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From $400 · quoted in 24h

Website Security & SSL Locked down before, not after

Most sites get hacked by bots exploiting known holes — not by targeted attacks. We close those holes: hardening, SSL, firewalls, monitoring, and a response plan if anything ever gets through.

From $400 · fixed scope, no surprises
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THE SHORT ANSWER

Website security protects your site, customer data and reputation from hacks, malware and downtime. Small business sites are attacked constantly by automated bots scanning for known holes — most breaches exploit unpatched software, weak logins, or both. Audits from $250; hardening from $400.

What you get

Built to work, not just impress.

A hacked website costs US small businesses thousands in cleanup, lost sales, and Google blacklisting — and most attacks were preventable with basic hardening. We secure your site the way we secure our own: layered defenses, monitoring, and tested backups.

01

Full hardening pass

Software updates, secure headers, file permissions, login protection, and firewall rules — the fundamentals done thoroughly.

02

SSL everywhere

Proper certificates with automatic renewal — never let a "Not Secure" warning greet your customers.

03

Monitoring & alerts

File-change detection and uptime monitoring that alerts us before customers notice anything.

04

Tested backups

Backups that are actually verified restorable — because an untested backup is just hope.

How it works

A clear path from brief to launch.

1

Security audit

We probe your site the way attackers do: outdated software, exposed endpoints, weak auth, leaky headers.

2

Prioritized fixes

Critical holes closed first — patching, permissions, authentication, injection surfaces.

3

Hardening layer

Firewall rules, login protection, security headers, malware scanning and file integrity monitoring.

4

Watch & respond

Continuous monitoring with a response plan, so an attempt never gets to become an incident.

What's included

Everything, itemized.

  • Full security audit with severity-ranked report
  • Software patching and safe update strategy
  • Web application firewall (WAF) configuration
  • Login hardening: 2FA, rate limiting, admin lockdown
  • Security headers (CSP, HSTS, and friends)
  • Malware scan + cleanup if needed
  • Daily off-site backups (your last line of defense)
  • Incident response plan in plain English
Who this is for

Made for businesses like yours.

Sites that take customer dataForms, accounts and payments create legal duty of care, not just technical risk.
Previously hacked sitesOnce cleaned is not once safe — the entry route needs closing and watching.
WordPress fleetsThe most attacked platform on the web purely because it's the biggest target.
Businesses facing compliance questionsInsurance forms, PCI questionnaires and client security reviews you can't answer yet.
Why businesses choose us

The attacks that kill small business sites aren't targeted or clever — they're industrial. Bots scan millions of sites daily for last month's WordPress plugin vulnerability, weak admin passwords and forgotten phpMyAdmin installs. Defense is mostly discipline: patch fast, authenticate hard, back up always, monitor everything.

We give it to you straight: no security is absolute, and anyone promising 'unhackable' is selling something. What we promise is the honest version — dramatically reduced attack surface, early detection, and tested backups that make even the worst day recoverable.

Questions, answered

A plugin helps but can't fix weak hosting, poor configuration, or vulnerable plugins around it. Real security is layered — that's what a hardening pass delivers.

Unpatched software (especially plugins), stolen or weak passwords, and insecure hosting — in that order. Almost never a targeted attack; almost always an automated bot exploiting a known hole that a patch had already fixed.

Google warnings, unexpected redirects, spam pages in your search results, unknown admin accounts, mail suddenly going to spam, or hosting resource spikes. Some malware hides deliberately — file integrity monitoring catches what eyes miss.

No — SSL encrypts traffic in transit, nothing more. The padlock says nothing about vulnerable plugins, weak passwords or malware already on the server. It's one lock on a house that needs several.

Yes, for a blunt reason: hackers don't want your data, they want your server — to send spam, host phishing pages and attack other sites under your name. The reputational damage lands on your domain either way.