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Find your security gaps before an attacker does.
Most Arizona businesses don’t know where they’re exposed until it’s too late. Our free Cyber Risk Check gives you a plain-English snapshot of your real weak points — and the three fixes that matter most. No jargon, no sales pressure.
- A clear risk snapshotEmail, endpoints, backups, access & dark-web exposure — rated, not guessed.
- Your top 3 prioritiesThe highest-impact fixes for your business, in order — do-it-yourself or with us.
- A real human reviewLed by our cyber team — not an automated scan you can’t understand.
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What we actually check
The #1 way small businesses get breached. We check your email security, spoofing protections, and how exposed your team is to a convincing fake.
Who can get into what, whether laptops and logins are protected, and where a stolen password would take an attacker.
If ransomware hit tomorrow, could you recover — and how fast? We check whether your backups would actually save you.
How it works
Fill the form above — takes 30 seconds. It goes straight to our cyber team, not a call center.
We do a fast, focused review of your exposure and build your plain-English risk snapshot.
A short call to walk you through what we found and your top 3 fixes. Do them yourself, or have us handle it. No pressure.
Scope in detail
The questions behind each part of the review.
A small-business risk check is not a deep technical audit. It is a structured look at the handful of controls that most often decide whether a common attack becomes a bad week or a business-threatening event. Here is what each area typically involves.
Domain and email setup
Whether your domain publishes SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, how strictly they are enforced, and whether someone could easily send mail that appears to come from you.
Identity and sign-in
Whether multi-factor authentication is on for email, banking, payroll and admin accounts, how many people hold admin rights, and whether former staff still have access.
Devices and updates
Whether laptops and phones are encrypted, protected by current security software, and receiving operating system and application updates on a regular schedule.
Backups and recovery
What is backed up, how often, whether a copy is kept offline or separate from your main systems, and when a restore was last actually tested.
Credential exposure
Whether business email addresses appear in known breach data or dark-web sources, which points to passwords that may need to be changed.
Vendors and remote access
Which outside providers can reach your systems, how remote access is secured, and whether shared or default passwords are still in use on routers and other equipment.
The review is weighted toward the controls that stop the most common attacks against small organizations: stolen passwords, fake payment requests and ransomware. That focus is deliberate. A business with a small team and a limited budget gets more value from closing a few high-impact gaps than from a long list of minor issues it will never have time to address.
Before the call
How to prepare in about fifteen minutes.
You do not need technical expertise or special documents. Rough answers are fine, and “I don’t know” is a useful answer in itself because it shows where visibility is missing.
- List your key accounts. Note the email platform, bank, payroll, accounting and any line-of-business software your team relies on daily.
- Count your devices. A rough number of laptops, desktops, phones and tablets used for work, including personal devices that access company email.
- Identify who has admin rights. Write down who can add users, reset passwords or change settings in your main systems.
- Find out how backups work. Ask whoever manages your IT, or check the backup tool, for what is covered and where copies are stored.
- Note outside providers. Any IT company, software vendor or contractor that can log in to your systems remotely.
- Recall recent incidents. Suspicious emails, unexpected password resets, lost devices or payment requests that did not feel right.
Do not send passwords, full account numbers or other secrets. We will never ask for them as part of the check. If anyone claiming to be from our team asks for a password, treat it as a warning sign and call us to confirm.
Deliverable
What your risk snapshot looks like.
The snapshot is short by design. It gives an owner or manager enough to decide what to do next without wading through a technical report.
| Section | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Area ratings | Each review area marked as lower, moderate or higher risk, with one or two sentences explaining the rating. |
| Top three priorities | The fixes expected to reduce the most risk for the effort involved, listed in the order we suggest tackling them. |
| Quick wins | Changes that usually take little time or money, such as turning on a setting you already pay for. |
| Open questions | Areas where we could not confirm the answer, so you know where visibility is missing. |
| Options for help | What you can reasonably do yourself and where outside support may make sense. |
If backups come up as a concern, our page on managed backup and disaster recovery explains what a tested recovery plan involves.
What happens after you receive it
Many owners work through the quick wins themselves within a few days, then decide on the larger priorities once they have a sense of cost and effort. Others hand the whole list to their existing IT provider, which works well when that provider is engaged and responsive. If you would like ongoing help, we can discuss managed support, but there is no obligation and the snapshot is yours to use however you choose.
It is also worth repeating the exercise periodically. Staff change, new software is added and vendors come and go, so a gap that was closed last year can quietly reopen. A short annual review, or one after any major change such as a new office, a merger or a switch in email platforms, helps keep the picture current.
Patterns
Common categories of findings.
Every business is different, but the issues found in small-business reviews tend to fall into familiar categories. None of them reflect carelessness so much as systems that grew faster than anyone had time to secure.
- Sign-in gaps. Multi-factor authentication turned on for some accounts but not others, often missing on the ones that matter most, such as admin or finance accounts.
- Leftover access. Accounts for former employees or old vendors that were never disabled, or too many people with full admin rights.
- Untested backups. Backups that exist but have never been restored, or copies that sit on the same network an attacker would encrypt.
- Email spoofing exposure. Domain records that are missing or set to monitor only, leaving room for convincing fake invoices and payment requests.
- Reused or exposed passwords. Credentials that appear in breach data or are shared across accounts. Our overview of dark web monitoring for businesses covers how that exposure is tracked.
- Payment process weaknesses. No call-back step to verify changes to banking details, which is how many business email compromise losses happen.
- Training gaps. Staff who have never been shown what a targeted phishing message looks like. Security awareness training addresses this directly.
Questions
Before you request a check.
Is this the same as a penetration test?
No. A risk check is a guided review of your controls and exposure. A penetration test actively attempts to break in under an authorized scope. The difference is explained in our guide to penetration testing vs vulnerability scanning.
Will you need access to our systems?
Generally no. The check relies on your answers and on information that is visible from outside, such as public domain records. Any deeper testing would be scoped and authorized separately.
Does a good result mean we are secure?
No review can promise that. The snapshot is designed to highlight the most likely gaps at a point in time so you can reduce risk where it counts most.
Who should join the call?
The owner or manager who makes spending decisions, plus whoever handles IT day to day, whether that is a staff member or an outside provider.
What if we think we are already under attack?
Do not wait for a scheduled review. Use the urgent intake form right away and describe what you are seeing.
Is the check only for Arizona businesses?
The check is aimed at Arizona businesses, and our cyber work is delivered nationwide. For needs beyond this review, request a consultation.