Operational Security Assessment

Identify The Gaps In Your Security

We get it, cybersecurity sounds like something big companies worry about. But the truth is, smaller businesses get hit more often, mostly because the basics aren't in place and attackers know it. They're not hand-picking targets. They're running automated tools that scan thousands of businesses at once, looking for whoever left the door unlocked.

An Operational Security Assessment is how we find out if your door is locked. We look at what's visible from the outside, check your email setup, dig through breach databases for your employees' credentials, and take a close look at the tools your business runs on every day. Then we put it all in plain English and walk you through it.

No technical degree required to understand what we deliver.

What We Look At

• What's visible from the outside. We look at everything tied to your business domain like your website, your email setup, any devices or services that are visible to the internet. You'd be surprised what shows up. Old login pages, exposed devices, email configurations that let anyone send email pretending to be you. We find it and explain it.
• Employees' credentials. There are databases floating around online with billions of stolen usernames and passwords from past breaches like LinkedIn, Adobe, and hundreds of others. We search those databases for information tied to your business. If your people's email addresses and passwords are in there, you'll know about it before anyone has the chance to use them against you.
• Email setup. Most small business email domains are missing three basic technical records that prevent other people from sending email that looks like it came from you. We check for those, and we check whether your email accounts are configured securely. We also look for forwarding rules because attackers love to set up silent rules that copy your emails to an outside address without anyone noticing.
  
• Passwords and access. This part is just a conversation. Do people share accounts? Reuse the same password across different tools? Does your business still have logins active for people who left two years ago? These things don't show up in a scan but they matter just as much as anything technical.
• Office network. If you have a physical location, we look at your WiFi setup, your router, and whether the devices on your network are kept separate from each other. One infected personal phone on an unsegmented network can reach your accounting software, your customer records, and everything else. Simple network configurations will stop that from ever happening
• Backups. We ask what you're backing up, where it's stored, and whether you've ever actually tried to restore from it. Most businesses haven't. Most businesses also assume their backups are working fine right up until they need them.
• Google or Microsoft setup. Most businesses have their Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 accounts set up in a hurry and never revisited. We check who has access to what, which outside apps are connected to your accounts, whether multi-factor authentication is actually turned on for everyone, and whether shared files are going places they shouldn't.

What You Walk Away With

A one-page report card that shows what we found, what it means, and what to do about it in order of what matters most. We go through it with you in person or over a call. If something needs to be fixed right away, we'll tell you. If something can wait, we'll tell you that too.

No scare tactics. No padding the list to make it look more impressive. Just what's actually there.

Who This Is For

If your business has more than a handful of employees, uses cloud software, takes payments, or keeps any kind of customer information this is worth your time. Especially if you've never had anyone look at this stuff before.

It Never Hurts to Know Where You Stand

We offer a no-cost initial assessment for local businesses. Come in knowing nothing and leave with a clear picture.