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title: About CHIPS | Prevention-First Cybersecurity for MSPs
description: CHIPS helps MSPs deploy prevention-first cybersecurity solutions that reduce reactive labor, stabilize endpoints, and improve profitability.
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About CHIPS Cyber Defense Solutions

# Helping MSPs Move Beyond Detection

 CHIPS helps Managed Service Providers bring proven, prevention-first cybersecurity technologies into commercial business and industrial environments.

[Schedule a Discovery Call](https://prevent-ransomware.com/meetings/tony-chiappetta/30-minute-initial-meeting?hsLang=en)

Our Niche

## Specialized cybersecurity solutions for the commercial market

 CHIPS brings proven, specialized cybersecurity solutions originally invented for the U.S. Intelligence Community into the commercial business and industrial sectors.

 We help MSPs deliver a stronger prevention-first model across endpoint, mobile, and network layers.

**Our role is not simply distribution.** CHIPS provides the operational, technical, and partner enablement model needed to help MSPs deploy these solutions successfully and profitably.

### [Windows Endpoint AppGuard Pre-detonation protection for Windows systems that prevents harmful actions before malware can execute.](https://prevent-ransomware.com/appguard?hsLang=en)

### [Mobile Security Zimperium On-device mobile threat defense for iOS and Android devices, protecting users from modern mobile-driven attacks.](https://prevent-ransomware.com/zimperium?hsLang=en)

### [Network Isolation CyberCloak Isolation and non-discoverability for IT, OT, IoT, and industrial environments.](https://prevent-ransomware.com/cybercloak?hsLang=en)

Our Experience

## Proven, authorized, and expanding

 CHIPS has moved from early real-world validation to formal commercial distribution and national partner expansion.

### 2019 | Real-World Validation

 CHIPS had a successful AppGuard deployment with the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Department in Minnesota, proving the value of prevention-first endpoint protection in a high-trust law enforcement environment.

[View the 2019 case study](https://prevent-ransomware.com/hubfs/Files%20to%20Share/MCSD%20ZTEP%202019%20Case%20Study.pdf?hsLang=en)

### 2020–2022 | MSP Operational Refinement

 CHIPS expanded practical use across MSP environments, refining the policy calibration, support, and deployment practices needed to make prevention-first cybersecurity work in real customer environments.

### 2023 | Commercial Distribution Authority

 CHIPS was appointed as the Commercial Distributor of AppGuard for North and South America, formalizing our role in expanding AppGuard through the commercial MSP channel.

[View the 2023 press release](https://prevent-ransomware.com/hubfs/Files%20to%20Share/CHIPS%20AppGuard%20Distributor%20Press%20Release%206-22-23.pdf?hsLang=en)

### 2024–Present | National Partner Expansion

 CHIPS is expanding nationwide with the goal of establishing an active partner in every major marketplace across every state.

Why Work With CHIPS

## Partners do not have to figure this out alone

 Access to cybersecurity tools is not the challenge. Making them work effectively in real environments is where many partners struggle.

### Proven Deployment Model

Field-tested processes that reduce guesswork and accelerate implementation.

### Faster Time to Value

Partners can replicate success others have already pioneered.

### Ongoing Expertise

CHIPS supports calibration, enablement, and partner success beyond the initial sale.

### Business Impact

Quieter endpoints, reduced reactive labor, and improved MSP profitability.

 Working with CHIPS allows new partners to bypass trial-and-error and fast track a model already proven in the MSP channel.

Business Outcomes

## Built for security outcomes and MSP profitability

 CHIPS helps MSPs strengthen customer protection while reducing the operational drag created by reactive security models.

- Reduce reactive endpoint labor
- Stabilize customer environments
- Support legacy and complex systems
- Improve margin without adding headcount

Credibility

## Why these technologies matter

 The solutions CHIPS brings to market are specialized technologies designed for high-consequence environments and now made practical for commercial deployment.

### Originally Built for High-Trust Environments

 These solutions were developed to address security needs where failure is not acceptable.

### Commercially Practical

 CHIPS helps translate advanced security capabilities into deployable, manageable solutions for MSPs and their customers.

### Prevention-First Architecture

 The focus is not more alerting. The focus is preventing harmful actions before damage occurs.

### Partner Enablement

 CHIPS supports MSPs with training, positioning, implementation guidance, and ongoing operational expertise.

Leadership

## Led by MSP experience

 CHIPS is led by Tony Chiappetta, a former MSP owner with decades of experience in managed services, business operations, and cybersecurity strategy.

 After seeing the limits of reactive, detection-based security firsthand, Tony focused CHIPS on prevention-first technologies that help MSPs reduce operational drag while improving customer protection.

Common Questions

## What partners usually want to know

 Is CHIPS a cybersecurity vendor or a distributor? +

 CHIPS is a specialized distribution and enablement partner focused on bringing prevention-first cybersecurity solutions to MSPs and commercial businesses.

 Why should an MSP work with CHIPS? +

 CHIPS has already proven the deployment, support, and partner enablement model. New partners can move faster by replicating what has already worked.

 Is this only about AppGuard? +

 No. AppGuard remains a core solution, but CHIPS is building a broader prevention-first platform that includes endpoint, mobile, and network-layer protection.

## Start with a discovery call

 If you are evaluating how to reduce operational drag, strengthen customer protection, and improve MSP profitability, the first step is a short conversation. 

[Schedule a Discovery Call](https://prevent-ransomware.com/meetings/tony-chiappetta/30-minute-initial-meeting?hsLang=en)

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 AppGuard Commercial Distributor for the Americas.  
 Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

**Sales:** [615-701-6520](tel:6157016520)  
**Support:** [651-372-8504](tel:6513728504) 

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#### The Stack

- [AppGuard](https://prevent-ransomware.com/AppGuard?hsLang=en)
- [Zimperium](https://prevent-ransomware.com/Zimperium?hsLang=en)
- [CyberCloak](https://prevent-ransomware.com/CyberCloak?hsLang=en)

#### Company

- [About Us](https://prevent-ransomware.com/about)
- [The MSP 3.0 Story](https://prevent-ransomware.com/MSP3?hsLang=en)
- [Become a Partner](https://prevent-ransomware.com/meetings/tony-chiappetta/30-minute-initial-meeting?hsLang=en)

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