Small Business Cyber Security Services

Protect your SME from phishing, ransomware, and supply chain attacks without enterprise-grade budgets. Remote working arrangements, third-party access, and limited internal IT resources create exploitable gaps that attackers actively target in small businesses.

Cyphere delivers practical SME cyber security through risk assessments, vulnerability management, security awareness training, and cloud security reviews. Our Manchester-based team provides proportionate, budget-conscious controls that reduce genuine exposure, not just compliance paperwork.

Importance of SME Cyber Security for companies

It is not the question of ‘we are too small’ or ‘only bigger players are the target’ anymore. Cyber criminals look for valuable information and ease of opportunity to make quick gains with majority of the cyber attacks launched with known attack vectors.

For non-revenue generating tasks, SME owners usually outsource to a freelancer or an admin. There are also instances where IT service providers take the onus of delivering security just to win initial contracts however lacking the specific skill-set. However,

SME cybersecurity is a different domain due to IT and security working in opposite directions to each other. IT works to deliver operational efficiency by making compromises on other areas including security and security works the other way around.

It is the subject of small business cybersecurity where immediate ROI might not be possible, however, pays off in the long run.

A business can be hit by a cyber attack around the key cyber threats shown in the image on the right-hand side. SME News website reports these five reasons why IT security for small businesses is a must:

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There is no absolute failsafe. If anyone says there is, they don’t understand risk management. IT security for businesses must be balanced with usability.

Why is Cyber Security a Challenge for Businesses?

Overreliance on IT Service Providers

IT service providers solve all technological challenges for SMBs as they are the ‘go-to’ people for anything IT-related. IT security is a different ball game because no one solution can protect your small business.

Whilst it is possible your IT service provider is good at security offerings, the majority of small business IT service providers are no more than product resellers for firewalls and antivirus solutions. These cyber security solutions for small businesses sold as the one-stop solution do not make an informed choice.

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Internet security for businesses should be affordable, relevant, and accessible. Unfortunately, buying product after product would only exacerbate the problem for many SMEs. More data due to security solutions in use is equivalent to more chaos with fewer resources ending up with increased security risks. Small business owners have faced dire situations due to ransomware, sensitive data theft, and data breach situations despite these products.

We justify your business case for data security by ensuring constant growth with our reliable and team expertise from delivering security consulting for more than 10 years.

Our cyber security solutions help small and medium-sized businesses to minimise cyber risks to people, processes and technology in use that could save time. We also provide cloud computing for small businesses, located in Manchester and all around the world, which has a lot of benefits.

These could be SME web protection, SME email security or overall managed security services for small businesses. There is no security checklist you can tick off and be ready for a tsunami! Every business has its own context. Therefore, big products do not justify their investment here.

For the following offerings, Cyber Essentials prices are included to emphasize the integration of certification with security services from Cyphere. You can find individual certification costs and Cyber Essentials FAQs here.

Basic Hygiene

We review all your most valuable assets, identify the areas of greatest risk of cybercrime and prepare you for the most common cyber attacks and provide further information if you opt for our cyber security solutions for small businesses.

SME Health Check

We review your major assets and the security of your communication controls and ensure best practice of data security in employees, helping you to seek certification of Essentials Plus.

SME Managed

We review all your most valuable assets to identify your highest risk areas and determine the right approach to optimise your security, with an IT Health Check and Managed Services quarterly.

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SME Basic Hygiene

This is the most basic and stepping stone to start securing your business. It covers the basic minimum five control areas ideally suited for small businesses. These are also the pre-requisites for Cyber Essentials certification.

A one-off exercise based around self-assessment questionnaires followed by a risk assessment for Essentials certification prepares your business for the most common cyber attacks.

Many small UK businesses that do not have their IT teams, rely on cloud services and basic setup opt for such continuous security measures. This ensures you have sufficient cyber hygiene to protect your business.

SME Health Checkup

Cyphere’s assured SME services includes a security health check around your business’ major assets as well as checks around secure communication controls. This is a one-off exercise performed during agreed timescales, with an onsite visit to customer premises. For email-based phishing or external network checks, we work remotely. With the aim of Cyber Essentials Plus certification, we will assess your controls around the following five areas:

Cyber Essentials Plus certification is awarded upon passing the checks in all the key areas above. Business owners with growing teams and products requiring cyber assurance chose this type of continuous cyber assurance.

SME Managed

For customers looking for reliable partners, we offer a fully managed option that offers:

Cyber Essentials is a cost-effective assurance scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises which is backed by the UK government.

By following the procedures described above, you can significantly reduce the likelihood of your company being a victim of cyber crime.

Organisations must be prepared to tackle such threats, with handy plans on what to do if this happens and accountability allocated via people, processes and technological controls. See our detailed post on ransomware and what to do if a business is hacked that helps SME customers.

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Key Benefits of IT Security Compliance

Key Benefits

Establish a security conscious culture
Minimise costs and maximise efficiency
Demonstrate supply chains assurance
Cloud computing for small businesses
Pro-active approach towards security
Protect against evolving threats such as ransomware attack, insider attack and malware
Boosts security mechanisms and encourages cultural changes

Establish a security conscious culture
Minimise costs and maximise efficiency
Demonstrate supply chains assurance
Cloud computing for small businesses
Pro-active approach towards security
Protect against evolving threats such as ransomware attack, insider attack and malware
Boosts security mechanisms and encourages cultural changes

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Our Pentest Engagement Approach

The very first step as a penetration testing provider remains our quest to gain insight into drivers, business operations, pain points and relevant nuances. As part of this process, we understand the assets that are part of the scope.

It is important to gain grips with the reality, therefore, we always stress on walkthroughs or technical documentation of the assets. After asset walkthroughs, a tailored proposal is designed to meet your business’ specific requirements.

Cyphere’s approach to cyber security involves excellent communication before and during the execution phase. Customer communication medium and frequency are mutually agreed, and relevant parties are kept updated throughout the engagement duration.

Execution phase is followed by data analysis and reporting phase. Cyphere performs analysis on the testing output, evaluates the risk impact and likelihood of exploitation in realistic scenarios before providing action plans to remediate the identified risks.

As part of our engagement process, customers schedule a free of charge debrief with management and technical teams. This session involves remediation plan, assessment QA to ensure that customer contacts are up to date in the language they understand.

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Our Cyber Security Services

Internal & External Networks 🌐

Network & Infrastructure Penetration Testing

Protect your business against evolving network & infrastructure threats
Check services, patching, passwords, configurations & hardening issues
Internal, external, network segregation & device reviews
PCI DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR Compliance support
Helps shape IT strategy & investments

Web App & APIs 📲

Web Application & API Pen Testing

Assess real-world threats to web applications
Validate secure design best practices against OWASP Top 10
Timely check to avoid common pitfalls during development
Ensure strong authentication, authorisation, encryption mechanisms
Find loopholes to avoid data leakage or theft

Mobile Applications 📱

Mobile Penetration Testing

Assess real-world mobile app security vulnerabilities
Validate secure design & configuration best practices
Increased flexibility and productivity of users through secure mobile offerings
Ensure strong mobile app authentication, authorisation, encryption mechanisms
Find mobile app or device loopholes to avoid data leakage or theft
PCI DSS, ISO 27001, Compliance Support

Cloud Infrastructure ☁️

Cloud Penetration Testing

Better visibility on cloud process aligning
Secure validation of internal and third party integrations
Support ever changing regulatory/compliance requirements
Ensure strong authentication, authorisation, encryption mechanisms
Demonstrate data security commitment
Less is more – reduced costs, servers and staff

Threat Intelligence ⚠️

Digital Attack Surface Analysis

Attack surface analysis to identify high risk areas and blind spots
Improve your security team’s efficiency
Streamline your IT spends
Lower Risks and Likelihood of Data Breaches

Reliable and adept at small business network security services

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