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Three continents.
One platform.
One mission.

Cybersecurity and platform operations for growing teams and international enterprises — built around a mission we couldn't find off the shelf.

5 Locations | 3 Continents | Founded 2018 · Cybersecurity-first | ISO 9001:2015 — Certified by DEKRA (Germany) | 24/7 Platform Coverage | Own platform: Mahoney Control | 3 Pillars: Operations · Governance · Growth |
Our mission

To transform cybersecurity from a reactive necessity into a strategic growth engine.

Five locations. One rhythm.

Every office we've opened sits about six hours from the next, so our rhythm never breaks — Boca Raton opens when Frankfurt closes, Hawaii hands over to Singapore, Singapore hands back to Frankfurt. St. Louis gives us roots in the Mid-West, set up with a regional partner who knows the market.

Three continents, one rhythm — in whichever time zone you work, our team is already at work.

Christian de Coster
Group CEO · Founder
The journey

Seeds in Germany.
Roots on three continents.

What started as an IT services firm in Frankfurt grew into a cybersecurity-first company with five offices and a platform of its own.

  1. 2018

    Founded in Germany

    Mahoney IT is founded in Frankfurt as a specialized IT services firm. The team quickly shifts focus toward cybersecurity as customers ask for structured answers — not just ticket resolution.

  2. 2022

    US market entry

    Mahoney IT takes its first steps into the US market, laying the groundwork for a permanent transatlantic operation.

  3. 2023

    Boca Raton — group headquarters established

    Mahoney IT Group USA LLC is established in Boca Raton, Florida — the group's permanent headquarters and the base for further international build-out.

  4. 2024

    Pacific and APAC

    Two offices open in August: Honolulu on the Pacific, Singapore for APAC. The gap between the Americas and Europe closes — three continents are now covered.

  5. 2025

    Mid-West presence

    St. Louis opens in partnership with a regional specialist, rooting Mahoney IT in the American Mid-West and completing the five-office footprint.

  6. Today

    Mahoney Control goes to market

    The platform is built, five locations across three continents are live. Now we are bringing Mahoney Control to the market — a unified surface for operations, governance and growth intelligence, created because no off-the-shelf tool covered the full span.

Security that scales with ambition.

How we are different

Most IT providers fix problems.
We eliminate uncertainty.

Uncertainty about what is running, what is exposed, what regulators will ask, and what the next audit will cost. Mahoney Control turns that uncertainty into structured, continuous evidence — across security operations, governance and growth intelligence.

24/7 platform operations

Operations, governance and growth-intelligence services run continuously — not just a SOC shift. One platform, always on.

AI-assisted triage

AI that correlates signals, filters noise and surfaces the incidents that actually matter.

Audit-ready evidence

Mahoney Control maps your controls against ISO 27001, NIS 2, SOC 2 Type II, DORA and NIST CSF — and produces audit-ready evidence continuously, not the week before the auditor arrives.

Board-level visibility

Risk, exposure and program maturity translated into dashboards that a board can read at a glance — no security jargon required.

Mahoney Control maps customer controls against these frameworks. This does not constitute certification of Mahoney IT against these standards. Certification is awarded by independent auditors.

Global footprint

Five locations.
One continuous shift.

Our offices are distributed across three continents so that the platform — and the people behind it — never go dark. When one region ends its day, the next one picks up the handover.

Coverage across time zones

Daytime window 7:00–20:00 local, on UTC clock
00 06 12 18 24
Frankfurt
Singapore
Boca Raton
St. Louis
Hawaii

Five offices, three continents — combined, our working day blankets the UTC clock.

Frankfurt

Germany · EMEA

EMEA origin and operations hub — platform operations, governance and European customer delivery.

Singapore

APAC

APAC bridge — Asia-Pacific business hours and regional support.

Boca Raton

Florida · US East

Group headquarters — Americas delivery hub and global business development.

St. Louis

Missouri · US Central

US Mid-West roots — regional partner presence for the American interior.

Hawaii

US Pacific

Pacific-time bridge — closes the Americas–APAC handover window.

Leadership

The people behind
Mahoney Control.

Cybersecurity is ultimately a trust business. You are buying the judgement of the people who own the outcome — not just the software they deliver.

Christian de Coster, Group CEO and founder of Mahoney IT

Christian de Coster

Group CEO · Founder

Boca Raton, USA

Christian founded Mahoney IT in Germany in 2018 and led the US expansion starting in 2022. He drives group strategy, platform roadmap and the operating model that connects the five locations into a single 24/7 delivery engine.

Natascha de Coster, Head of Marketing at Mahoney IT

Natascha de Coster

Head of Marketing

Boca Raton, USA

Natascha brings 20 years of marketing experience to Mahoney IT and leads brand and communications across the group. She drives positioning, editorial standards and the company voice that connects the five locations into a single clear identity.

Karen Thompson, Business Development Manager for Cybersecurity and Compliance in the US

Karen Thompson

Business Development Manager

US — Cybersecurity & Compliance

Karen leads business development for the US market and is the first point of contact for new customer conversations. Her focus is translating cybersecurity and compliance needs into concrete engagement scopes.

The platform

Everything we do runs on
Mahoney Control.

The platform behind every Mahoney engagement.

Mahoney Control dashboard showing unified operations, governance and growth intelligence in one interface