Start-up Cyber Solutions Hardening

Strengthen accounts, cloud & core systems

Strengthen accounts, cloud access & core systems before problems grow. We close the gaps attackers love — weak MFA, over-permissive IAM, forgotten SaaS access, mis-configured defaults.

Capabilities

What's included

Each capability below is a deliverable — included by default in this engagement.

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Security Baseline Assessment

A practical, opinionated baseline review across people, process, and tech.

  • Endpoint & device hygiene review
  • SaaS inventory & access mapping
  • Email & domain security posture
  • Backup & recovery readiness
  • Quick-win prioritized action list
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Cloud & Access Security Review

Hardening AWS, GCP, Azure, and SaaS admin consoles against the most common misconfigurations.

  • Public asset & open-port discovery
  • Storage bucket & object permission review
  • Network segmentation & SG hygiene
  • Logging, alerting & audit trail enablement
  • Admin console hardening checklist
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Vendor & Tool Risk Review

Audit your vendor stack for hidden access, redundant tools, and risky integrations.

  • Third-party access mapping
  • OAuth scopes & token review
  • Vendor security questionnaire support
  • Redundant / shadow IT identification
  • Vendor offboarding & access revocation
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IAM & MFA Hardening

Move every account to phishing-resistant authentication and least-privilege access by default.

  • MFA roll-out across critical apps
  • Phishing-resistant (FIDO2) for admins
  • Role-based access cleanup
  • Service-account & key inventory
  • Just-in-time admin elevation
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Account & System Configuration Review

Bring core systems in line with vendor security baselines (CIS, NIST, vendor benchmarks).

  • M365 / Google Workspace baseline
  • GitHub / GitLab security posture
  • Identity provider hardening
  • Production system baseline review
  • Configuration drift monitoring
Our process

How we deliver

A repeatable, transparent five-step process that respects your time and your team.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Kickoff workshop, scope alignment, and rules of engagement.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Deep, hands-on assessment by senior specialists with daily check-ins.

  3. 03

    Recommend

    Prioritized findings, business-impact scoring, and remediation roadmap.

  4. 04

    Implement

    Side-by-side support with your team to fix the issues that matter most.

  5. 05

    Validate

    Retest, sign-off and clear evidence-of-remediation for stakeholders.

Deliverables

What you walk away with

Executive report

Plain-English summary mapped to business impact for the leadership team.

Technical findings

Detailed write-ups with reproduction steps, evidence and severity.

Remediation roadmap

Prioritized, time-boxed plan your team can execute without us.

Live readout

60-90 minute live debrief with engineering, product and leadership.

Engagement options

Three ways to work with us

One-time engagement

Best for: launches, audits, fundraises

A focused, fixed-scope project with a clear start, end and outcome — perfect when you need a specific result on a tight timeline.

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Quarterly retainer

Best for: continuous improvement

A recurring quarterly engagement with mixed deliverables — assessments, advisory, validations — paced around your roadmap.

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Embedded specialist

Best for: scale-ups & enterprises

A senior specialist embedded with your team for 2-5 days a week, delivering ongoing program leadership and technical depth.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Most engagements run between 2 and 8 weeks depending on scope, however we tailor the timeline to your launch windows, audit deadlines and team capacity.

Ready to get started?

Tell us about your goals — we'll map the right scope and team within 24 hours.

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