S/O
SEC/OUTBOUND
The outbound engine for cybersecurity.

Cold email that books qualified meetings for security firms.

30,000+ cybersecurity firms.
Zero outbound.

Small security firms do great work but have zero sales infrastructure. Hiring an SDR costs $65K+/year. Generic outbound agencies don't speak the language. These firms live on referrals and hope the phone rings.

The market.

TAM

~30,000 firms

Cybersecurity service firms in US, UK, and Canada — MSSPs, vCISO consultancies, managed security providers, and MDR firms.

SAM

~8,000 firms

5-50 person firms without dedicated sales teams. Right size, right pain point.

SOM

Year 1: 8-10 clients

$3-5K/mo per client = $25-40K/mo revenue. Solo operator ceiling.

SOM

Year 2: 25-30 clients

With 1 VA = $75-150K/mo revenue. Same infrastructure, more throughput.

AI outbound, built for
one vertical.

AI-written email copy plus dedicated sending infrastructure, aimed at booking qualified meetings. Every email references real signals -- CMMC deadlines, cyber insurance gaps, compliance triggers. Not templates. Not mail merge.

The engine.

Step 01

Enrich

Apollo + custom signals identify ideal buyers by company stage, tech stack, and compliance posture.

Step 02

Personalize

Claude AI writes openers from real prospect data — job posts, funding rounds, breach disclosures.

Step 03

Deliver

30 pre-warmed inboxes, dedicated domains, full DMARC compliance. Nothing shared.

Step 04

Book

AI reply triage filters noise. Qualified meetings land directly on the client's calendar.

Why this is defensible.

Vertical lock-in

Cybersecurity copy, compliance signals, and buyer psychology get sharper with every client. Generic agencies can't catch up on domain knowledge.

AI personalization gets better

Every campaign generates training data. Signal detection improves. Reply rates go up. The system learns what works with each send.

Infrastructure moat

30 warmed inboxes, DMARC compliance, domain reputation -- takes 21+ days to replicate from scratch. Time is the wall.

Three ways to pay.

Performance
$400-600
per meeting booked

Pilot clients. Zero risk entry. Pay only for results.

Retainer + Performance
$2K/mo + $300
per meeting booked

Standard engagement. Steady base plus pay-per-meeting.

Flat Retainer
$3-5K/mo
fixed monthly

For clients where conversion is proven. Fixed cost, no per-meeting cap.

The math works.

~95%
Gross margin
$150
Cost to serve / client / mo
$3-5K
Revenue / client / mo
1-2 hrs
Operator time / client / wk
$385/mo
Total infrastructure cost (fixed, not per-client)
Solo-operator ceiling: 8-10 clients = $25-40K/mo before first hire.

Land, prove, scale.

Month 1-2

Self-prospect

Use our own system to prospect. Land 2-3 pilot clients on performance pricing. Prove the engine works on real cybersecurity buyers.

Month 3-4

Convert & scale

Convert pilots to retainer. Scale to 6-8 clients. Iterate on sequences using real campaign data.

Month 5-6

Hit ceiling, hire

Hit solo operator ceiling. Hire VA for reply triage and campaign ops. Target 15+ clients.

What's already built.

Brand identity and landing page
12 AI agent role definitions with operational playbooks
Email sequences for 4 cybersecurity sub-niches
Apollo ICP search templates with scoring
Python automation: DNS config, warmup monitoring, lead scoring, AI personalization, campaign loading
18 sending domain candidates identified
Tool stack architecture defined ($385/mo)
Ready for domain registration → 21-day warmup → live

The alternatives are worse.

Option Cost Ramp Time Cybersecurity Knowledge AI Personalization Dedicated Infrastructure
In-house SDR $65K+/yr 3-6 months Trainable No No
Generic agency $3-5K/mo 2-4 weeks No No Shared
DIY tools $200-500/mo Ongoing Self-taught No Self-managed
SEC/OUTBOUND $3-5K/mo 21 days Native Yes Dedicated

Where this goes.

Now

Solo operator

8-10 client ceiling. Prove unit economics. Build case studies from pilot conversions.

6 months

First hire

VA hire. 15-25 clients. $50-100K/mo revenue. Standardized onboarding and reporting.

12 months

Productize

Self-serve portal for smaller firms. The AI pipeline becomes a product, not just a service.

18 months

Expand

Adjacent verticals — compliance consulting, IT staffing. Same engine, new buyer personas.

The ask.

What we need

~$5K runway for the first 60 days — domains, tools, and warmup period before revenue.

What it buys

10 registered domains, 30 warmed inboxes, 6 months of tool stack, and the first 3 pilot clients.

Timeline to revenue

Revenue-positive by month 2-3. The math is simple: one retainer client covers all fixed costs.

Return profile

~95% gross margins from day one. No inventory. No hardware. Almost all revenue drops to the bottom line.

SEC/OUTBOUND
secoutbound.com
One vertical. One job. Meetings booked.