protection to counter modern adversary-in-the-middle attacks, regulatory and board-ready reporting, and continuous incident response with forensic investigation and tabletop exercises. These upgrades are critical for organizations operating in high-target industries such as private equity, law, manufacturing, or healthcare, where ransomware and compliance violations can be business-ending events. Studies show ransomware attackers increasingly target backups, and immutable or air-gapped copies have become essential to recovery.

The average global cost of a data breach now sits between $4.4 and $4.9 million, but organizations with advanced security automation—like that provided by Kore+—can cut that cost by roughly $2.2 million per incident.

Side-by-Side Comparison

What the Numbers Mean for Risk & ROI

• Account compromise: Simply turning on MFA blocks the vast majority of takeovers (>99.9% of compromised accounts had no MFA). ProTek enforces MFA; Kore+ adds phishing-resistant options to defeat modern adversary-in-the-middle kits. Microsoft Learn+1

• Ransomware recovery: Paying the ransom isn’t a strategy—only ~10–32% of victims report recovering most data after paying, and recovery rates are trending down. Organizations that don’t pay increasingly recover from backups—especially when those backups are immutable and air-gapped (adoption now common among resilient orgs). Veeam Software+2TechRadar+2

• Breaches are expensive: Average costs hover around $4.4–4.9M globally; AI-enabled detection/response (delivered via XDR/SOC) can reduce that by ~$2.2M per incident. IBM+2IBM+2

• Patching matters: Exploited, already-patched vulnerabilities surged; staying current closes the door attackers most often use. Both plans include patching; Kore+ layers continuous monitoring around it. The Hacker News+1

Bottom Line

Choosing between ProTek and Kore+ comes down to your risk profile, operational demands, and compliance landscape. ProTek is ideal for companies with fewer than 150 employees, limited regulated data, and standard business-hour operations. It’s a cost-effective way to get modern cybersecurity fundamentals in place while building toward compliance frameworks. Kore+, on the other hand, is the right choice for organizations that operate around the clock, manage sensitive or regulated information, or need board-level visibility and rapid recovery capabilities. It’s particularly well-suited for industries that are frequent cyber targets and must meet strict compliance standards.

Both plans deliver measurable improvements in cybersecurity effectiveness. ProTek reduces phishing risk, improves patch hygiene, and establishes strong access controls—all of which dramatically lower the likelihood of compromise. Kore+ goes further, adding around-the-clock threat detection, faster containment, ransomware-ready backups, and detailed compliance reporting. In practice, organizations with Kore+ typically detect and respond to threats within hours rather than days, and their chances of full recovery from a ransomware attack are significantly higher because of immutable backup strategies and rehearsed recovery plans.

In short, ProTek is the ideal foundation, and Kore+ is the advanced defense layer for businesses with higher stakes. If you’re unsure which plan fits your environment, Kinetic Consulting Group can perform a quick risk and resilience assessment to map your data, systems, and compliance needs to the right tier. Whether you need dependable, secure IT operations or enterprise-grade, 24×7 defense, both plans embody our core philosophy: Strategy. Security. Scalability.