For IT security, they bank on HEIT

HEIT, one of the many players in the crowded computer-information security business, did something that few of its rivals have accomplished: It went from generating less than $500,000 in revenue to nearly $18 million in only seven years.

How did the company experience such explosive growth? “Work hard,” laughs Dan Holt, general manager for HEIT, which stands for Holt Edington Information Technology, though the company uses only the acronym.

Now one of the largest providers of computer security services in the so-called cloud, HEIT handles the data of nearly 600 banks nationwide and protects their networks from intruders.

The company also…