The assumption that attackers only go after large companies stopped being accurate years ago. Small businesses are targeted specifically because they're assumed to have weaker defenses.
Small businesses are targeted precisely because they're assumed to have weak defenses, less monitoring, and less capacity to respond. That assumption is right more often than it should be — not because the technology doesn't exist to protect them, but because nobody has put it in place consistently.
Good security for a small business doesn't have to be expensive or complicated. It has to be consistent, current, and layered. A strong security posture is built from the fundamentals — identity management, endpoint protection, network controls, employee awareness, and a clear plan for when something goes wrong. Most businesses have some of these. Few have all of them working together.
I audit your current environment — devices, accounts, network, and software — to build an honest picture of where you stand. No assumptions, no guesswork, just a clear baseline.
From that audit, I map out what's exposed, what's outdated, and what would cause the most damage if it were exploited. You get a prioritized list of what needs to be fixed, not a 40-page report nobody reads.
Then we fix it — systematically, starting with the highest-risk gaps. Controls go in, monitoring gets set up, and your team knows what to do if something happens.
If your business handles protected health information or payment card data, you have compliance obligations that go beyond general security best practices. The requirements are specific, the documentation requirements are real, and the penalties for gaps aren't theoretical.
I can help you understand where you stand today, close the gaps, and document your controls — the work that makes a compliance audit survivable rather than a scramble. Every recommendation I make on compliance is grounded in the actual standard, not a summary of it.
Compliance references used in this practice:
HIPAA Security Rule — HHS.gov
PCI DSS — PCI Security Standards Council
NIST Cybersecurity Framework — NIST.gov
CIS Controls — Center for Internet Security
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