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An independent cybersecurity assessment practice for small and mid-sized businesses. Framework-driven, business-contextualized, and built to leave you with a sequenced plan — not a 200-finding report you don't know what to do with.
Most small and mid-sized businesses face the same cyber threats as enterprises but lack a dedicated security leader to navigate them. The market hasn't served them well — Big 4 firms won't return your call, MSSPs assess only what they can sell you next, and freelance vCISOs vary wildly in quality and rigor. We sit in the gap.
We do not resell tools, accept referral fees from vendors, or recommend products we get paid to recommend. Our advice is independent and vendor-neutral.
Vulnerability scanners produce noise. We validate every finding, strip false positives, and contextualize against your business — never delivered as a CSV dump.
No 200-page report and a wave goodbye. Every engagement ends with a sequenced roadmap your team can execute, and Tier 2 includes a 30-day post-engagement check-in.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and CIS Controls anchor every engagement. You get a measurable maturity baseline you can communicate to leadership, board, customers, and insurers.
Cyber risk lives where business processes meet technology. We talk to operations, HR, and finance — not just your IT staff or MSP.
Every engagement ends with a sequenced 30/60/90 or 12-month plan distinguishing 'must-fix-now' from 'improve-over-time' — with effort, cost ranges, and dependencies mapped.
We work with small and mid-sized businesses across the Denver metro and Colorado Front Range — typically 25 to 300 employees, with focused engagements at smaller firms in regulated industries.
Our assessments are structured in three tiers, scaled to the size, complexity, and stakes of your business. Every engagement applies the same disciplined methodology — only the depth changes.
Small organizations (15–50 employees), or any company preparing for a cyber insurance renewal.
A focused first look at your security posture and a 30/60/90-day action plan.
Growing SMBs (40–150 employees) facing customer security questionnaire pressure or outgrowing basic hygiene.
A measurable, framework-based maturity baseline you can communicate to leadership, customers, and insurers.
Mid-market firms (75–300 employees) facing regulatory, contractual, or board-level expectations.
An audit-ready, defensible posture suitable for regulators, auditors, customers, insurers, and acquirers.
Not sure which fits? Book a 30-minute scoping call — we’ll tell you honestly, even if the answer is “you don’t need us yet.”
A focused first look — and a credible answer for insurers.
Best for organizations of 15–50 employees taking their first structured look at security, or any company preparing for a cyber insurance renewal.
Written for non-technical owners and operators. Plain language, no jargon.
Prioritized list of issues with business-impact ratings. Each finding validated, not raw scanner output.
30/60/90-day action plan with quick wins highlighted and dependencies mapped.
Gap analysis against typical underwriter requirements — what you can answer today, what needs work.
60-minute presentation to leadership. Q&A included.
A clear, plain-language understanding of where your most material cyber risks actually sit. A prioritized action plan you can hand to your IT staff or MSP. Documented evidence of due diligence for cyber insurance applications. A defensible answer to 'do we know where we stand?'
A framework-based baseline you can communicate up and out.
Best for organizations of 40–150 employees that have outgrown basic cyber hygiene, or companies facing early customer security questionnaire pressure.
For leadership and board consumption. Connects technical findings to business risk.
Full technical findings with evidence, business context, and recommended remediation.
Current-state maturity across all six functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover.
30/60/90/180-day plan with effort, cost ranges, and dependency mapping.
Ongoing-management artifact you can maintain after the engagement closes.
90-minute presentation to leadership and stakeholders.
Separate session with your IT or MSP team — full technical detail, no glossing.
A measurable, framework-based view of your security maturity that you can communicate to leadership, board, customers, and insurers. A defensible answer to most common customer security questionnaires. Clarity on whether your current MSP or IT staff are delivering the security outcomes you're paying for. A roadmap that distinguishes 'must-fix-now' from 'improve-over-time.'
Audit-ready depth, suitable for regulators and acquirers.
Best for organizations of 75–300 employees facing meaningful regulatory, customer, or board-level security expectations, or preparing for a formal compliance audit.
For leadership, board, and external stakeholders — auditors, regulators, acquirers.
Full technical and governance findings with evidence and remediation guidance.
Detailed current-state and target-state maturity across all six functions.
Mapped to your relevant framework — what's in place, what's missing, what to prioritize.
12-month plan with phasing, effort, cost, and dependencies. Built for execution.
Comprehensive register with risk acceptance and treatment recommendations.
Findings and recommendations from the IR scenario walkthrough.
2-hour presentation to leadership and board, plus multiple technical walkthroughs.
30-day follow-up to support remediation kickoff.
A defensible, audit-ready view of your security posture suitable for sharing with regulators, auditors, customers, insurers, and acquirers. A clear path to your target compliance framework with realistic timelines and budget. Validation (or challenge) of your current security investments and vendor relationships. A board-ready security narrative that connects technical posture to business risk.
Every engagement, regardless of tier, follows the same disciplined approach. The depth and duration scale with the tier — the structure does not. Draft reports are shared for client review before final delivery, every time.
Initial scoping conversation, engagement letter, kickoff meeting, stakeholder identification, document request list, and access provisioning. We agree on scope before anyone starts work — no surprise scope creep, no surprise invoices.
Stakeholder interviews across business, IT, and operations. Document review. Environment walkthroughs. We learn how your business actually works before we form opinions about your security posture.
Configuration reviews, vulnerability scanning, attack surface analysis, control testing — runs in parallel with discovery. Findings are validated and contextualized in this phase, never delivered as raw scanner output.
Synthesis. Framework mapping. Risk rating. Remediation planning. Report drafting. The draft is shared with you for review before final — nothing in the final deliverable is a surprise.
Executive presentation, technical walkthrough, final deliverable handoff. Tier 2 engagements include a 30-day post-engagement check-in to support remediation kickoff. You own all deliverables — they're yours, period.
If any of these stop being true on your engagement, we want to know about it before you do. These aren't slogans — they're how we run the work.
Cyber risk lives where business processes meet technology. We talk to operations, HR, and finance — not just IT. The control gaps that matter are usually the ones IT alone can't see.
A 'high' vulnerability on an isolated test system matters less than a 'medium' on your customer database. Our risk ratings reflect the asset's role in your business, not just CVSS.
Raw vulnerability scanner output is not an assessment. Every finding we deliver has been reviewed, validated, and prioritized — false positives stripped, real issues confirmed by hand.
Executives get an executive summary written for executives. Technical teams get the technical detail they need. Both come in the same package — neither audience has to slog through the other's content.
No tool resale. No vendor referral fees. No 'recommendations' that happen to point at our partner of the week. Independence is the whole product — without it, the assessment is just a sales pitch.
Every engagement ends with a sequenced, realistic plan — 30/60/90 or 12-month — with effort, cost ranges, and dependencies. Not a 200-finding report you don't know what to do with.
Frameworks are a tool, not a religion. They give you a measurable baseline, a common language with auditors and insurers, and a credible benchmark against your industry — but the goal is your security posture, not framework purity.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
The de facto framework for SMB and mid-market cybersecurity. Six functions — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover — with a measurable maturity model.
CIS Critical Security Controls
A prioritized set of safeguards organized into Implementation Groups (IG1, IG2, IG3) sized to your risk profile. Practical, actionable, evidence-based.
SOC 2 readiness
Trust Services Criteria mapping. Identifies the gaps before a formal Type I or Type II audit. We don't perform the audit — we make it faster and less painful.
HIPAA Security Rule
Administrative, physical, and technical safeguards mapping for healthcare and business associates. Practical risk analysis tied to OCR expectations.
PCI-DSS
Cardholder data environment scoping and control mapping for organizations handling payment card data. Pre-assessment readiness for a QSA engagement.
CMMC
Defense Industrial Base compliance for organizations handling FCI or CUI. Gap assessment against Level 1 and Level 2 controls.
A 200-finding scanner dump isn't an assessment.
It’s a wall. We deliver a roadmap.
Most engagements start with one of these conversations. If any sound familiar, a 30-minute scoping call is the right place to figure out what to do next.
The underwriter is asking new questions, the questionnaire got longer, or premiums are jumping. You need documented evidence of due diligence — fast.
A major customer sent a 200-question security questionnaire or is requiring SOC 2 attestation. Sales velocity depends on a credible answer.
HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CMMC, or a new state privacy law is real. You need a defensible posture before an auditor or regulator looks closely.
Something happened — a phishing wave, a ransomware close call, a peer breach in your industry. The board is asking what your exposure looks like.
A buyer or investor is conducting due diligence, or you're acquiring and need to evaluate the target. Cyber posture is on the diligence list.
Leadership wants a defensible answer to 'do we know where we stand?' — not opinions, not vendor pitches, an evidence-based read of the firm's actual posture.
We deliberately limit concurrent engagements. You'll always have our full attention during your committed windows.
Same five-phase approach, same deliverable templates, same quality standards — every engagement, every tier.
If we don't think you need an assessment, or you'd be better served elsewhere, we'll tell you. Reputation is the long game.
Buyers shouldn't need a CISSP to understand their own risk. Executive summaries are written for executives.
Our cybersecurity practice is led by a certified security practitioner with a background in IT consulting and SMB-environment delivery — mixed cloud and on-premises infrastructure, outsourced and hybrid IT models, and the constraints of running security inside a business that doesn't have a dedicated security team.
Foundational security operations, risk management, and incident response — the baseline credential for serious security work.
Penetration testing methodology and vulnerability assessment — informs how we validate findings and reason about exploitability.
Cybersecurity analyst skills covering threat detection, monitoring, and intelligence — informs how we evaluate detection and response posture.
If you have a question that's not answered here, the 30-minute scoping call is a good place to ask it. There's no obligation, and we'd rather answer your real question than have you guess.
A complimentary 30-minute scoping call. No prep required. We'll ask about your situation, recommend the right tier, and give you an honest read — even if the honest read is 'you don't need us yet.'
No prep required. No pitch. We'd rather tell you 'you don't need us yet' than sell you something that won't help.