02 / Cybersecurity

Practical cybersecurity for businesses without a security department.

Identify common security gaps, strengthen the systems that matter, and give your team protections they can actually understand and follow.

BEST FOR / SMALL BUSINESSES HANDLING CLIENT, FINANCIAL, EMPLOYEE, OR OPERATIONAL DATA

Discuss your security concerns

Old accounts remain active. Important systems lack multi-factor authentication. Employees receive suspicious messages. Computers fall behind on updates. Backups exist, but nobody knows whether they can be restored.

Greykhat helps small businesses identify common weaknesses, prioritize practical improvements, and manage appropriate protections without burying the team in unnecessary complexity.

Cybersecurity support may be appropriate if:

You are uncertain who has access to important accounts and information
Multi-factor authentication is not consistently enabled
Former employees or vendors may still have active access
Computers are not protected or monitored consistently
Employees regularly receive suspicious emails or login requests
You do not know whether critical backups are recoverable
A customer or insurance provider has asked about your security practices
Your business has no documented plan for handling a suspected incident
You need ongoing security management but not an internal security department

Greykhat starts by understanding the systems, accounts, information, people, and vendors supporting your business.

Using security tools within the Greykhat technology stack, we can identify common configuration issues and visible security gaps. Findings are explained in plain English and prioritized according to their likely business impact.

A Greykhat security baseline review is intended to provide a practical starting point. It is not a comprehensive security audit, penetration test, compliance certification, or guarantee that every vulnerability will be discovered.

The approach is informed by the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 resources for small businesses.

How Greykhat can help

Practical safeguards backed by ongoing support.

Each engagement defines what Greykhat will review or manage, what the client remains responsible for, and when a qualified specialist is needed.

A security baseline review includes

A summary of what was reviewed
The issues identified
Recommended priorities
What Greykhat can remediate
What requires a specialized provider
Suggested next steps

Security baseline reviews

Use available security tools and configuration reviews to identify common issues involving accounts, computers, access, updates, endpoint protection, and backups.

Account and identity protection

Configure multi-factor authentication, password-management tools, administrative permissions, and more consistent employee onboarding and offboarding procedures.

Managed endpoint security

Configure, manage, and monitor endpoint-protection and threat-detection software for supported Windows, macOS, and Linux computers. The tools, monitoring, response, and reporting included depend on the client’s MSP service agreement.

Email and phishing protection

Improve email and account safeguards while helping employees recognize and report suspicious activity. Training, simulations, and related capabilities may be provided through third-party security services when included in the engagement.

Vulnerability testing

Coordinate vulnerability scanning and penetration testing through qualified third-party security providers. Greykhat helps define the need, coordinate the engagement, and assist with remediation; formal testing is performed by the contracted provider.

Backup and recovery readiness

Review whether critical information is being backed up and whether an appropriate recovery process exists. Configuration, monitoring, and management are provided only when included in the client’s service agreement.

Security policies and incident readiness

Help document basic security responsibilities, reporting procedures, important contacts, and initial steps employees should follow when something suspicious occurs.

Security questionnaire assistance

For MSP clients, assist with questionnaires from customers, partners, and cyber-insurance providers using information available about managed systems. The client remains responsible for verifying submitted answers.

Compliance readiness

Help identify improvements that may support readiness for applicable security or privacy requirements. Formal audits, certifications, legal opinions, and compliance determinations must come from the appropriate specialist.

Support that fits the risk

Begin with a concern, a defined project, or ongoing management.

The appropriate engagement depends on the concern, agreed scope, systems involved, and level of ongoing responsibility.

Hourly security assistance

For defined configuration, remediation, account-protection, or security-support needs.

Two-hour minimum applies.

Project-based security work

For initiatives such as implementing multi-factor authentication, deploying endpoint protection, improving access controls, reviewing backups, or coordinating third-party testing.

The scope identifies what Greykhat will handle and where a specialist is required.

Ongoing managed security

Security management and monitoring are available through Greykhat MSP agreements, typically with a 12-month commitment.

The agreement defines which endpoints, accounts, backups, tools, monitoring services, and response activities are included.

After-hours and emergency assistance

Premium after-hours and emergency technical assistance is available, with a two-hour minimum.

This assistance is not a substitute for digital forensics, legal counsel, breach-notification services, or a dedicated incident-response provider.

What working together looks like

A defined path from concern to practical safeguards.

You work directly with Jessie throughout the engagement—the same person reviewing the environment, explaining the findings, and implementing or coordinating the agreed work.

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Understand what matters
Identify important systems, information, accounts, people, and business dependencies.
02
Review the agreed scope
Use available tools and configuration reviews to look for common issues within the defined environment.
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Prioritize the findings
Separate immediate concerns from longer-term improvements.
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Implement the agreed safeguards
Configure protections, remediate included issues, or coordinate the appropriate third-party service.
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Document responsibilities
Record important decisions, procedures, contacts, and recommended next steps.
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Manage included protections
When ongoing management is contracted, maintain and monitor the services defined in the MSP agreement.

No product, provider, or configuration can guarantee that a business will never experience a cybersecurity incident.

Greykhat helps identify common risks, implement appropriate safeguards, manage contracted protections, and improve the business’s readiness to respond and recover.

Unless explicitly stated in a separate agreement, Greykhat services do not constitute:

A formal security or compliance audit
A compliance certification
Legal or regulatory advice
Digital-forensic investigation
Independent penetration testing
Comprehensive incident-response services
A guarantee that every vulnerability or threat will be identified

This risk-management approach aligns with the practical starting point described in the NIST Small Business Quick-Start Guide.

The objective is not to overwhelm the business with tools and policies. It is to address meaningful risks, make security responsibilities understandable, and establish a practical path for continued improvement.

Every engagement includes a defined scope, plain-English communication, visible progress, and practical information about what was completed and what should happen next.

Concerned about your current security?

Start with what you know.

You do not need to conduct your own investigation. Describe what concerns you, what changed, or what prompted the question, and Greykhat will help determine the appropriate next step.

Describe your concern