Cyber Risk & Security Platform

Startups

Serious cyber protection, made practical for smaller businesses.

When you are building a start-up or running an SME, cyber security can feel like something
designed for larger companies – expensive tools, specialist teams and terminology that does not seem built for you.

But your business still relies on email, laptops, cloud applications, customer information,
online accounts, suppliers and people. If those systems are disrupted or compromised, the
impact can be very real: lost time, lost revenue, damaged customer confidence and a team
pulled away from running the business.

The good news is that protecting your business does not have to mean building an
enterprise security department.

ConnectProtect gives smaller organisations access to practical cyber security capabilities
and people who can help watch over them. You can strengthen the areas that matter
without needing to become a cyber security expert yourself.

Small business. Real cyber risk.
Practical protection

Your technology environment may be smaller than a large enterprise, but it still matters. It
can include:

  • Remote and hybrid workers
  • Administrators and privileged accounts
  • IT providers, software suppliers and other third parties
  • Software and infrastructure vulnerabilities
  • Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and business email
  • Employee laptops and desktops
  • Cloud applications and SaaS platforms
  • Websites, domains and internet-facing services
  • Customer, commercial and employee data

Know how you're exposed

Why cyber security matters when you are small

Smaller businesses can sometimes assume they are too small to attract attention. In practice, attackers do not need to choose your company personally. Automated scanning, phishing, stolen passwords, malicious links and ransomware can reach organisations of almost any size. And for a smaller business, even a relatively simple incident can become a major distraction

Could you operate if your team lost access to email?

Email is often the centre of a small business. It is where customers communicate, invoices
arrive, password resets go and important documents are shared. A compromised account can create opportunities for fraud, impersonation and further access.

Could you work if several laptops were unavailable?

A large organisation may have spare devices and dedicated response teams. A ten, twenty or fifty-person company may not. Protecting endpoints and having someone monitoring security events can make a disproportionate difference.

What would happen if a customer asked about your security?

As you grow, customers, investors, insurers and larger partners may ask how you protect data and manage cyber risk. Building sensible security early can help you answer those conversations with greater confidence instead of scrambling later.

Security can grow with the business

You do not need to solve everything on day one. A practical approach is to understand where you are exposed, protect the devices your people use, monitor important activity, keep on top of vulnerabilities and add visibility around the suppliers you rely on. Start with what matters. Add capability as you grow.

Choose the right product

See your business
the way an attacker might

Small businesses change quickly. A new website launches, a cloud service is added, a developer creates infrastructure, a domain is registered or remote access is enabled. Overtime, it can become difficult to know exactly what is visible from the internet.

ConnectProtect® Horizon

Horizon provides Managed External Attack Surface Management (EASM), giving your organisation an outside-in view of what is visible from the internet.

  • Identify externally visible assets
  • Track changes to the external attack surface
  • Surface potential security issues
  • Prioritise findings for investigation
  • Understand what an external observer can see

Keep an eye on the businesses you depend on

Your own security is only part of the picture. A small business may rely heavily on a handful of cloud platforms, software providers, IT partners and other suppliers. If one of those relationships is important to your operation, its security posture can matter to you too.

ConnectProtect® Realm

Realm provides continuous third-party cyber risk monitoring for selected suppliers and thirdparties, helping maintain visibility between formal reviews.

  • Monitor selected critical suppliers
  • Identify changes in external security posture
  • Prioritise third parties that need attention
  • Support supplier and procurement conversations
  • Add ongoing visibility between periodic assessments
  • Focus monitoring on dependencies that matter most

Protect the laptops your business runs on

For many start-ups and SMEs, the laptop is the office. It holds access to email, files, cloud applications, customer systems and business accounts. Endpoint security therefore needs to be more than software installed on a device - somebody needs to know when something suspicious happens.

ConnectProtect® Core

Core is a combination of security technology and people watching for threats – without your charity having to build its own security operations centre.

Core is managed endpoint security with:

  • Antivirus
  • EDR
  • anti-ransomware protection
  • 24x7x365 human SOC monitoring

Identify vulnerabilities, prioritise them and track progress.

Get security expertise without hiring a security team

A growing business may have an IT manager, an outsourced IT provider, a technical founder or simply somebody who has become the person everyone asks when technology goes wrong. That does not mean they should have to monitor security alerts around the clock.

ConnectProtect® Unity

Unity is Managed Detection and Response (MDR) that connects supported security
technologies and adds 24x7x365 managed monitoring, investigation and response.

Where supported, Unity can work with technology already in place rather than forcing unnecessary replacement.
Your people focus on the cause. Security specialists help watch the signals.

Four connected questions for start ups cyber security

Good cyber security does not have to mean dozens of disconnected tools. ConnectProtect
brings five complementary capabilities together around questions trustees, leaders and IT
teams should be able to answer.

  • ConnectProtect® Horizon

    What can an attacker see?

    Understand your external attack surface. 

  • ConnectProtect® Realm

    Which suppliers could introduce risk?

    Monitor selected third parties. 

  • ConnectProtect® Core

    Are your endpoints protected and watched?

    Add managed endpoint protection and 24x7x365 human monitoring.

  • ConnectProtect® Unity

    Would we detect suspicious security activity?

    Connect supported security technologies and add managed detection and response

Your IT provider and your security service can work together

Many SMEs already have an IT partner that manages devices, Microsoft 365, networks or day-to-day support. ConnectProtect does not need to replace that relationship. Our managed security capabilities can sit alongside internal IT teams and IT partners, with responsibilities kept clear.

Protect now. Grow with confidence.

Good security should support growth, not get in its way. Putting sensible protection in place early can reduce the amount of security debt you carry forward as your team, customers, systems and supplier relationships expand.

Know what your industry needs.

Pick the right product for your business. With the help of ConnectProtect, we can make cyber security simple and protect you from the threats of today and tomrrow. 

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