Alliance Cyber Garners Second National Award in as Many Months

Cocoa, FL – October 2025 — Alliance Cyber, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered on Florida’s Space Coast, has done it again. Just weeks after its founder and president, Alec Hall, was named the National Small Business Vetrepreneur of the Year by Military Friendly®, the company has captured another major national honor—being recognized by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA) with the Veteran Business Enterprises We Love 2025 award.

The award was presented last Wednesday during NaVOBA’s prestigious Joint Forces Forum at The Bolger Center in Potomac, Maryland, celebrating the nation’s top veteran-owned businesses making outsized contributions to both their industries and their communities.

A Double Milestone

For Alliance Cyber, winning two national awards back-to-back is more than an exciting streak of recognition. It’s a validation of a mission-driven approach that combines cybersecurity excellence with deep community impact.

“This is truly humbling,” said Alec Hall, founder and president of Alliance Cyber. “When we started in 2021, our vision was simple: protect businesses, nonprofits, and government contractors with solutions they can trust, while also giving back to the communities that supported us. To be honored not once, but twice in such a short period of time, shows that our values—service, integrity, and compassion—are being recognized on a national stage.”

Building on Veteran Values

Alliance Cyber’s success story is deeply rooted in veteran leadership. Hall, a U.S. Air Force veteran with more than 30 years of cyber operations and workforce development experience, co-authored the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NIST SP 800-181) during his service at the Pentagon and was a White House spokesperson for the Joining Forces initiative. That foundation of service has shaped Alliance Cyber’s culture from day one.

“Veterans bring something powerful into business leadership,” Hall explained. “We know how to persevere, how to lead teams through adversity, and how to put the mission first. Those qualities don’t disappear when you leave the military—they become the backbone of everything you do in the civilian sector.”

The company has translated those principles into practical impact across the Space Coast and beyond. Its team delivers full-service IT and cybersecurity solutions, including compliance support, managed IT, structured cabling, and risk management. But what sets Alliance Cyber apart is its commitment to leveraging that expertise for the greater good.

Service Beyond Service

In just its first three years, Alliance Cyber launched the Alliance Cyber Gives Foundation, a nonprofit arm dedicated to providing pro bono cybersecurity services to local nonprofits, teaching cybersecurity at Brevard Adult Continuing Education, and sponsoring several annual “Bright Ideas” Classroom Grants to enrich STEM programs at Cocoa High and surrounding schools. The company also helped pioneer Military TransitionCON, an innovative event that helps service members and spouses bridge the often-intimidating gap between military service and civilian careers—a program that is now being replicated nationwide.

“We’ve always said that success for us isn’t just about contracts—it’s about impact,” said Rebecca Granger, Alliance Cyber’s co-founder. “We measure our work by the nonprofits that are now secure enough to focus on their missions, the veterans we’ve helped transition into tech careers, and the students who are inspired to pursue STEM because of our grants. These awards affirm that the way we’re doing business—putting people and service first—resonates far beyond the Space Coast.”

Community Trust, National Recognition

Alliance Cyber’s blend of technical expertise and community engagement has made it a trusted partner to both government and commercial clients. Its cybersecurity toolkits, customized for nonprofit budgets, have helped organizations like the Brevard Homeless Coalition, Family Promise of Brevard, and the Community Foundation for Brevard modernize their infrastructure and safeguard sensitive information. The company donates most of its time to these efforts, ensuring that limited nonprofit funds stay focused on community services rather than technology costs.

“Last year, we helped the Community Foundation for Brevard migrate off an outdated, single-point-of-failure server that had been running since 2012,” Hall recalled. “We moved their donor records into a secure cloud environment and overhauled their systems—donating 85% of our time to make sure there was zero disruption. That’s what our mission is about—being a force multiplier for good.”

Recognition That Fuels the Mission

The Veteran Business Enterprises We Love 2025 award is designed to highlight businesses that embody NaVOBA’s mission and connect veteran-owned businesses with opportunities for growth and recognition. For Alliance Cyber, it’s not just an accolade—it’s motivation to continue expanding its impact.

“Being honored at the Joint Forces Forum alongside so many incredible veteran entrepreneurs was inspiring,” Granger said. “It reminds us that what we’re building here isn’t just a business—it’s part of a national movement of veterans who continue to serve in new ways.”

Looking Ahead

Alliance Cyber’s trajectory shows no signs of slowing. With plans to expand into new markets while continuing to scale its workforce development and philanthropic programs, the company remains focused on its dual mission: safeguarding clients with trusted technology solutions and giving back to the community that has embraced it. “For us, these awards are not a finish line,” Hall concluded. “They’re a call to action. They remind us that our role as veterans in business is not just to succeed for ourselves, but to lift others, create opportunities, and leave things better than we found them. That’s the mission—and we’re just getting started.”